SVNS
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The SVNS,[1][2] known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series,[3] the competition was formed to promote an elite-level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product. The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2014.[4]
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 SVNS | |
Formerly |
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Sport | Rugby sevens |
Founded | 1999 |
Inaugural season | 1999–2000 |
No. of teams | 12 (2023–24) |
Most recent champion(s) | New Zealand (2022–23) |
Most titles | New Zealand (14 titles) |
Qualification | Challenger Series |
TV partner(s) | List of broadcasters |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Official website | www |
The season's circuit consists of 10 tournaments that generally begin in November or December and last until May. The venues are held across 10 countries, and visits five of the six populated continents. The United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and England each host one event. Each tournament has 16 teams – 15 core teams that participate in each tournament and one regional qualifier.
Teams compete for the World Rugby Series title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament. The lowest placed core team at the end of the season is dropped, and replaced by the winner of the Hong Kong Sevens. New Zealand had originally dominated the Series, winning each of the first six seasons from 1999–2000 to 2004–05, but since then, Fiji, South Africa, Samoa and Australia have each won season titles. England and the United States have placed in the top three for several seasons but have not won the series title.
The International Olympic Committee's decision in 2009 to add rugby sevens to the Summer Olympics beginning in 2016 has added a boost to rugby sevens and to the World Sevens Series; this boost has led to increased exposure and revenues, leading several of the core teams to field fully professional squads.
History edit
International sevens edit
The first international rugby sevens tournament was held in 1973 in Scotland, which was celebrating a century of the Scottish Rugby Union.[5] Seven international teams took part, with England defeating Ireland 22–18 in the final to take the trophy. The Hong Kong Sevens annual tournament began in 1976.[6] Over the next two decades the number of international sevens competitions increased. The most notable was the Rugby World Cup Sevens with Scotland hosting the inaugural event in 1993,[7] along with rugby joining the Commonwealth Games program in 1998.
World Series early years edit
The first season of the World Sevens Series was the 1999–2000 season. At the Series launch, the chairman of the International Rugby Board, Vernon Pugh, described the IRB's vision of the role of this new competition: "this competition has set in place another important element in the IRB’s drive to establish rugby as a truly global sport, one with widespread visibility and steadily improving standards of athletic excellence."[8] New Zealand and Fiji dominated the first series, meeting in the final in eight of the ten season tournaments, and New Zealand narrowly won, overtaking Fiji by winning the last tournament of the series.[8]
New Zealand won the first six seasons in a row from 1999–2000 to 2004–05,[9] led by players such as Karl Te Nana and Amasio Valence. The number of stops in the series varied over the seasons, but experienced a contraction from 11 tournaments in 2001–02 to 7 tournaments in 2002–03 due to the global recession. In the 2005–06 season Fiji clinched the season trophy on the last tournament of the season finishing ahead of England.[10] New Zealand regained the trophy in 2006–07 season in the last tournament of the season.[11]
South Africa was the next team to win the series after taking home the 2008–09 title.[12] In the 2009–10 season, Samoa who finished seventh the previous year shocked the world – led by 2010 top try-scorer and World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Mikaele Pesamino – by winning four of the last five tournaments to overtake New Zealand and win the series.[13]
Olympic era and professionalism edit
The number of core teams expanded from 12 to 15 for the 2011–12 series. Qualification for these places was played out at the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens. Canada (returning to core status for the first time since 2008),[14] Spain and Portugal joined the 12 core teams for the next season. The Japan event also made a return for the first time since 2001 (lasting until 2015). New Zealand continued their dominance by finishing on top.
Argentina was originally planned to begin hosting a tenth event with Mar Del Plata the venue in the 2012–13 season, giving the tour an event on each continent, but when Argentina joined the Rugby Championship those plans were shelved.[15][16] With the same schedule, New Zealand again were the winners over South Africa. They took it again in 2013–14 with Spain the first team to be relegated after finishing last during that season with Japan replacing them.[citation needed]
Heading into the 2014–15 season, the top four teams qualifying to the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and Great Britain all qualifying through.[17] The 2014–15 season and 2015–16 season were won by Fiji – the first time a team other than New Zealand won back-to-back season titles – led by 2015 and 2016 season Dream Team nominee Osea Kolinisau The two seasons also yielded teams winning their first tournaments – the United States won the 2015 London Sevens to finish the season in sixth overall;[18] Kenya won the 2016 Singapore Sevens, and Scotland won the 2016 London Sevens.[19][20] Prior to the 2015–16 season World Rugby did a comprehensive review of all nine tournament hosts and adjusted the schedule, dropping two sites (Japan and Scotland), and adding three sites (France, Singapore and Canada) to the calendar.[citation needed]
In the 2016–17 series, a dominant and consistent display by South Africa saw them reach the finals of the 2016–17 series rounds on eight occasions, winning five of these. As a result, South Africa were series champions with victory in the penultimate round in Paris. The season was a qualifier for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens with the top four teams that had not already qualified, coming from this season.[21] The teams that made it through to the World Cup via this method were Canada, Argentina, Scotland and Samoa.[22]
Tournament hosts edit
The World Series will consist of 8 scheduled tournament stops from the 2023–24 season, which generally fall in the same order and timeframes. From 2020 to 2022, however, several of these events had to be cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.[23][24]
Event | Venue | City | Joined series [a] | Scheduled | Ref |
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Dubai | The Sevens | Dubai | 1999–2000 | December | [25] |
South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 1999–2000 | December | [26] |
Australia | Perth Rectangular Stadium | Perth | 1999–2000 | January | [27] |
USA | Dignity Health Sports Park | Los Angeles | 2003–04 | February | [28] |
Canada | BC Place | Vancouver | 2015–16 | March | [29] |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 1999–2000 | April | [6] |
Singapore | National Stadium | Singapore | 2015–16 | May | [30] |
Spain | Metropolitano Stadium | Madrid | 2023–24 | May/June |
Notes edit
Teams, promotion and relegation edit
Core teams edit
A group of core teams, currently 12 in number, is announced for each season based on performances in the previous season. Each core team has a guaranteed place in all of that season's events. The core teams have been selected through a designated promotion/relegation process since the 2012–13 season. A new system from the 2023–24 season, will see 12 core teams, with up to 4 being relegated each year.
