2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the tenth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. New Zealand won the series at the last event in Toulouse, taking out six of the seven events on the tour to claim their seventh World Series title ^[1] with Australia and the United States placing second and third, respectively. The series doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Sevens, so those three teams along with host country France, who finished fourth in the series, and Ireland, who finished fifth, all gained direct qualifying berths for the women's tournament held in Paris in 2024.^[2]

2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens
Series X
Hosts	United Arab Emirates South Africa New Zealand Australia Canada Hong Kong France
Date	2 December 2022 – 14 May 2023
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Third	United States
Series details
Top try scorer	Maddison Levi (58 tries)
Top point scorer	Maddison Levi (286 pts)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Core teams

The core teams qualified to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:^[3]

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Fiji
•  France
• Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  New Zealand
•  Spain
•  United States

Japan was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.^[4] A combined Great Britain team replaced England as a core team for the series.^[5]

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:^[6]

2022–23 Itinerary

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	Dubai	2–3 December 2022	Australia
South Africa	DHL Stadium	Cape Town	9–11 December 2022	New Zealand
New Zealand	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton	21–22 January 2023	New Zealand
Australia	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	27–29 January 2023	New Zealand
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	3–5 March 2023	New Zealand
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	31 March – 2 April 2023	New Zealand
France	Stade Ernest-Wallon	Toulouse	12–14 May 2023	New Zealand

Standings

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

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. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Women's Series X

Pos	Event  Team	Dubai	Cape Town	Ham­ilton	Syd­ney	Van­cou­ver	Hong Kong	Tou­louse	Total points
1	New Zealand	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	138
2	Australia	20	18	16	12	18	18	16	118
3	United States	16	16	18	16	16	8	18	108
4	France	14	12	8	18	14	12	14	92
5	Ireland	10	14	14	14	6	6	10	74
6	Fiji	12	8	6	10	12	14	6	68[a]
7	Great Britain	6	10	12	8	8	16	8	68[a]
8	Japan	3	2	10	6	4	3	12	40
9	Canada	4	6	2	4	10	10	3	39
10	Spain	8	3	4	2	3	4	4	28
11	Brazil	1	4	3	3	2	2	1	16
12	China	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	2
14	Poland	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
15	South Africa	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
16	Hong Kong	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
17	Colombia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour	Core team in 2022–23 and qualified as a core team for 2023–24
Yellow	Not a core team
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Women's Sevens Series[2]
Automatically qualified (host country France)

Notes

1. Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against in all matches: Fiji +51, Great Britain –36.^[7]

Placings summary

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
New Zealand	6	1	—	—	7
Australia	1	3	2	—	6
United States	—	2	4	—	6
France	—	1	—	3	4
Great Britain	—	—	1	—	1
Ireland	—	—	—	3	3
Fiji	—	—	—	1	1

Player statistics

Scoring

Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Maddison Levi 57 2 Michaela Blyde 43 3 Charlotte Caslick 31 4 Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 30 Stacey Waaka 30 6 Reapi Ulunisau 28 7 Faith Nathan 25 8 Portia Woodman 24 Wakaba Hara 24 10 Ana Maria Naimasi 23 Updated: 14 May 2023

Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Maddison Levi 285 2 Tyla Nathan-Wong 247 3 Michaela Blyde 215 4 Lucy Mulhall 183 5 Reapi Ulunisau 170 6 Ana Maria Naimasi 165 7 Charlotte Caslick 155 8 Stacey Waaka 150 Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 150 10 Michiyo Suda 130 Updated: 14 May 2023

Performance

Impact Player winner Event Player Points Dubai Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 71 Cape Town Camille Grassineau 81 Hamilton Beibhinn Parsons 72 Sydney Reapi Ulunisau 76 Vancouver Reapi Ulunisau 86 Hong Kong Séraphine Okemba 86 Toulouse Joanna Grisez 69

Total Impact Player points Rank Player T B O C Total 1 Reapi Ulunisau 78 28 76 152 466 2 Ana Maria Naimasi 89 23 62 150 432 3 Charlotte Caslick 142 33 21 134 417 4 Kristi Kirshe 75 22 28 147 344 5 Eve Higgins 67 20 21 174 343 6 Maddison Levi 53 49 14 114 342 7 Lucy Mulhall 92 12 17 176 338 8 Jorja Miller 69 27 35 98 318 9 Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 64 31 11 133 312 10 Michaela Blyde 52 42 10 106 304 Key: T: Tackles (1 pt), B: Line breaks (3 pts), O: Offloads (2 pts), C: Carries (1 pt)

Updated: 14 May 2023

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 2022 Dubai Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Australia	26–19	New Zealand	United States (Bronze)  France
5th place	Fiji	28–12	Ireland	Spain (7th)  Great Britain
9th place	Canada	15–10	Japan	China (11th)  Brazil

Cape Town

Main article: 2022 South Africa Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	31–14	Australia	United States (Bronze)  Ireland
5th place	France	36–28	Great Britain	Fiji (7th)  Canada
9th place	Brazil	17–5	Spain	Japan (11th)  South Africa

Hamilton

Main article: 2023 New Zealand Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	33–7	United States	Australia (Bronze)  Ireland
5th place	Great Britain	14–10	Japan	France (7th)  Fiji
9th place	Spain	17–12	Brazil	Canada (11th)  Papua New Guinea

Sydney

Main article: 2023 Sydney Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	35–0	France	United States (Bronze)  Ireland
5th place	Australia	36–12	Fiji	Great Britain (7th)  Japan
9th place	Canada	24–21	Brazil	Spain (11th)  Papua New Guinea

Vancouver

Main article: 2023 Canada Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	19–12	Australia	United States (Bronze)  France
5th place	Fiji	22–17	Canada	Great Britain (7th)  Ireland
9th place	Japan	17–10	Spain	Brazil (11th)  Colombia

Hong Kong

Main article: 2023 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	26–17	Australia	Great Britain (Bronze)  Fiji
5th place	France	22–12	Canada	United States (7th)  Ireland
9th place	Spain	26–17	Japan	Brazil (11th)  Hong Kong

Toulouse

Main article: 2023 France Women's Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	19–14	United States	Australia (Bronze)  France
5th place	Japan	14–0	Ireland	Great Britain (7th)  Fiji
9th place	Spain	15–14	Canada	Poland (11th)  Brazil

See also

• 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series (for men's teams)

References

1. Biudole, Noa (13 May 2023). "Black Fern 7s claim series title in Toulouse". Fiji Live.
2. "How to qualify for rugby at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
3. "Team GB Rugby Sevens to enter HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
4. "Japan women and Uruguay men win promotion". Go Sports. 15 August 2022.
5. "Great Britain sevens: Nations combine for 2023 World Sevens Series". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.
6. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 schedule confirmed". Rugby Asia 24/7. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
7. DHL Highlights HSBC France Sevens Day 3 (Television production). World Rugby. 14 May 2023. Event occurs at 7:50.

External links

• Official site