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]
The core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impacts 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:
^ 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.
^ 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]
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.
^ abFiji 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]
^ abTie-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]
^ abcdEngland, 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]
^ abTie-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 summaryedit
Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2021–22 series, by team:
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^"DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. 18 April 2022. from the original on 18 April 2022.
External linksedit
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December 15, 2023
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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 2021 22 World Rugby SevensSeries XXIIIHostsUnited Arab Emirates Spain Singapore Canada France England United StatesDate26 November 2021 28 August 2022Final positionsChampions AustraliaRunners up South AfricaThird FijiSeries detailsTop try scorerTerry Kennedy 50 Top point scorerDietrich Roache 343 20212022 23 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 Contents 1 Core teams 2 Tour venues 3 Standings 4 Placings summary 5 Player statistics 5 1 Scoring 5 2 Performance 6 Tournaments 6 1 Dubai I 6 2 Dubai II 6 3 Malaga 6 4 Seville 6 5 Singapore 6 6 Vancouver 6 7 Toulouse 6 8 London 6 9 Los Angeles 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksCore teams editThe core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impacts 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 nbsp Argentina nbsp Australia nbsp Canada nbsp England nbsp Fiji nbsp France nbsp Ireland nbsp Japan a nbsp Kenya nbsp New Zealand nbsp Samoa nbsp Scotland nbsp South Africa nbsp Spain nbsp United States nbsp Wales b Notes 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 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 editThe schedule for the series was 7 8 2021 22 Itinerary Leg Stadium City Dates WinnerDubai 2 events The Sevens Dubai 26 27 November 2021 nbsp South Africa3 4 December 2021 nbsp South AfricaSpain 2 events Estadio Ciudad de Malaga Malaga 21 23 January 2022 nbsp South AfricaEstadio de La Cartuja Seville 28 30 January 2022 nbsp South AfricaSingapore National Stadium Singapore 9 10 April 2022 nbsp FijiCanada BC Place Vancouver 16 17 April 2022 a nbsp ArgentinaFrance Stade Ernest Wallon 10 Toulouse 20 22 May 2022 nbsp FijiEngland Twickenham Stadium London 28 29 May 2022 nbsp AustraliaUnited States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 27 28 August 2022 b nbsp New ZealandNotes The Canada Sevens event was moved from 26 27 February to 16 17 April due to COVID 19 logistical challenges 9 The LA Sevens event was moved from 5 6 March to 27 28 August due to ongoing COVID 19 logistical challenges 9 Standings editFor 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 nbsp Dubai I nbsp Dubai II nbsp Ma laga nbsp Se ville nbsp Sing apore nbsp Van cou ver nbsp Tou louse nbsp Lon don nbsp Los Ang eles Totalpoints Rank ingpoints 1 nbsp Australia 13 19 15 19 17 17 10 22 17 149 1262 nbsp South Africa 22 22 22 22 10 13 5 13 3 132 1243 nbsp Fiji a 15 8 1 22 19 22 17 19 123 1224 nbsp Argentina 17 17 19 17 13 22 13 8 13 139 1185 nbsp Ireland 11 10 10 15 15 8 19 12 10 110 926 nbsp United States 19 11 12 13 12 3 10 7 10 97 877 nbsp France 8 15 13 10 8 10 17 5 8 94 818 nbsp New Zealand b 19 12 8 19 22 80 809 nbsp Samoa a 1 10 15 15 15 15 71 71 c 10 nbsp England d 4 5 17 12 3 10 12 10 5 78 71 c 11 nbsp Spain 7 7 8 7 7 2 5 10 1 54 5112 nbsp Kenya 10 12 1 8 5 1 1 1 12 51 4913 nbsp Scotland d 4 5 5 10 1 5 7 5 7 49 4414 nbsp Canada 6 5 10 2 1 7 1 3 1 36 34 e 15 nbsp Wales d 4 5 7 3 5 5 2 1 5 37 34 e 16 nbsp Japan 5 6 3 5 2 1 3 2 2 29 2617 nbsp Great Britain d 12 13 25 2518 nbsp Germany 5 5 10 1019 nbsp Jamaica 2 1 3 3Source World Rugby LegendNo colour Core teamYellow Invited teamNotes 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 Malaga 14 and Samoa not replaced for Seville 15 their opponents advanced by walkover in those tournaments As such Fiji finished equal last in Malaga 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 New Zealand missed the first four tournaments due to travel logistics and travel related restrictions from the COVID 19 pandemic 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 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 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 editTallies of top four placings in tournaments during the 2021 22 series by team Team nbsp Gold nbsp Silver nbsp Bronze Fourth Total nbsp South Africa 4 4 nbsp Fiji 2 2 1 1 6 nbsp Australia 1 2 3 1 7 nbsp New Zealand 1 2 3 nbsp Argentina 1 1 3 5 nbsp Ireland 1 2 3 nbsp United States 1 1 nbsp France 1 1 2 nbsp England 1 1 nbsp Samoa 4 4Player statistics editScoring edit Tries scored Rank Player Tries1 nbsp Terry Kennedy 502 nbsp Corey Toole 433 nbsp Marcos Moneta 38 nbsp Nelson Epee 385 nbsp Kevon Williams 336 nbsp Luciano Gonzalez 30 nbsp Siviwe Soyizwapi 308 nbsp Jordan Sepho 299 nbsp Viwa