# | Team | Core since | Best Series Finish (Last) |
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1 | Australia | 1999–00 | 1st (2021–22) |
2 | South Africa | 1999–00 | 1st (2021) |
3 | Fiji | 1999–00 | 1st (2018–19) |
4 | Argentina | 1999–00 | 2nd (2022–23) |
5 | Ireland | 2019–20 | 5th (2021–22) |
6 | United States | 2008–09 | 2nd (2018–19) |
7 | France | 1999–00 | 4th (2022–23) |
8 | New Zealand | 1999–00 | 1st (2022–23) |
9 | Samoa | 1999–00 | 1st (2009–10) |
10 | Spain | 2017–18 | 9th (2021) |
11 | Canada | 2012–13 | 4th (2021) |
12 | Great Britain[a] | 2022–23 | 2nd (2021) |
Key: * indicates a tied placing
Team | Last season as core | Best Series finish (Last) |
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England | 2021–22 | 2nd (2016–17) |
Japan | 2022–23 | 12th* (1999–00) |
Kenya | 2022–23 | 3rd (2021) |
Portugal | 2015–16 | 14th (2014–15) |
Russia | 2017–18 | 14th (2016–17) |
Scotland | 2021–22 | 7th (2016–17) |
Uruguay | 2022–23 | 12th (2022–23) |
Wales | 2021–22 | 6th (2006–07) |
- Notes
- ^ Great Britain, formed as a merger of England, Scotland and Wales, became a core team in 2022–23 but the three predecessor teams had core status from the early years of the series.
Invited teams edit
Non-core teams are also invited to compete in every season of the World Rugby Sevens Series. With 15 core teams, there is generally now only one invited team at each 16-team tournament.[33] Before 2012–13, when there were only 12 core teams,[34] four places at each tournament were usually available to invited teams.[35]
Team | Last season played | Best Series finish (Last) |
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Chile | 2021 | 11th (2021) |
China | 2010–11 | 14th (2005–06) |
Cook Islands | 2011–12 | 13th (2001–02) |
Georgia | 2008–09 | 10th* (1999–00) |
Germany | 2021–22 | 7th (2021) |
Hong Kong | 2022-23 | 8th (2021) |
Italy | 2009–10 | 15th (2002–03) |
Jamaica | 2021–22 | 10th (2021) |
South Korea | 2019–20 | 11th (2000–01) |
Morocco | 2011–12 | 15th (2001–02) |
Mexico | 2021 | 12th (2021) |
Namibia | 2010–11 | 14th (2001–02) |
Papua New Guinea | 2017–18 | 12th* (1999–00) |
Tonga | 2018–19 | 10th* (1999–00) |
Tunisia | 2009–10 | 11th (2004–05) |
Zimbabwe | 2018–19 | 14th (2000–01) |
Key: * indicates a tied placing
Promotion and relegation edit
In 2019, World Rugby announced a plan to create a second-tier competition that would allow the best thirteen sevens teams, with the addition of three invited teams, from their region to compete in a similar style format to the Sevens Series for the potential of gaining promotion to the World Rugby Sevens Series and becoming a core team.[36] This breaks from the usual format of promotion and relegation in the sevens series.
From 2013–14 series to 2018–19 the promotion/relegation was as follows:
- One team is relegated and one team is promoted each year.
- The core team that finishes bottom of the table at the end of the season series is relegated.
- The team that wins the 12-team qualifying tournament at the Hong Kong Sevens is promoted.
From 2020 onwards the style of promotion/relegation will be as such:
- One team is relegated and one team is promoted each year.
- The core team that finishes bottom of the table at the end of the season series is relegated to the Challenger Series.
- Eight teams will compete for promotion in the Hong Kong Sevens event after qualifying through the Challenger Series.
Season | Core teams | Relegated (post-season) | Promoted (for the next season) |
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2011–12 | 12 | None | Canada, Portugal, Spain |
2012–13 | 15 | No relegation or promotion | |
2013–14 | 15 | Spain | Japan |
2014–15 | 15 | Japan | Russia |
2015–16 | 15 | Portugal | Japan |
2016–17 | 15 | Japan | Spain |
2017–18 | 15 | Russia | Japan |
2018–19 | 15 | Japan | Ireland |
2019–20 | 15 | None[a] | Japan |
2021 | 16[b] | No relegation or promotion[c] | |
2021–22 | 16[d] | No relegation | Uruguay |
2022–23 | 15[e] | Japan, Kenya, Uruguay | No promotion |
- Notes
- ^ There was no relegation from the 2019–20 core teams due to the curtailed season. Therefore, Wales, who would have been relegated as the lowest placed core team, retained core team status. Japan was promoted as the winner of the Challenger Series, making it 16 core teams for the following series.
- ^ Only 6 of the 16 core teams took part in the 2021 Series, which consisted of two tournament events played in Canada.
- ^ All 16 core teams from the truncated 2021 season retained their core status for the 2021–22 season, with no promotion or relegation.[37]
- ^ The first two events in Dubai will be played with only 14 teams, as England, Scotland and Wales will be replaced for Great Britain.
- ^ The teams that make up Great Britain, combined for the 2022–23 season from three teams to one.
Other qualifying edit
The World Series results are sometimes used as a qualifier for other tournaments. For example, the top four teams of the 2014–15 series automatically qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Similarly, certain teams from the 2016–17 series qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Historical results edit
Top-6 placings by season edit
Summary of the top six placegetters for each series:
- Notes
- ^ Due to concerns in 2003 about the SARS virus, tournaments scheduled for China, Malaysia, and Singapore were cancelled.[41][42]
- ^ The last four rounds of the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series, scheduled for London, Paris, Singapore, and Hong Kong, were cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]
- ^ Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, only two tournaments were played during the 2021 series (instead of the usual ten) and most of the top teams from the 2019–20 series did not compete.[23]
Top-6 placings by team edit
Tally of top six placings in the series for each team, updated after the most recently completed 2021–22 season (obtained by summing the placings of each team as recorded in the above table of results by season).
