2019 USA Sevens | |
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Sevens World Series XX | |
Host nation | ![]() |
Date | 1–3 March 2019 |
Cup | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
Challenge | |
Winner | ![]() |
Tournament details | |
Matches played | 45 |
Tries scored | 262 (average 5.82 per match) |
Most points | ![]() |
Most tries | ![]() |
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The 2019 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2019 Las Vegas Sevens) is the sixteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[1] The tournament was played March 1–3, 2019 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In January 2019, it was reported that the 2019 USA Sevens would be the last in Las Vegas, with the event moving to an unknown city starting from 2020. Possible options are San Diego, which had been home to the USA Sevens before it moved to Las Vegas; San Francisco, which hosted the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens; and Miami in Florida. Among the reported reasons included the uncertain status of Sam Boyd Stadium with the upcoming stadium not due to be ready until summer 2020, poor living environment at the team hotels (the stadium is far distant from the main tourist area of the Las Vegas Strip), and safety concerns due to an unusually narrow pitch with team benches very close to the touchlines (Sam Boyd Stadium is built for American football, a sport with a playing field about 20 metres narrower than a standard rugby pitch). The stadium's normal pitch is artificial turf, which raised even more safety concerns in the early years of the event's run in Las Vegas, but temporary grass pitches were used in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 events.[2]
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the winner of the 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Chile:[3]
Pool stage
[edit]All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:[4]
Pool A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 26 | +59 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 7 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 4 |
1 March 2019 15:44 |
Spain ![]() | 12–12 | ![]() |
Try: Alonso 1'm Fontes 10'c Con: Hernández (1/2) 11' | Try: Braid 4'm Cejvanovic 14'c Con: Hirayama (1/2) 14' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jordan Way (Australia) |
1 March 2019 16:06 |
New Zealand ![]() | 33–0 | ![]() |
Try: Ware (2) 3', 4' Molia (2) 6'c, 11'c Baker 7'm Con: Koroi (3/4) 3', 4', 7' Rokolisoa (1/1) 11' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
1 March 2019 18:45 |
Spain ![]() | 21–26 | ![]() |
Try: Sainz-Trapaga 3'c Alonso 8'c Mateu 13'c Con: Hernández (1/1) 3', 9', 14' | Try: Solia 3'c Afamasaga 4'c Alofipo 10'c Samuelu 12'm Con: Mealoi (3/3) 4', 5', 10' Alofipo (0/1) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) |
1 March 2019 19:07 |
New Zealand ![]() | 33–19 | ![]() |
Try: Rokolisoa 0' Ravouvou 6'c Mikkelson (2) 7'c, 10'm Nareki 9'c Con: Rokolisoa (4/4) 1', 6', 8', 9' Koroi (0/1) | Try: McCloskey 3'm Fuailefau 7'c Jones 14'c Con: Hirayama (2/3) 7', 14' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) |
2 March 2019 12:14 |
Canada ![]() | 19–26 | ![]() |
Try: McCloskey 5' Hirayama (2) 8'c, 11'm Con: Hirayama (2/3) 6', 8' | Try: Alofipo (2) 0'm, 3'c Vaili 7'c Motuga 12'c Con: Mealoi (2/3) 4', 7' Paulo (1/1)13' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
2 March 2019 12:36 |
New Zealand ![]() | 19–7 | ![]() |
Try: Ravouvou 0'c Koroi 4'c Dickson 11'm Con: Koroi (2/2) 1', 5' Baker (0/1) | Try: Mateu 10'c Con: Mateu (1/1) 10' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) |
Pool B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 76 | −35 | 5 |
1 March 2019 16:28 |
France ![]() | 15–17 | ![]() |
Try: Laugel 10'm Barraque 12'm Mignot 14'm Con: Barraque (0/3) | Try: Mare 1'm Etchart 6'c Con: Mare (1/2) 6' Bazan Velez (0/1) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal) |
1 March 2019 16:50 |
United States ![]() | 26–10 | ![]() |
Try: Isles (2) 2'm, 5'c Tomasin 8'c Hughes 11'c Con: Hughes (3/4) 5', 9', 11' | Try: Ojee 6'm Onyala 13'm Con: Taabu (0/2) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) |
1 March 2019 19:29 |
France ![]() | 31–7 | ![]() |
Try: Riva 4'm Barraque 6'c Parez 8'c Laugel 12'c O'Connor 13'm Con: Barraque (3/5) 7', 9', 12' | Try: Onyala 10'c Con: Taabu (1/1) 11' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay) |
1 March 2019 19:51 |
United States ![]() | 24–26 | ![]() |
