2018 South Africa Sevens


The 2018 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twentieth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held on 8–9 December 2018 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:

Pool stage

All times in South African Standard Time

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage

Thirteenth place

Matches

Semi-finals
Thiteenth place

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final

Fifth place

Matches

Semi-finals
Fifth place

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

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Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Franco Sábato7
2 Alamanda Motuga6
2 Alasio Naduva6
2 David Afamasaga6
2 Kalione Nasoko6
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RankPlayerPoints
1 Francisco Hernández45
2 John Porch44
3 Stephen Tomasin43
4 Justin Geduld37
5 Franco Sábato35

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
ForwardsBacks
Kalione Nasoko
Danny Barrett
David Afamasaga
Alasio Naduva
Madison Hughes
Sione Molia
Rosko Specman