Team | Champion | Runner | Third | Fourth | Top-3 Apps | Top-6 Apps |
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New Zealand | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
South Africa | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
Fiji | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Samoa | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
England | – | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
Argentina | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Great Britain | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
United States | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 |
Kenya | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 |
Canada | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
France | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Wales | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Events won edit
This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2022) |
List of legs won by each team since 1999.
Updated on 22 May 2023.
Titles | Country | Last time |
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67 | New Zealand | 2023 |
44 | Fiji | 2022 |
39 | South Africa | 2023 |
19 | England | 2017 |
11 | Samoa | 2023 |
9 | Australia | 2023 |
6 | Argentina | 2023 |
3 | United States | 2019 |
2 | Scotland | 2017 |
1 | Canada | 2017 |
1 | Kenya | 2016 |
1 | France | 2005 |
Format edit
Rugby sevens is a fast-paced version of rugby union with seven players each side on a full-sized rugby field. Games are much shorter, lasting seven minutes each half. The game is quicker and faster-scoring than 15-a-side rugby, which explains part of its appeal. It also gives players the space for superb feats of individual skill. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format. Currently, in a normal event, 16 teams are entered.
World Rugby operates satellite tournaments in each continent alongside the Sevens World Series which serve as qualifiers for Series events;[14] in 2012–13 they also determined the entrants in the World Series Pre-Qualifier, and since 2013–14 determine the entrants in the Core Team Qualifier.[citation needed]
In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss, 0 for a no-show. In case teams are tied after pool play, the tiebreakers are:[65]
- Head-to-head result between the tied teams.
- Difference in points scored and allowed during pool play.
- Difference in tries scored and allowed during pool play.
- Points scored during pool play.
- Coin toss.
As of the 2009–10 series, four trophies are awarded in each tournament. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.
In a normal event, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third and fourth-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the losing quarterfinalists of the Bowl.
A third-place match is now conducted between the losing Cup semifinalists in all tournaments; this was introduced for the 2011–12 series.[66]
In 2012–13, the season-ending London Sevens expanded to 20 teams, with 12 competing for series points and eight involved in the Core Team Qualifier.[67] With the promotion place now determined at the Hong Kong Sevens, the London Sevens returned to the traditional 16-team format in 2013–14.
Hong Kong 7s edit
The Hong Kong Sevens (an anomaly as a three-day event) is the most famous sevens tournament. The Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams through the 2011–12 series, but has featured 28 teams since 2012–13, with 15 core teams and the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series competing for series points. At the 2013 event, the remaining 12 teams were those in the World Series Pre-Qualifier;[67] from 2014 forward, the remaining 12 teams are those in the Core Team Qualifier.[citation needed] In Hong Kong, the Shield was awarded for the first time in 2010.[68]
Originally, the six pool winners of the Hong Kong Sevens, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advanced to the Cup.
In 2010 and 2011, a different system was used:[69]
- The losing quarterfinalists in the Cup competition contested the Plate competition.
- The four remaining second-place teams and the four best third-place teams, which contested the Plate in previous years, competed for the Bowl.
- The remaining eight teams in the competition, which contested the Bowl in previous years, competed for the Shield.
In the transitional year of 2012, the Hong Kong Sevens was split into two separate competitions. The 12 core teams competed for the Cup, Plate and Bowl under a format similar to that of a regular event. The 12 invited teams all competed for the Shield, with the top three sides in that competition also earning core status for 2012–13.
From 2013 on, the Hong Kong Sevens was played under the same 16-team format used in the rest of the series, with typically 15 core teams plus an invited team (for Hong Kong, usually the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series) competing in the main draw of the tournament. In line with changes which began at the start of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, the duration of the Cup final was reduced from 20 minutes to 14 minutes in 2017. In that season, the number of trophies was also reduced to two; the main Cup contested by the top eight teams from the pool stage, and a Challenge Trophy contested by the bottom eight teams from the pool stage.
Points schedule edit
The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. World Rugby introduced a new scoring system for the 2011–12 series, in which all teams participating in a tournament are guaranteed points. Initially, World Rugby announced the new points schedule only for the standard 16-team events; the allocations for the Hong Kong Sevens were announced later.[66] A new scoring system was introduced in 2019–20 requiring teams to play for 7th, 11th and 15th places, previously teams had tied for 7th–8th 11th–12th and 15th–16th places.
The current points schedule used at each standard event is summarised below.
Place Status Points Cup winner, gold medalist 22 Cup runner-up, silver medalist 19 3rd-place winner, bronze medalist 17 4 3rd-place loser 15 5 5th-place winner 13 6 5th-place loser 12 7 7th-place winner 11 8 7th-place loser 10 9 9th-place winner 8 10 9th-place loser 7 11 11th-place winner 6 12 11th-place loser 5 13 13th-place winner 4 14 13th-place loser 3 15 15th-place winner 2 16 15th-place loser 1
Tie-breaking: If two or more teams are level on overall series points, the following tie-breakers are used:[65]
- Overall difference in points scored and allowed during the season.
- Total try count during the season.
- If neither of the above produces a winner, the teams are considered tied.