Try: Isles (2) 0'm, 11' Iosefo 3'c Tomasin 7'c Con: Hughes (2/4) 4', 7' | Try: Bazan Velez 5'c Barbier 8'm Luna 10'c Gonzalez 14' Con: Bazan Velez (1/1) 6' Mare (2/3) 11', 14' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) |
2 March 2019 12:58 |
Argentina ![]() | 19–24 | ![]() |
Try: Mare 2'm Provenzano 3'c Ulloa 9'c Con: Mare (1/2) 4' Ulloa (1/1) 10' | Try: Kuto (2) 5'm, 10' Ojee 7'c Taabu 8'c Con: Taabu (2/4) 7', 8' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) |
2 March 2019 13:20 |
United States ![]() | 19–10 | ![]() |
Try: Pinkelman 4'm Iosefo (2) 7'c, 7' Con: Hughes (2/3) 7', 8' | Try: Deghmache 10'm Mazzoleni 12'm Con: Barraque (0/2) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
Pool C
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 17 | +43 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 64 | −33 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 4 |
1 March 2019 17:12 |
South Africa ![]() | 26–0 | ![]() |
Try: Du Preez 6'c Visser 7'm Davids 11'c Ndlhlovu 14'c Con: Du Preez (1/2) 6' Davids (2/2) 11', 14' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay) |
1 March 2019 17:34 |
England ![]() | 22–0 | ![]() |
Try: Burgess (2) 0'm, 6'm Olowofela 2'c Edwards 13'm Con: Bibby (1/3) 3' Edwards (0/1) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
1 March 2019 20:13 |
South Africa ![]() | 5–5 | ![]() |
Try: Du Preez 3'm Con: Du Preez (0/1) | Try: De Vidts 10'm Con: Fernández (0/1) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal) |
1 March 2019 20:35 |
England ![]() | 31–12 | ![]() |
Try: Norton (3) 4'c, 7'm, 8'c Muir 5'm de Carpentier 10'c Con: Edwards (2/4) 5', 8' Mitchell (1/1) 11' | Try: Lisala 1'm Ozawa 13'c Con: Nakazawa (1/1) 13' Goya (0/1) |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jordan Way (Australia) |
2 March 2019 13:48 |
Japan ![]() | 19–7 | ![]() |
Try: Ozawa 2'm Koyama 7'c Ishida 13'c Con: Nakazawa (1/1) 8' Fujita (1/1) 13' Hayashi (0/1) | Try: Verschae 5'c Con: Fernández (1/1) 6' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay) |
2 March 2019 14:10 |
England ![]() | 12–29 | ![]() |
Try: Bowen 5'm Kerr 12'c Con: Edwards (1/2) 13' | Try: Snyman 1'm Soyizwapi 7'm Geduld 8'c Pretorius 10' Davids 14'c Con: Du Preez (1/3) 9' Davids (1/2) 14' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) |
Pool D
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 78 | −50 | 3 |
1 March 2019 15:00 |
Australia ![]() | 26–0 | ![]() |
Try: Holland 1'c Quinn 6' Hutchison 8'c Porch 10'c Con: Porch (3/3) 1', 8', 10' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) |
1 March 2019 15:22 |
Fiji ![]() | 36–12 | ![]() |
Try: Nacuqu (2) 1'm, 7'c Botitu (2) 3'm, 12'm Veilawa (2) 7'c, 14'c Con: Nacuqu (1/3) 7' Veilawa (2/3) 8', 14' | Try: McFarland 6'c Fergusson 10'm Con: Lowe (1/2) 6' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) |
1 March 2019 18:01 |
Australia ![]() | 24–12 | ![]() |
Try: Hutchison 1'm Skelton 6'c Porch (2) 7'c, 12'm Con: Holland (1/1) 6' Porch (1/3) 7' | Try: McFarland 2'c Lowe 4'm Con: Lowe (1/2) 2' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
1 March 2019 18:23 |
Fiji ![]() | 33–14 | ![]() |
Try: Kunavula 1'm Tuwai 4'c Nacuqu 6'c Naduva 7'c Dranisinukula 9'c Con: Botitu (1/1) 5' Nacuqu (2/3) 6', 7' Veilawa (1/1) 10' | Try: Devine (2) 3'c, 12'c Con: Treharne (1/1) 3' Davies (1/1) 12' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) |
2 March 2019 11:30 |
Wales ![]() | 14–19 | ![]() |
Try: Roach 2'c Devine 9'c Con: Davies (2/2) 2', 10' | Try: Farndale (2) 4'm, 12'c Lowe 6'c Con: Lowe (1/2) 7' Fergusson (1/1) 13' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Jordan Way (Australia) |
2 March 2019 11:52 |
Fiji ![]() | 15–26 | ![]() |
Try: Tuwai 2'm Dranisinukula 10'm Veilawa 11'm Con: Veilawa (0/2) Botitu (0/1) | Try: Skelton 1'c O'Donnell 5'm Kennewell 7' Holland 13' Con: Porch (2/3) 2', 14' Holland (1/1) 8' |
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal) |
Knockout stage
[edit]Thirteenth place
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 March 2019 – 11:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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3 March 2019 – 13:56 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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3 March 2019 – 11:22 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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![]() | 28 | |||||
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Matches | ||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
Final |
Challenge Trophy