Naduvalo 2810 nbsp Joachim Trouabal 27 Points scored Rank Player Points1 nbsp Dietrich Roache 3432 nbsp Terry Kennedy 2503 nbsp Stephen Tomasin 2344 nbsp Waisea Nacuqu 2305 nbsp Corey Toole 2156 nbsp Paulin Riva 2027 nbsp Ronald Brown 1948 nbsp Marcos Moneta 190 nbsp Nelson Epee 19010 nbsp Kevon Williams 167 Updated 29 August 2022 Performance edit Impact Player winner Tour Leg Player Points RefDubai I nbsp Terry Kennedy 64 18 Dubai II nbsp Waisea Nacuqu 60 19 Malaga nbsp Corey Toole 62 20 Seville nbsp Corey Toole 69 21 Singapore nbsp Corey Toole 69 22 Vancouver nbsp Kaminieli Rasaku 75 23 Toulouse nbsp Terry Kennedy 66London nbsp Apelu Maliko 67Los Angeles nbsp Paul Scanlan 70 Total Impact Player points Rank Player T B O C Total1 nbsp Corey Toole 75 45 48 161 4672 nbsp Terry Kennedy 52 38 38 220 4623 nbsp Dietrich Roache 80 22 41 164 3924 nbsp Kaminieli Rasaku 73 32 37 129 3725 nbsp Jordan Sepho 50 31 44 117 3486 nbsp Luciano Gonzalez 39 32 10 173 3287 nbsp Billy Odhiambo 59 17 27 156 3208 nbsp Henry Hutchison 106 15 17 134 3199 nbsp Josh Turner 103 19 20 113 31310 nbsp Kevon Williams 43 34 16 126 303Key T Tackles 1 pt B Line breaks 3 pts O Offloads 2 pts C Carries 1 pt Updated 29 August 2022Tournaments editDubai I edit Main article 2021 Dubai Sevens I Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp South Africa 42 7 nbsp United States nbsp Argentina Bronze nbsp Fiji5th Place nbsp Australia 35 21 nbsp Great Britain nbsp Ireland 7th nbsp Kenya9th Place nbsp France 28 26 nbsp Spain nbsp Canada 11th nbsp JapanDubai II edit Main article 2021 Dubai Sevens II Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp South Africa 10 7 nbsp Australia nbsp Argentina Bronze nbsp France5th Place nbsp Great Britain 10 5 nbsp Kenya nbsp United States 7th nbsp Ireland9th Place nbsp Fiji 31 7 nbsp Spain nbsp Japan 11th nbsp CanadaMalaga edit Main article 2022 Malaga Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp South Africa 24 17 nbsp Argentina nbsp England Bronze nbsp Australia5th Place nbsp France 28 12 nbsp United States nbsp Ireland nbsp Canada9th Place nbsp Spain 34 5 nbsp Wales nbsp Scotland nbsp Germany13th Place nbsp Japan 29 24 nbsp Jamaica nbsp Kenya nbsp FijiSeville edit Main article 2022 Seville Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp South Africa 33 7 nbsp Australia nbsp Argentina Bronze nbsp Ireland5th Place nbsp United States 22 17 nbsp England nbsp France nbsp Scotland9th Place nbsp Kenya 24 19 nbsp Spain nbsp Germany nbsp Japan13th Place nbsp Wales 19 14 nbsp Canada nbsp Jamaica nbsp SamoaSingapore edit Main article 2022 Singapore Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp Fiji 28 17 nbsp New Zealand nbsp Australia Bronze nbsp Ireland5th Place nbsp Argentina 42 24 nbsp United States nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa9th Place nbsp France 24 19 nbsp Spain nbsp Kenya nbsp Wales13th Place nbsp England 28 14 nbsp Japan nbsp Canada nbsp ScotlandVancouver edit Main article 2022 Canada Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp Argentina 29 10 nbsp Fiji nbsp Australia Bronze nbsp Samoa5th Place nbsp South Africa 17 15 nbsp New Zealand nbsp England nbsp France9th Place nbsp Ireland 17 7 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp Wales13th Place nbsp United States 33 24 nbsp Spain nbsp Japan nbsp KenyaToulouse edit Main article 2022 France Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp Fiji 29 17 nbsp Ireland nbsp France Bronze nbsp Samoa5th Place nbsp Argentina 21 12 nbsp England nbsp Australia nbsp United States9th Place nbsp New Zealand 42 7 nbsp Scotland nbsp South Africa nbsp Spain13th Place nbsp Japan 28 14 nbsp Wales nbsp Canada nbsp KenyaLondon edit Main article 2022 London Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp Australia 19 14 nbsp New Zealand nbsp Fiji Bronze nbsp Samoa5th Place nbsp South Africa 14 5 nbsp Ireland nbsp England nbsp Spain9th Place nbsp Argentina 31 5 nbsp United States nbsp France nbsp Scotland13th Place nbsp Canada 26 19 nbsp Japan nbsp Kenya nbsp WalesLos Angeles edit Main article 2022 USA Sevens Event Winners Score Finalists SemifinalistsCup nbsp New Zealand 28 21 nbsp Fiji nbsp Australia Bronze nbsp Samoa5th Place nbsp Argentina 29 7 nbsp Kenya nbsp Ireland nbsp United States9th Place nbsp France 33 0 nbsp Scotland nbsp England nbsp Wales13th Place nbsp South Africa 26 0 nbsp Japan nbsp Spain nbsp CanadaSee also edit2021 22 World Rugby Women s Sevens Series Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics played in 2021 Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games only members of the Commonwealth of Nations References edit Org Worldrugby Singapore set for thrilling finals day as South Africa s sevens winning streak ends Great Britain Sevens to compete in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series World Rugby 20 July 2022 World Rugby cancels Sevens events in Cape Town and Singapore ESPN 4 September 2021 Archived from the original on 4 September 2021 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to double up in Canada and Dubai World Rugby 3 September 2021 Archived from the original on 4 September 2021 Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 World Rugby 29 July 2020 Retrieved 6 October 2020 New Zealand awarded titles 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