Business edit
TV and media edit
The tour received 1,147 hours of air time in 2005–06; 530 of which was live, and was broadcast to 136 countries.[70] By 2008–09, the hours of air time had increased to over 3,300, with 35 broadcasters airing the series in 139 countries and 15 languages.[71] Broadcast time increased further in 2009–10, with 3,561 hours of air time (1,143 hours live) carried by 34 broadcasters in 141 countries and 16 languages.[72] In 2010–11, 3,657 hours of coverage were aired (1,161 hours live), with the same number of broadcasters as the previous season but six new countries added. For that season, Sevens World Series programming was available in 332 million homes worldwide, with a potential audience of 760 million.[73]
Sponsorship edit
The International Rugby Board reached a 5-year deal with HSBC in October 2010 that granted them status as the first-ever title sponsor of the Sevens World Series. Through the agreement, HSBC acquired title naming rights to all tournaments in the World Series, beginning with the Dubai Sevens on 3 December 2010.[4] HSBC has since sub-licensed the naming rights to individual tournaments, while retaining its name sponsorship of the overall series. A renewed, 4-year deal was announced before the 2015–16 Series, this deal was also expanded to include the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[74]
Tournament | Sponsor |
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Sydney | HSBC |
Dubai | Emirates Airline |
South Africa | Cell C/Nelson Mandela Bay |
New Zealand | Hertz |
USA | No named sponsor |
Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific/HSBC |
Japan | No named sponsor |
Scotland | Emirates Airline |
London | Marriott |
Player contracts and salaries edit
In the year after the International Olympic Committee announced in 2009 that rugby sevens would return to the Olympics in 2016, most of the "core teams" on the Series began offering full-time contracts to their players. These annual salaries can range from €18,000 to €100,000. England offers among the more generous salaries, ranging from an estimated €25,000 to over €100,000. New Zealand has a graded system with salaries ranging from €23,000-plus to about €52,500 for its four top earners. The basic salary for Scottish sevens players ranges from €22,500 to €40,000. The Australian sevens players are estimated to be on a basic salary of about €27,000-plus. Toward the bottom end of the scale is Ireland, offering its players a €18,000 to €23,750 development contract, less than minimum wage.[75]
Player awards by season edit
Player records edit
Players in bold are still active.
Tries edit
Updated: 5 April 2023 Points edit
Updated: 2 April 2023 Matches edit
Updated: 14 May 2023. See also editReferences edit
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This article is about the men s rugby sevens competition For the women s rugby sevens competition see World Rugby Women s Sevens Series It has been suggested that this article be merged with World Rugby SVNS Series Discuss Proposed since August 2023 The SVNS 1 2 known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams Organised for the first time in the 1999 2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series 3 the competition was formed to promote an elite level of international rugby sevens and develop the game into a viable commercial product The competition has been sponsored by banking group HSBC since 2014 4 HSBC SVNSCurrent season competition or edition 2023 24 SVNSFormerlyIRB Sevens World Series 1999 2014 Sevens World Series 2014 2015 World Rugby Sevens Series 2015 2023 SportRugby sevensFounded1999 24 years ago 1999 Inaugural season1999 2000No of teams12 2023 24 Most recentchampion s New Zealand 2022 23 Most titles New Zealand 14 titles QualificationChallenger SeriesTV partner s List of broadcastersLevel on pyramid1Official websitewww wbr svns wbr com wbr enThe season s circuit consists of 10 tournaments that generally begin in November or December and last until May The venues are held across 10 countries and visits five of the six populated continents The United Arab Emirates South Africa Australia New Zealand the United States Canada Hong Kong Singapore France and England each host one event Each tournament has 16 teams 15 core teams that participate in each tournament and one regional qualifier Teams compete for the World Rugby Series title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament The lowest placed core team at the end of the season is dropped and replaced by the winner of the Hong Kong Sevens New Zealand had originally dominated the Series winning each of the first six seasons from 1999 2000 to 2004 05 but since then Fiji South Africa Samoa and Australia have each won season titles England and the United States have placed in the top three for several seasons but have not won the series title The International Olympic Committee s decision in 2009 to add rugby sevens to the Summer Olympics beginning in 2016 has added a boost to rugby sevens and to the World Sevens Series this boost has led to increased exposure and revenues leading several of the core teams to field fully professional squads Contents 1 History 1 1 International sevens 1 2 World Series early years 1 3 Olympic era and professionalism 2 Tournament hosts 2 1 Notes 3 Teams promotion and relegation 3 1 Core teams 3 2 Invited teams 3 3 Promotion and relegation 3 4 Other qualifying 4 Historical results 4 1 Top 6 placings by season 4 2 Top 6 placings by team 4 3 Events won 5 Format 5 1 Hong Kong 7s 5 2 Points schedule 6 Business 6 1 TV and media 6 2 Sponsorship 7 Player contracts and salaries 8 Player awards by season 9 Player records 9 1 Tries 9 2 Points 9 3 Matches 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory editInternational sevens edit The first international rugby sevens tournament was held in 1973 in Scotland which was celebrating a century of the Scottish Rugby Union 5 Seven international teams took part with England defeating Ireland 22 18 in the final to take the trophy The Hong Kong Sevens annual tournament began in 1976 6 Over the next two decades the number of international sevens competitions increased The most notable was the Rugby World Cup Sevens with Scotland hosting the inaugural event in 1993 7 along with rugby joining the Commonwealth Games program in 1998 World Series early years edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Former series logos 1999 top pre 2010 middle 2011 2015 centre bottom 2015 2023 bottom The first season of the World Sevens Series was the 1999 2000 season At the Series launch the chairman