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 March 2019 – 16:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 11:44 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||||||
2 March 2019 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 15:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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![]() | 14 | |||||||||
2 March 2019 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 12:06 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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2 March 2019 – 17:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
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Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final |
5th place
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 March 2019 – 12:28 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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3 March 2019 – 15:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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![]() | 14 | |||||
3 March 2019 – 12:50 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||
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![]() | 14 | |||||
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Matches | ||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
Final |
Cup
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 March 2019 – 17:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 13:12 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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![]() | 19 | |||||||||
2 March 2019 – 18:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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2 March 2019 – 18:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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3 March 2019 – 13:34 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
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![]() | 33 | |||||||||
2 March 2019 – 18:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
![]() | 19 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 26 (a.e.t.) | |||||||||
3 March 2019 – 16:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas | ||||||||||
![]() | 21 | |||||||||
![]() | 26 | |||||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||||||
Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place
Final
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Tournament placings
[edit]Place | Team | Points |
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22 |
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19 |
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17 |
4 | ![]() |
15 |
5 | ![]() |
13 |
6 | ![]() |
12 |
7 | ![]() |
10 |
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10 |
Place | Team | Points |
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9 | ![]() |
8 |
10 | ![]() |
7 |
11 | ![]() |
5 |
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5 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 |
14 | ![]() |
2 |
15 | ![]() |
1 |
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1 |
Source: World Rugby
Players
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]Rank | Player | Tries |
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1 | ![]() |
8 |
2 | ![]() |
7 |
3 | ![]() |
5 |
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Rank | Player | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
53 |
2 | ![]() |
40 |
3 | ![]() |
36 |
4 | ![]() |
35 |
5 | ![]() |
34 |
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team
[edit]The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[5]
Forwards | Backs |
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References
[edit]- ^ "2019 USA Sevens Rugby - 10th Anniversary of the USA Sevens Tickets Available Now - USA Sevens". Usasevens.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Johnston, Patrick (2019-01-29). "Leaving Las Vegas: USA Sevens to move for 2020". The Province. Vancouver. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Chile crowned Sudamérica Rugby Sevens champions". 13 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "2019 HSBC USA Sevens Pools Announced". usasevens.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Seven stars made up HSBC Dream Team in Vegas". World Rugby. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
External links
[edit]- Tournament page Archived 2020-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
- World Rugby page