2019 Sydney Sevens


The 2019 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the women's tournament.

Format

The teams are drawn into four 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 bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.

Teams

Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship, Tonga:

Pool stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Thirteenth Place

Matches

Semifinals
Final

Challenge Trophy

Matches

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

5th Place

Matches

Semifinals
Final

Cup

Matches

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place
Final

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 Joe Perez6
1 Siviwe Soyizwapi6
3 Alasio Naduva5
3 Carlin Isles5
3 Mateo Carreras5

RankPlayerPoints
1 Katsuyuki Sakai47
2 Madison Hughes35
3 Vilimoni Koroi32
3 Joe Perez30
3 Selvyn Davids30

Source:

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
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Mesulame Kunavula
Sam Dickson
Stephen Tomasin
Alasio Naduva
Madison Hughes
Kurt Baker
Dan Norton