of the International Rugby Board Vernon Pugh described the IRB s vision of the role of this new competition this competition has set in place another important element in the IRB s drive to establish rugby as a truly global sport one with widespread visibility and steadily improving standards of athletic excellence 8 New Zealand and Fiji dominated the first series meeting in the final in eight of the ten season tournaments and New Zealand narrowly won overtaking Fiji by winning the last tournament of the series 8 New Zealand won the first six seasons in a row from 1999 2000 to 2004 05 9 led by players such as Karl Te Nana and Amasio Valence The number of stops in the series varied over the seasons but experienced a contraction from 11 tournaments in 2001 02 to 7 tournaments in 2002 03 due to the global recession In the 2005 06 season Fiji clinched the season trophy on the last tournament of the season finishing ahead of England 10 New Zealand regained the trophy in 2006 07 season in the last tournament of the season 11 South Africa was the next team to win the series after taking home the 2008 09 title 12 In the 2009 10 season Samoa who finished seventh the previous year shocked the world led by 2010 top try scorer and World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Mikaele Pesamino by winning four of the last five tournaments to overtake New Zealand and win the series 13 Olympic era and professionalism edit The number of core teams expanded from 12 to 15 for the 2011 12 series Qualification for these places was played out at the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens Canada returning to core status for the first time since 2008 14 Spain and Portugal joined the 12 core teams for the next season The Japan event also made a return for the first time since 2001 lasting until 2015 New Zealand continued their dominance by finishing on top Argentina was originally planned to begin hosting a tenth event with Mar Del Plata the venue in the 2012 13 season giving the tour an event on each continent but when Argentina joined the Rugby Championship those plans were shelved 15 16 With the same schedule New Zealand again were the winners over South Africa They took it again in 2013 14 with Spain the first team to be relegated after finishing last during that season with Japan replacing them citation needed Heading into the 2014 15 season the top four teams qualifying to the 2016 Summer Olympics with Fiji South Africa New Zealand and Great Britain all qualifying through 17 The 2014 15 season and 2015 16 season were won by Fiji the first time a team other than New Zealand won back to back season titles led by 2015 and 2016 season Dream Team nominee Osea Kolinisau The two seasons also yielded teams winning their first tournaments the United States won the 2015 London Sevens to finish the season in sixth overall 18 Kenya won the 2016 Singapore Sevens and Scotland won the 2016 London Sevens 19 20 Prior to the 2015 16 season World Rugby did a comprehensive review of all nine tournament hosts and adjusted the schedule dropping two sites Japan and Scotland and adding three sites France Singapore and Canada to the calendar citation needed In the 2016 17 series a dominant and consistent display by South Africa saw them reach the finals of the 2016 17 series rounds on eight occasions winning five of these As a result South Africa were series champions with victory in the penultimate round in Paris The season was a qualifier for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens with the top four teams that had not already qualified coming from this season 21 The teams that made it through to the World Cup via this method were Canada Argentina Scotland and Samoa 22 Tournament hosts editFor a list of previous hosts see World Rugby Sevens Series hosts The World Series will consist of 8 scheduled tournament stops from the 2023 24 season which generally fall in the same order and timeframes From 2020 to 2022 however several of these events had to be cancelled due to impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic 23 24 Key Event added for the 2023 24 season Event Venue City Joined series a Scheduled Ref nbsp Dubai The Sevens Dubai 1999 2000 December 25 nbsp South Africa Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 1999 2000 December 26 nbsp Australia Perth Rectangular Stadium Perth 1999 2000 January 27 nbsp USA Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 2003 04 February 28 nbsp Canada BC Place Vancouver 2015 16 March 29 nbsp Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 1999 2000 April 6 nbsp Singapore National Stadium Singapore 2015 16 May 30 nbsp Spain Metropolitano Stadium Madrid 2023 24 May JuneNotes edit Most of these tournaments were established when added to the World Series with certain exceptions The two oldest are Dubai which began in 1970 and Hong Kong which began in 1976 25 6 The tournaments in Australia and France date back to 1986 and 1996 respectively 31 32 Teams promotion and relegation editCore teams edit A group of core teams currently 12 in number is announced for each season based on performances in the previous season Each core team has a guaranteed place in all of that season s events The core teams have been selected through a designated promotion relegation process since the 2012 13 season A new system from the 2023 24 season will see 12 core teams with up to 4 being relegated each year Team Core since Best Series Finish Last 1 nbsp Australia 1999 00 1st 2021 22 2 nbsp South Africa 1999 00 1st 2021 3 nbsp Fiji 1999 00 1st 2018 19 4 nbsp Argentina 1999 00 2nd 2022 23 5 nbsp Ireland 2019 20 5th 2021 22 6 nbsp United States 2008 09 2nd 2018 19 7 nbsp France 1999 00 4th 2022 23 8 nbsp New Zealand 1999 00 1st 2022 23 9 nbsp Samoa 1999 00 1st 2009 10 10 nbsp Spain 2017 18 9th 2021 11 nbsp Canada 2012 13 4th 2021 12 nbsp Great Britain a 2022 23 2nd 2021 Key indicates a tied placing Former core teams Team Last season as core Best Series finish Last nbsp England 2021 22 2nd 2016 17 nbsp Japan 2022 23 12th 1999 00 nbsp Kenya 2022 23 3rd 2021 nbsp Portugal 2015 16 14th 2014 15 nbsp Russia 2017 18 14th 2016 17 nbsp Scotland 2021 22 7th 2016 17 nbsp Uruguay 2022 23 12th 2022 23 nbsp Wales 2021 22 6th 2006 07 Notes Great Britain formed as a merger of England Scotland and Wales became a core team in 2022 23 but the three predecessor teams had core status from the early years of the series Invited teams edit Non core teams are also invited to compete in every season of the World Rugby Sevens Series With 15 core teams there is generally now only one invited team at each 16 team tournament 