2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series

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2021–22 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIII
Hosts
Date26 November 2021 – 28 August 2022
Final positions
Champions Australia
Runners-up South Africa
Third Fiji
Series details
Top try scorer Terry Kennedy (50)
Top point scorer Dietrich Roache (343)
← 2021

The 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 23rd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

The series was won by Australia 7s, claiming their first World Series title. Second-placed South Africa opened the competition by winning the first four tournaments, with a 36-match winning streak that lasted until the 2022 Singapore Sevens where they were beaten by the United States in pool play,[1] but they did not make the semifinals in any of the remaining events.

There was no relegation required at the end of the season as the number of core teams was reduced when England, Scotland and Wales were combined to play as Great Britain for the 2022–23 series.[2]

Core teams[edit]

The core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which curtailed the last two seasons.[3][4] The sixteen core teams qualified to participate in all 2021–22 tournaments were:

Notes
  1. ^ Japan did not compete in the 2021 series but had core team status for it after winning the Challenger Series in 2020 [5] and kept that status for 2021–22.
  2. ^ As there was no relegation in the previous two seasons, Wales retained core status despite being the lowest-placed core team in 2019–20.[6]

Tour venues[edit]

The schedule for the series was:[7][8]

2021–22 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai (2 events) The Sevens Dubai 26–27 November 2021  South Africa
3–4 December 2021  South Africa
Spain (2 events) Estadio Ciudad de Málaga Málaga 21–23 January 2022  South Africa
Estadio de La Cartuja Seville 28–30 January 2022  South Africa
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 9–10 April 2022  Fiji
Canada BC Place Vancouver 16–17 April 2022[a]  Argentina
France Stade Ernest-Wallon[10] Toulouse 20–22 May 2022  Fiji
England Twickenham Stadium London 28–29 May 2022  Australia
United States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 27–28 August 2022[b]  New Zealand
Notes
  1. ^ The Canada Sevens event was moved from 26–27 February to 16–17 April due to COVID-19 logistical challenges.[9]
  2. ^ The LA Sevens event was moved from 5–6 March to 27–28 August due to ongoing COVID-19 logistical challenges.[9]

Standings[edit]

For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season.[11] This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.[11]

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. An obelisk (†) is recorded in the event column where a low-scoring round is excluded from a core team's ranking points. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens – Series XXIII
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Dubai I
Dubai II
Má­laga
Se­ville
Sing­apore
Van­cou­ver
Tou­louse
Lon­don
Los Ang­eles 		Total
points 		Rank­ing
points
   
1  Australia 13† 19 15 19 17 17 10† 22 17 149 126
2  South Africa 22 22 22 22 10 13 5† 13 3† 132 124
3  Fiji[a] 15 8 —1† —† 22 19 22 17 19 123 122
4  Argentina 17 17 19 17 13† 22 13 8† 13 139 118
5  Ireland 11 10† 10 15 15 8† 19 12 10 110 92
6  United States 19 11 12 13 12 3† 10 7† 10 97 87
7  France 8† 15 13 10 8 10 17 5† 8 94 81
8  New Zealand[b] —† —† — — 19 12 8 19 22 80 80
9  Samoa[a] —† —† — —1 10 15 15 15 15 71  71[c]
10  England[d] —4† —5 17 12 3† 10 12 10 5 78  71[c]
11  Spain 7 7 8 7 7 2† 5 10 1† 54 51
12  Kenya 10 12 1† 8 5 1† 1 1 12 51 49
13  Scotland[d] —4† —5 5 10 1† 5 7 5 7 49 44
14  Canada 6 5 10 2 1† 7 1† 3 1† 36  34[e]
15  Wales[d] —4 —5 7 3 5 5 2† 1† 5 37  34[e]
16  Japan 5 6 3 5 2† 1† 3 2 2 29 26
17  Great Britain[d] 12 13 — — — — — — — 25 25
18  Germany — — 5 5 — — — — — 10 10
19  Jamaica — — 2 1 — — — — — 3 3

