2015 London Sevens

Sevens World Series XVI ENG England 16–17 May 2015 USA AUS FJI NZL ZAF KEN ARG JPN FRA 45 2014 2016 The 2015 London Sevens was the ninth and final tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 16–17 May 2015 at Twickenham in London. The most notable headline from this event was the first-ever overall tournament victory by the United States.https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/12902812/usa-make-history-twickenham-first-world-rugby-series-tournament-win USA make history at Twickenham with first World Rugby Series tournament win Tom Hamilton ESPN (US) 17 May 2015 17 May 2015 The USA's Madison Hughes was named player of the tournament, with Hughes and Danny Barrett the two Americans selected for the tournament Dream Team. The overall series crown was secured by Fiji when they defeated South Africa in the Cup quarter-finals.https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/12901873/fiji-secure-second-world-series-title-victory-south-africa Fiji secure second World Series title after victory over South Africa ESPN (US) 17 May 2015 17 May 2015 Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets. Teams The pools and schedule were announced on 10 April 2015. ARG AUS BRA CAN ENG FIJ FRA JPN KEN NZL POR RSA SAM SCO USA WAL Pool Stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal Pool A TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsFIJ33008145+369CAN32015750+77SAM31024553-85ARG30033469-353 16 May 2015 09:44 Canada 17–14 Samoa Twickenham 16 May 2015 10:06 Fiji 24–19 Argentina Twickenham 16 May 2015 12:50 Canada 26–5 Argentina Twickenham 16 May 2015 13:12 Fiji 26–12 Samoa Twickenham 16 May 2015 15:56 Argentina 10–19 Samoa Twickenham 16 May 2015 16:18 Fiji 31–14 Canada Twickenham Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsNZL33008824+649AUS32017038+327WAL31023878-405JPN30033591-563 16 May 2015 10:28 Australia 41–0 Japan Twickenham 16 May 2015 10:50 New Zealand 38–0 Wales Twickenham 16 May 2015 13:34 Australia 19–14 Wales Twickenham 16 May 2015 13:56 New Zealand 26–14 Japan Twickenham 16 May 2015 16:40 Wales 24–21 Japan Twickenham 16 May 2015 17:02 New Zealand 24–10 Australia Twickenham Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsSCO33006745+229ENG320111529+867KEN31023180-495BRA30033594-593 16 May 2015 11:12 Scotland 19–14 Brazil Twickenham 16 May 2015 11:34 England 40–0 Kenya Twickenham 16 May 2015 14:18 Scotland 26–12 Kenya Twickenham 16 May 2015 14:40 England 56–7 Brazil Twickenham 16 May 2015 17:24 Kenya 19–14 Brazil Twickenham 16 May 2015 17:46 England 19–22 Scotland Twickenham Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsUSA33007343+309RSA32015928+317FRA31025271-195POR30033173-423 16 May 2015 09:00 South Africa 19–0 Portugal Twickenham 16 May 2015 09:22 USA 24–19 France Twickenham 16 May 2015 12:06 South Africa 28–7 France Twickenham 16 May 2015 12:28 USA 28–12 Portugal Twickenham 16 May 2015 15:12 France 26–19 Portugal Twickenham 16 May 2015 15:34 USA 21–12 South Africa Twickenham Knockout stage Shield 17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham SAM 33 POR 14 17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham KEN 24 JPN 12 17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham FRA 14 ARG 17 17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham WAL 29 BRA 0 17 May 2015 – 12:06 – Twickenham POR 21 JPN 26 17 May 2015 – 12:28 – Twickenham FRA 35 BRA 12 17 May 2015 – 15:22 – Twickenham JPN 21 FRA 19 Bowl 17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham SAM 33 POR 14 17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham KEN 24 JPN 12 17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham FRA 14 ARG 17 17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham WAL 29 BRA 0 17 May 2015 – 12:50 – Twickenham SAM 7 KEN 38 17 May 2015 – 13:12 – Twickenham ARG 26 WAL 14 17 May 2015 – 15:47 – Twickenham KEN 26 ARG 12 Plate 17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham FIJ 19 RSA 7 17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham SCO 19 AUS 31 17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham USA 29 CAN 10 17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham NZL 17 ENG 21 17 May 2015 – 13:34 – Twickenham SA 31 SCO 7 17 May 2015 – 13:56 – Twickenham CAN 15 NZL 33 17 May 2015 – 16:12 – Twickenham SA 14 NZL 26 Cup yes 17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham FIJ 19 RSA 7 17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham SCO 19 AUS 31 17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham USA 29 CAN 10 17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham NZL 17 ENG 21 17 May 2015 – 14:18 – Twickenham FIJ 7 AUS 33 17 May 2015 – 14:40 – Twickenham USA 43 ENG 12 17 May 2015 – 17:02 – Twickenham AUS 22 USA 45 17 May 2015 – 16:37 – Twickenham FIJ 26 ENG 12 Scoring Rank Player Tries 1 KEN Billy Odhiambo 7 1 NZL Rieko Ioane 7 1 USA Madison Hughes 7 4 USA Perry Baker 6 4 AUS Nicholas Malouf 6 4 NZL Sherwin Stowers 6 Source: WR website References 10 May 2015 Leaders Fiji in tough London 7s pool Fiji Live 10 May 2015 http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/05/leaders-fiji-in-tough-pool/36638.Fijilive live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111512/http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/05/leaders-fiji-in-tough-pool/36638.Fijilive 2016-03-04 10 May 2015 2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series - London: Fixtures Fiji Live 10 May 2015 http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1551/fixtures live https://web.archive.org/web/20150509195507/http://www.worldrugby.org:80/sevens-series/stage/1551/fixtures 2015-05-09 External links Official website Category:London Sevens Dubai Sevens London Sevens London Sevens Sevens