33 Before 2012 13 when there were only 12 core teams 34 four places at each tournament were usually available to invited teams 35 Invited teams with a Top 15 Series finish Team Last season played Best Series finish Last nbsp Chile 2021 11th 2021 nbsp China 2010 11 14th 2005 06 nbsp Cook Islands 2011 12 13th 2001 02 nbsp Georgia 2008 09 10th 1999 00 nbsp Germany 2021 22 7th 2021 nbsp Hong Kong 2022 23 8th 2021 nbsp Italy 2009 10 15th 2002 03 nbsp Jamaica 2021 22 10th 2021 nbsp South Korea 2019 20 11th 2000 01 nbsp Morocco 2011 12 15th 2001 02 nbsp Mexico 2021 12th 2021 nbsp Namibia 2010 11 14th 2001 02 nbsp Papua New Guinea 2017 18 12th 1999 00 nbsp Tonga 2018 19 10th 1999 00 nbsp Tunisia 2009 10 11th 2004 05 nbsp Zimbabwe 2018 19 14th 2000 01 Key indicates a tied placing Promotion and relegation edit Further information World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series In 2019 World Rugby announced a plan to create a second tier competition that would allow the best thirteen sevens teams with the addition of three invited teams from their region to compete in a similar style format to the Sevens Series for the potential of gaining promotion to the World Rugby Sevens Series and becoming a core team 36 This breaks from the usual format of promotion and relegation in the sevens series From 2013 14 series to 2018 19 the promotion relegation was as follows One team is relegated and one team is promoted each year The core team that finishes bottom of the table at the end of the season series is relegated The team that wins the 12 team qualifying tournament at the Hong Kong Sevens is promoted From 2020 onwards the style of promotion relegation will be as such One team is relegated and one team is promoted each year The core team that finishes bottom of the table at the end of the season series is relegated to the Challenger Series Eight teams will compete for promotion in the Hong Kong Sevens event after qualifying through the Challenger Series Season Core teams Relegated post season Promoted for the next season 2011 12 12 None nbsp Canada nbsp Portugal nbsp Spain2012 13 15 No relegation or promotion2013 14 15 nbsp Spain nbsp Japan2014 15 15 nbsp Japan nbsp Russia2015 16 15 nbsp Portugal nbsp Japan2016 17 15 nbsp Japan nbsp Spain2017 18 15 nbsp Russia nbsp Japan2018 19 15 nbsp Japan nbsp Ireland2019 20 15 None a nbsp Japan2021 16 b No relegation or promotion c 2021 22 16 d No relegation nbsp Uruguay2022 23 15 e nbsp Japan nbsp Kenya nbsp Uruguay No promotionNotes There was no relegation from the 2019 20 core teams due to the curtailed season Therefore Wales who would have been relegated as the lowest placed core team retained core team status Japan was promoted as the winner of the Challenger Series making it 16 core teams for the following series Only 6 of the 16 core teams took part in the 2021 Series which consisted of two tournament events played in Canada All 16 core teams from the truncated 2021 season retained their core status for the 2021 22 season with no promotion or relegation 37 The first two events in Dubai will be played with only 14 teams as England Scotland and Wales will be replaced for Great Britain The teams that make up Great Britain combined for the 2022 23 season from three teams to one Other qualifying edit The World Series results are sometimes used as a qualifier for other tournaments For example the top four teams of the 2014 15 series automatically qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Similarly certain teams from the 2016 17 series qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Historical results editTop 6 placings by season edit Summary of the top six placegetters for each series Series Season Rds Champion Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth RefI 1999 00 10 nbsp New Zealand 186 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp Australia nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa nbsp Canada 38 II 2000 01 9 nbsp New Zealand 162 pts nbsp Australia nbsp Fiji nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa nbsp Argentina 39 III 2001 02 11 nbsp New Zealand 198 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp England nbsp Fiji nbsp Australia nbsp Samoa 40 IV 2002 03 7 a nbsp New Zealand 112 pts nbsp England nbsp Fiji nbsp South Africa nbsp Australia nbsp Samoa 43 V 2003 04 8 nbsp New Zealand 128 pts nbsp England nbsp Argentina nbsp Fiji nbsp South Africa nbsp Samoa 44 VI 2004 05 7 nbsp New Zealand 116 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp South Africa nbsp Argentina nbsp Australia 45 VII 2005 06 8 nbsp Fiji 144 pts nbsp England nbsp South Africa nbsp New Zealand nbsp Samoa nbsp Argentina 46 VIII 2006 07 8 nbsp New Zealand 130 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa nbsp England nbsp Wales 47 IX 2007 08 8 nbsp New Zealand 154 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp Samoa nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp Argentina 48 X 2008 09 8 nbsp South Africa 132 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp New Zealand nbsp Argentina nbsp Kenya 49 XI 2009 10 8 nbsp Samoa 164 pts nbsp New Zealand nbsp Australia nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp South Africa 50 XII 2010 11 8 nbsp New Zealand 166 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp England nbsp Fiji nbsp Samoa nbsp Australia 51 XIII 2011 12 9 nbsp New Zealand 167 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa nbsp Australia 52 XIV 2012 13 9 nbsp New Zealand 173 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp Fiji nbsp Samoa nbsp Kenya nbsp England 53 XV 2013 14 9 nbsp New Zealand 180 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp Fiji nbsp England nbsp Australia nbsp Canada 54 XVI 2014 15 9 nbsp Fiji 164 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp New Zealand nbsp England nbsp Australia nbsp United States 55 XVII 2015 16 10 nbsp Fiji 181 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp New Zealand nbsp Australia nbsp Argentina nbsp United States 56 XVIII 2016 17 10 nbsp South Africa 192 pts nbsp England nbsp Fiji nbsp New Zealand nbsp United States nbsp Australia 57 XIX 2017 18 10 nbsp South Africa 182 pts nbsp Fiji nbsp New Zealand nbsp Australia nbsp England nbsp United States 58 XX 2018 19 10 nbsp Fiji 186 pts nbsp United States nbsp New Zealand nbsp South Africa nbsp England nbsp Samoa 59 XXI 2019 20 6 b nbsp New Zealand 115 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp Fiji nbsp Australia nbsp England nbsp France 61 XXII 2021 2 c nbsp South Africa 40 pts nbsp Great Britain nbsp Kenya nbsp Canada nbsp United States