2018 Sydney Women's Sevens


The 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the second edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Performances at this tournament helped determine the first ten seedings for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens together with the previous year's series and the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens.

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:

Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Semi-finals
11th place
Challenge Trophy Final

5th place

Matches

Semi-finals
7th Place
5th Place Final

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
18
16
414
512
610

PlaceTeamPoints
78
86
94
103
112
121

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Portia Woodman13
2 Jess Breach9
3 Charlotte Caslick8
Michaela Blyde8
5 Ellia Green6

RankPlayerPoints
1 Portia Woodman65
2 Emma Sykes45
Jess Breach45
4 Charlotte Caslick40
Michaela Blyde40

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
ForwardsBacks
Portia Woodman
Baizat Khamidova
Brittany Benn		 Charlotte Caslick
Michaela Blyde
Emilee Cherry
Jess Breach