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team
Yellow Invited team
Notes
  1. ^ a b Fiji and Samoa did not play in the two tournaments in Spain following positive COVID-19 tests in their squads.[12][13] As Fiji was not replaced in the schedule for Málaga [14] and Samoa not replaced for Seville,[15] their opponents advanced by walkover in those tournaments. As such, Fiji finished equal-last in Málaga and received one point in the season standings.[16] Similarly, Samoa finished equal-last in Seville and received one point in the season standings.[16]
  2. ^ New Zealand missed the first four tournaments due to travel logistics and travel-related restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ a b Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against (from all matches in only the best seven tournaments for each team, respectively): Samoa +125, England –115.[17]
  4. ^ a b c d England, Scotland and Wales were represented by Great Britain in the first two events held in Dubai. For the remaining events, they competed as separate national unions.[8] Each team received one-third of the points earned by Great Britain in the first two rounds: four points each for Dubai I, five points each for Dubai II.[16]
  5. ^ a b Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against (from all matches in only the best seven tournaments for each team, respectively): Canada –289, Wales –322.[17]

Placings summary[edit]

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2021–22 series, by team:

Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
 South Africa 4 — — — 4
 Fiji 2 2 1 1 6
 Australia 1 2 3 1 7
 New Zealand 1 2 — — 3
 Argentina 1 1 3 — 5
 Ireland — 1 — 2 3
 United States — 1 — — 1
 France — — 1 1 2
 England — — 1 — 1
 Samoa — — — 4 4

Player statistics[edit]

Dream Team[edit]

Australia Nick Malouf
Argentina Luciano González Rizzoni
South Africa Zain Davids
Argentina Marcos Moneta
Fiji Waisea Nacuqu
Ireland Terry Kennedy
Australia Corey Toole

Reference:[18]

Scoring[edit]

Updated: 29 August 2022

Performance[edit]

Updated: 29 August 2022

Tournaments[edit]

Dubai I[edit]

Main article: 2021 Dubai Sevens I
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 42–7  United States  Argentina (Bronze)

 Fiji

5th Place  Australia 35–21  Great Britain  Ireland (7th)

 Kenya

9th Place  France 28–26  Spain  Canada (11th)

 Japan

Dubai II[edit]

Main article: 2021 Dubai Sevens II
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 10–7  Australia  Argentina (Bronze)

 France

5th Place  Great Britain 10–5  Kenya  United States (7th)

 Ireland

9th Place  Fiji 31–7  Spain  Japan (11th)

 Canada

Malaga[edit]

Main article: 2022 Malaga Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 24–17  Argentina  England (Bronze)

 Australia

5th Place  France 28–12  United States  Ireland

 Canada

9th Place  Spain 34–5  Wales  Scotland

 Germany

13th Place  Japan 29–24  Jamaica  Kenya

 Fiji

Seville[edit]

Main article: 2022 Seville Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 33–7  Australia  Argentina (Bronze)

 Ireland

5th Place  United States 22–17  England  France

 Scotland

9th Place  Kenya 24–19  Spain  Germany

 Japan

13th Place  Wales 19–14  Canada  Jamaica

 Samoa

Singapore[edit]

Main article: 2022 Singapore Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 28–17  New Zealand  Australia (Bronze)

 Ireland

5th Place  Argentina 42–24  United States  Samoa

 South Africa

9th Place  France 24–19  Spain  Kenya

 Wales

13th Place  England 28–14  Japan  Canada

 Scotland

Vancouver[edit]

Main article: 2022 Canada Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 29–10  Fiji  Australia (Bronze)

 Samoa

5th Place  South Africa 17–15  New Zealand  England

 France

9th Place  Ireland 17–7  Canada  Scotland

 Wales

13th Place  United States 33–24  Spain  Japan

 Kenya

Toulouse[edit]

Main article: 2022 France Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Fiji 29–17  Ireland  France (Bronze)

 Samoa

5th Place  Argentina 21–12  England  Australia

 United States

9th Place  New Zealand 42–7  Scotland  South Africa

 Spain

13th Place  Japan 28–14  Wales  Canada

 Kenya

London[edit]

Main article: 2022 London Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 19–14  New Zealand  Fiji (Bronze)

 Samoa

5th Place  South Africa 14–5  Ireland  England

 Spain

9th Place  Argentina 31–5  United States  France

 Scotland

13th Place  Canada 26–19  Japan  Kenya

 Wales

Los Angeles[edit]

Main article: 2022 USA Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 28–21  Fiji  Australia (Bronze)

 Samoa

5th Place  Argentina 29–7  Kenya  Ireland

 United States

9th Place  France 33–0  Scotland  England

 Wales

13th Place  South Africa 26–0  Japan  Spain

 Canada

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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