nbsp Ireland 62 XXIII 2021 22 9 nbsp Australia 126 pts nbsp South Africa nbsp Fiji nbsp Argentina nbsp Ireland nbsp United States 63 XXIV 2022 23 11 nbsp New Zealand 200 pts nbsp Argentina nbsp Fiji nbsp France nbsp Australia nbsp Samoa 64 Notes Due to concerns in 2003 about the SARS virus tournaments scheduled for China Malaysia and Singapore were cancelled 41 42 The last four rounds of the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series scheduled for London Paris Singapore and Hong Kong were cancelled due to impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic 60 Due to impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic only two tournaments were played during the 2021 series instead of the usual ten and most of the top teams from the 2019 20 series did not compete 23 Top 6 placings by team edit Tally of top six placings in the series for each team updated after the most recently completed 2021 22 season obtained by summing the placings of each team as recorded in the above table of results by season Team Champ ion Runner wbr up Third Fourth Top 3 Apps Top 6 Apps nbsp New Zealand 14 1 4 3 19 22 nbsp South Africa 4 9 1 4 14 23 nbsp Fiji 4 6 8 5 18 23 nbsp Australia 1 1 2 3 4 16 nbsp Samoa 1 2 4 3 14 nbsp England 4 5 2 9 18 nbsp Argentina 1 1 1 2 9 nbsp Great Britain 1 1 1 nbsp United States 1 1 7 nbsp Kenya 1 1 3 nbsp Canada 1 3 nbsp France 1 2 nbsp Ireland 2 nbsp Wales 1Events won edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message List of legs won by each team since 1999 Updated on 22 May 2023 Legs won since 1999 Titles Country Last time67 nbsp New Zealand 202344 nbsp Fiji 202239 nbsp South Africa 202319 nbsp England 201711 nbsp Samoa 20239 nbsp Australia 20236 nbsp Argentina 20233 nbsp United States 20192 nbsp Scotland 20171 nbsp Canada 20171 nbsp Kenya 20161 nbsp France 2005Format editRugby sevens is a fast paced version of rugby union with seven players each side on a full sized rugby field Games are much shorter lasting seven minutes each half The game is quicker and faster scoring than 15 a side rugby which explains part of its appeal It also gives players the space for superb feats of individual skill Sevens is traditionally played in a two day tournament format Currently in a normal event 16 teams are entered World Rugby operates satellite tournaments in each continent alongside the Sevens World Series which serve as qualifiers for Series events 14 in 2012 13 they also determined the entrants in the World Series Pre Qualifier and since 2013 14 determine the entrants in the Core Team Qualifier citation needed In each tournament the teams are divided into pools of four teams who play a round robin within the pool Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments 3 for a win 2 for a draw 1 for a loss 0 for a no show In case teams are tied after pool play the tiebreakers are 65 Head to head result between the tied teams Difference in points scored and allowed during pool play Difference in tries scored and allowed during pool play Points scored during pool play Coin toss As of the 2009 10 series four trophies are awarded in each tournament In descending order of prestige they are the Cup whose winner is the overall tournament champion Plate Bowl and Shield Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament In a normal event the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate The Bowl is contested by the third and fourth place finishers in each pool while the Shield is contested by the losing quarterfinalists of the Bowl A third place match is now conducted between the losing Cup semifinalists in all tournaments this was introduced for the 2011 12 series 66 In 2012 13 the season ending London Sevens expanded to 20 teams with 12 competing for series points and eight involved in the Core Team Qualifier 67 With the promotion place now determined at the Hong Kong Sevens the London Sevens returned to the traditional 16 team format in 2013 14 Hong Kong 7s edit The Hong Kong Sevens an anomaly as a three day event is the most famous sevens tournament The Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams through the 2011 12 series but has featured 28 teams since 2012 13 with 15 core teams and the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series competing for series points At the 2013 event the remaining 12 teams were those in the World Series Pre Qualifier 67 from 2014 forward the remaining 12 teams are those in the Core Team Qualifier citation needed In Hong Kong the Shield was awarded for the first time in 2010 68 Originally the six pool winners of the Hong Kong Sevens plus the two highest finishing second place teams advanced to the Cup In 2010 and 2011 a different system was used 69 The losing quarterfinalists in the Cup competition contested the Plate competition The four remaining second place teams and the four best third place teams which contested the Plate in previous years competed for the Bowl The remaining eight teams in the competition which contested the Bowl in previous years competed for the Shield In the transitional year of 2012 the Hong Kong Sevens was split into two separate competitions The 12 core teams competed for the Cup Plate and Bowl under a format similar to that of a regular event The 12 invited teams all competed for the Shield with the top three sides in that competition also earning core status for 2012 13 From 2013 on the Hong Kong Sevens was played under the same 16 team format used in the rest of the series with typically 15 core teams plus an invited team for Hong Kong usually the winner of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series competing in the main draw of the tournament In line with changes which began at the start of the 2016 17 World Rugby Sevens Series the duration of the Cup final was reduced from 20 minutes to 14 minutes in 2017 In that season the number of trophies was also reduced to two the main Cup contested by the top eight teams from the pool stage and a Challenge Trophy contested by the bottom eight teams from the pool stage Points schedule edit The season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament World Rugby introduced a new scoring system for the 2011 12 series in which all teams participating in a tournament are guaranteed points Initially World Rugby announced the new points schedule only for the standard 16 team events the allocations for the Hong Kong Sevens were announced later 66 A new scoring system was introduced in 2019 20 requiring teams to play for 7th 11th and 15th places previously teams had tied for 7th 8th 11th 12th and 15th 16th places The current points