2018 USA Sevens


The 2018 USA Sevens was the fifteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played between 2 and 4 March 2018 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The tournament was won by the United States who beat Argentina 28–0 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks.

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:

Pool stage

All times in Pacific Standard Time. The pools were scheduled as follows:

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

13th Place

Matches

Semi-finals
13th Place Final

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final

5th Place

Matches

Semi-finals
5th Place Final

Cup

Matches

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final
Note: *1st USA Sevens Title

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Perry Baker8
2 Luke Morgan7
Siviwe Soyizwapi7
4 German Davydov5
James Stannard5

RankPlayerPoints
1 Nathan Hirayama45
2 Tom Mitchell41
3 Jean-Pascal Barraque40
Perry Baker40
5 Folau Niua39

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
ForwardsBacks
Ben Pinkelman
Danny Barrett
Matias Osadczuk
Cecil Afrika
Jerry Tuwai
Luke Morgan
Perry Baker

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