2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

For the men's competition, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.

The 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the seventh edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. Six tournament events were scheduled on the 2018–19 circuit with twelve teams competing in each tournament. The series also, for the second time, doubled as an Olympic qualifier.

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VII
Hosts	United States  United Arab Emirates  Australia  Japan  Canada  France
Date	20 October 2018 – 16 June 2019
Nations	16
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	United States
Third	Canada
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The series was won by New Zealand who won four tour events on their way to claiming their fifth World Series title.

Format

Twelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.

Teams

The "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2018–19 series were:

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France

•  Ireland
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Spain
•  United States

One additional core team qualified through winning the 2018 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:

•  China

The twelfth team in each tournament is allocated based on performance in the respective continental competitions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

Tour venues

There were six tournaments in 2018–19:

2018–19 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
United States	Infinity Park	Glendale (Denver)	20–21 October 2018	New Zealand
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	29–30 November 2018	New Zealand
Australia	Spotless Stadium	Sydney	1–3 February 2019	New Zealand
Japan	Mikuni World Stadium	Kitakyushu	20–21 April 2019	Canada
Canada	Westhills Stadium	Langford (Victoria)	11–12 May 2019	New Zealand
France	Parc des Sports Aguiléra	Biarritz	15–16 June 2019	United States

Standings

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

Official standings for the 2018–19 series:

2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series VII
Pos	Event  Team	Glendale	Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Biarritz	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	20	20	12	20	18	110
2	United States	18	14	16	16	16	20	100
3	Canada	16	18	12	20	12	16	94
4	Australia	12	16	18	10	18	12	86
5	France	14	8	10	14	14	10	70
6	England [GB 1]	6	10	3	18	10	3	50
7	Russia	8	12	8	6	8	6	48
8	Ireland	10	6	14	8	2	1	41
9	Spain	4	3	6	3	6	14	36
10	Fiji	3	2	4	4	4	4	21[a]
11	China	2	4	2	2	3	8	21[a]
12	Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
13	Japan	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
14	Kenya	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
15	Brazil	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
16	Papua New Guinea	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
17	Mexico	1	–	–	–	–	–	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2018–19 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated as the lowest placed core team at the end of the 2018–19 series
Yellow	Invitational team
Qualified to the 2020 Olympic Sevens as one of the four highest placed eligible teams from the 2018–19 series.[1]

1. By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.^[2] The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2018–19 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
United States	1	1	3	1	6
New Zealand	4	1	–	–	5
Canada	1	1	2	–	4
Australia	–	2	1	–	3
France	–	–	–	3	3
England	–	1	–	–	1
Ireland	–	–	–	1	1
Spain	–	–	–	1	1
Totals	6	6	6	6	24

Tournaments

Glendale

Main article: 2018 USA Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	33–7	United States	Canada (Bronze)  France
5th Place	Australia	21–19	Ireland	Russia (7th)  England
Challenge Trophy	Spain	20–14	Fiji	China (11th)  Mexico

Dubai

Main article: 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	26–14	Canada	Australia (Bronze)  United States
5th Place	Russia	12–7	England	France (7th)  Ireland
Challenge Trophy	China	12–7	Spain	Fiji (11th)  Kenya

Sydney

Main article: 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	34–10	Australia	United States (Bronze)  Ireland
5th Place	Canada	19–17	France	Russia (7th)  Spain
Challenge Trophy	Fiji	15–12	England	China (11th)  Papua New Guinea

Kitakyushu

Main article: 2019 Japan Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Canada	7–5	England	United States (Bronze)  France
5th Place	New Zealand	34–26	Australia	Ireland (7th)  Russia
Challenge Trophy	Fiji	41–12	Spain	China (11th)  Japan

Langford

Main article: 2019 Canada Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	21-17	Australia	United States (bronze)  France
5th Place	Canada	31-7	England	Russia (7th)  Spain
Challenge Trophy	Fiji	26-19	China	Ireland (11th)  Brazil

Biarritz

Main article: 2019 France Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	United States	26-10	New Zealand	Canada (bronze)  Spain
5th Place	Australia	24-10	France	China (7th)  Russia
Challenge Trophy	Fiji	27-10	England	Scotland (11th)  Ireland

Players

Main article: 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads

Scoring leaders

Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 35 2 Bianca Farella 34 3 Michaela Blyde 30 4 Ellia Green 27 5 Anne-Cécile Ciofani 21

Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Tyla Nathan-Wong 207 2 Ghislaine Landry 202 3 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 175 4 Bianca Farella 170 5 Michaela Blyde 150

Updated: 16 June 2019

Awards

Impact player awards Tour Leg Player Points Glendale Alena Mikhaltsova 57 Dubai Evania Pelite 53 Sydney Michaela Blyde 57 Kitakyushu Charlotte Caslick 66 Langford Brittany Benn 48 Paris Hannah Smith 52

Total impact player points Pos Player T B O C Total 1 Alena Mikhaltsova 74 32 26 127 259 2 Sarah Hirini 79 21 23 116 239 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 60 37 17 125 239 4 Charlotte Caslick 74 22 6 132 234 5 Eve Higgins 52 21 11 144 228 Baizat Khamidova 69 21 16 112 228 7 Brittany Benn 79 12 16 118 225 8 Shannon Izar 58 14 23 114 209 9 Bianca Farella 61 31 8 108 208 10 Michaela Blyde 38 28 24 111 201

Updated: 16 June 2019

See also

• Sports portal

• 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
• 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
• Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Notes

1. Point differential: Fiji –167, China –383.