schedule used at each standard event is summarised below Place Status Points nbsp Cup winner gold medalist 22 nbsp Cup runner up silver medalist 19 nbsp 3rd place winner bronze medalist 174 3rd place loser 155 5th place winner 136 5th place loser 127 7th place winner 118 7th place loser 109 9th place winner 810 9th place loser 711 11th place winner 612 11th place loser 513 13th place winner 414 13th place loser 315 15th place winner 216 15th place loser 1Tie breaking If two or more teams are level on overall series points the following tie breakers are used 65 Overall difference in points scored and allowed during the season Total try count during the season If neither of the above produces a winner the teams are considered tied Business editTV and media edit The tour received 1 147 hours of air time in 2005 06 530 of which was live and was broadcast to 136 countries 70 By 2008 09 the hours of air time had increased to over 3 300 with 35 broadcasters airing the series in 139 countries and 15 languages 71 Broadcast time increased further in 2009 10 with 3 561 hours of air time 1 143 hours live carried by 34 broadcasters in 141 countries and 16 languages 72 In 2010 11 3 657 hours of coverage were aired 1 161 hours live with the same number of broadcasters as the previous season but six new countries added For that season Sevens World Series programming was available in 332 million homes worldwide with a potential audience of 760 million 73 Sponsorship edit The International Rugby Board reached a 5 year deal with HSBC in October 2010 that granted them status as the first ever title sponsor of the Sevens World Series Through the agreement HSBC acquired title naming rights to all tournaments in the World Series beginning with the Dubai Sevens on 3 December 2010 4 HSBC has since sub licensed the naming rights to individual tournaments while retaining its name sponsorship of the overall series A renewed 4 year deal was announced before the 2015 16 Series this deal was also expanded to include the World Rugby Women s Sevens Series 74 nbsp Crowd cheering at the 2009 Hong Kong Sevens Tournament Naming Rights Tournament SponsorSydney HSBCDubai Emirates AirlineSouth Africa Cell C Nelson Mandela BayNew Zealand HertzUSA No named sponsorHong Kong Cathay Pacific HSBCJapan No named sponsorScotland Emirates AirlineLondon MarriottPlayer contracts and salaries editIn the year after the International Olympic Committee announced in 2009 that rugby sevens would return to the Olympics in 2016 most of the core teams on the Series began offering full time contracts to their players These annual salaries can range from 18 000 to 100 000 England offers among the more generous salaries ranging from an estimated 25 000 to over 100 000 New Zealand has a graded system with salaries ranging from 23 000 plus to about 52 500 for its four top earners The basic salary for Scottish sevens players ranges from 22 500 to 40 000 The Australian sevens players are estimated to be on a basic salary of about 27 000 plus Toward the bottom end of the scale is Ireland offering its players a 18 000 to 23 750 development contract less than minimum wage 75 Player awards by season editSeason Rounds Most points Most tries 76 Player of the Year Ref1999 00 10 nbsp Waisale Serevi 684 nbsp Vilimoni Delasau 83 No award 77 78 2000 01 9 nbsp Damian Karauna 262 nbsp Karl Te Nana 42 No award 79 80 2001 02 11 nbsp Brent Russell 450 nbsp Brent Russell 46 No award 81 82 2002 03 7 nbsp Nasoni Roko 321 nbsp Nasoni Roko 39 No award 83 84 2003 04 8 nbsp Ben Gollings 394 nbsp Fabian Juries amp nbsp Rob Thirlby 39 nbsp Simon Amor 85 86 2004 05 7 nbsp Orene Ai i 308 nbsp David Lemi 46 nbsp Orene Ai i 87 88 2005 06 8 nbsp Ben Gollings 343 nbsp Timoteo Iosua 40 nbsp Uale Mai 89 90 2006 07 8 nbsp William Ryder 416 nbsp Mikaele Pesamino 43 nbsp Afeleke Pelenise 91 92 2007 08 8 nbsp Tomasi Cama Jr 319 nbsp Fabian Juries 41 nbsp DJ Forbes 93 94 2008 09 8 nbsp Ben Gollings 260 nbsp Collins Injera 42 nbsp Ollie Phillips 95 96 2009 10 8 nbsp Ben Gollings 332 nbsp Mikaele Pesamino 56 nbsp Mikaele Pesamino 97 98 2010 11 8 nbsp Cecil Afrika 381 nbsp Cecil Afrika 40 nbsp Cecil Afrika 99 100 2011 12 9 nbsp Tomasi Cama Jr 390 nbsp Matt Turner 38 nbsp Tomasi Cama Jr 101 102 2012 13 9 nbsp Dan Norton 264 nbsp Dan Norton 52 nbsp Tim Mikkelson 103 104 2013 14 9 nbsp Tom Mitchell 358 nbsp Samisoni Viriviri 52 nbsp Samisoni Viriviri 105 106 2014 15 9 nbsp Osea Kolinisau 312 nbsp Seabelo Senatla 47 nbsp Werner Kok 107 108 2015 16 10 nbsp Madison Hughes 331 nbsp Seabelo Senatla 66 nbsp Seabelo Senatla 109 110 2016 17 10 nbsp Perry Baker 285 nbsp Perry Baker 57 nbsp Perry Baker 111 112 2017 18 10 nbsp Nathan Hirayama 334 nbsp Carlin Isles 49 nbsp Perry Baker 113 114 2018 19 10 nbsp Andrew Knewstubb 307 nbsp Carlin Isles 52 nbsp Jerry Tuwai 115 116 2019 20 6 nbsp Napolioni Bolaca 159 nbsp Jordan Conroy 30 No award 117 118 119 2021 2 nbsp Ronald Brown 91 nbsp Muller du Plessis 13 nbsp Marcos Moneta 120 121 122 2021 22 9 nbsp Dietrich Roache 343 nbsp Terry Kennedy 50 nbsp Terry Kennedy 123 124 Player records editPlayers in bold are still active Tries edit Most career tries Player Nationality TriesDan Norton nbsp England 358Collins Injera nbsp Kenya 279Perry Baker nbsp United States 263Tim Mikkelson nbsp New Zealand 235Seabelo Senatla nbsp South Africa 230Santiago Gomez Cora nbsp Argentina 230Ben Gollings nbsp England 220Carlin Isles nbsp United States 217Cecil Afrika nbsp South Africa 179Fabian Juries nbsp South Africa 179Updated 5 April 2023 Points edit Most career points Player Nationality PointsBen Gollings nbsp England 2 652Tomasi Cama nbsp New Zealand 2 028Nathan Hirayama nbsp Canada 1 859Dan Norton nbsp England 1 804Tom Mitchell nbsp England 1 595Madison Hughes nbsp United States 1 510Cecil Afrika nbsp South Africa 1 462Branco du Preez nbsp South Africa 1 447Collins Injera nbsp Kenya 1 443Colin Gregor nbsp Scotland 1 345 Updated 2 April 2023 Matches edit Most career matches Player Nationality MatchesDan Norton nbsp England 470Tim Mikkelson nbsp New Zealand 464Gaston Revol nbsp Argentina 456DJ Forbes nbsp New Zealand 450Branco du Preez nbsp South Africa 431Collins Injera nbsp Kenya 424James Rodwell nbsp England 424Folau Niua nbsp United States 387Jonathan Laugel nbsp France 401Chris Dry nbsp South Africa 373 Updated 14 May 2023 See also edit nbsp Sports portalRugby sevens at the Summer Olympics Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women s Sevens Series References edit HSBC SVNS set to supercharge rugby s global appeal as the ultimate festival of immersive 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