2015 Wellington Sevens

2015 Wellington Sevens
Sevens World Series XVI
Host nation New Zealand New Zealand
Date 6–7 February 2015
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  England
Third  South Africa
Plate
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Australia
Bowl
Champions  France
Runners-up  Argentina
Shield
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played 45
Tries scored 275 (average 6.111 per match)
Top try scorer Scotland Damien Hoyland (7)
2013

The 2015 Wellington Sevens is the 16th edition of the tournament as part of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. It is hosted in Wellington, New Zealand, at the Westpac Stadium.

Format

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. 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, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams

The participating teams are:

Match officials

The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:[1]

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 32019238+547
 South Africa 32015543+127
 France 32016460+47
 Japan 30032999–703
6 February 2015
12:00
South Africa  5–22  France
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
12:21
United States  40–5  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
14:52
South Africa  24–7  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
15:14
United States  38–7  France
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
17:48
France  35–17  Japan
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
18:10
South Africa  26–14  United States
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33008817+719
 England 32016129+327
 Canada 31025153–25
 Papua New Guinea 30037108–1013
6 February 2015
14:08
New Zealand  26–5  Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
14:30
England  29–0  Papua New Guinea
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
17:04
New Zealand  38–7  Papua New Guinea
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
17:26
England  27–5  Canada
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
20:38
Canada  41–0  Papua New Guinea
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
21:00
New Zealand  24–5  England
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33008743+449
 Australia 32017019+517
 Wales 31024490–465
 Portugal 30033180–493
6 February 2015
12:42
Australia  36–5  Wales
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
13:03
Fiji  31–19  Portugal
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
15:36
Australia  29–0  Portugal
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
15:58
Fiji  42–19  Wales
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
18:32
Wales  20–12  Portugal
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
18:54
Australia  5–14  Fiji
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32015459–57
 Scotland 32014945+47
 Argentina 31116649+176
 Samoa 30124763–164
6 February 2015
13:24
Argentina  31–7  Kenya
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
13:46
Scotland  14–12  Samoa
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
16:20
Argentina  21–21  Samoa
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
16:42
Scotland  14–19  Kenya
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
19:54
Kenya  28–14  Samoa
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

6 February 2015
20:16
Argentina  14–21  Scotland
Report
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Knockout stage

[Cup/Plate] The top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup/Plate competition.

The four Cup/Plate quarterfinal winners contest the Cup.

The four Cup/Plate quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate.

[Bowl/Shield] The bottom two teams in each pool move on to the Bowl/Shield competition.

The four Bowl/Shield quarterfinal winners contest the Bowl.

The four Bowl/Shield quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Shield.

Shield

The Bowl/Shield Quarter-finals losers (shown in italics below) play in the Semi-finals of the Shield. The winners play in the Bowl.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
7 February 2015 – 12:00 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington        
  France  26
7 February 2015 – 14:56 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Samoa  19  
  Samoa  47
7 February 2015 – 12:21 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Papua New Guinea  5  
  Wales  41
7 February 2015 – 18:53 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Papua New Guinea  0  
  Samoa  10
7 February 2015 – 12:42 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington    
    Canada  26
  Argentina  38
7 February 2015 – 15:18 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Japan  5  
  Japan  21
7 February 2015 – 13:03 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Canada  28  
  Canada  0
  Portugal  26  
 

Bowl

The Bowl/Shield Quarter-finals winners (shown in bold) contest the Bowl.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
7 February 2015 – 12:00 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington        
  France  26
7 February 2015 – 15:40 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Samoa  19  
  France  43
7 February 2015 – 12:21 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Wales  0  
  Wales  41
7 February 2015 – 19:23 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Papua New Guinea  0  
  France  29
7 February 2015 – 12:42 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington    
    Argentina  5
  Argentina  38
7 February 2015 – 16:02 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Japan  5  
  Argentina  47
7 February 2015 – 13:03 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Portugal  12  
  Canada  0
  Portugal  26  
 

Plate

The Cup/Plate Quarter-finals losers (shown in italics) play in the Semi-finals of the Plate.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
7 February 2015 – 13:28 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington        
  United States  15
7 February 2015 – 16:24 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Scotland  19  
  United States  10
7 February 2015 – 13:49 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Fiji  12  
  Fiji  21
7 February 2015 – 19:53 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  England  26  
  Fiji  24
7 February 2015 – 14:10 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington    
    Australia  0
  Kenya  5
7 February 2015 – 16:46 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  South Africa  19  
  Kenya  5
7 February 2015 – 14:31 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
      Australia  21  
  New Zealand  26
  Australia  7  
 

Cup

The Cup/Plate Quarter-finals winners (shown in bold) contest the Cup.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
7 February 2015 – 13:28 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington        
  United States  15
7 February 2015 – 17:12 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  Scotland  19  
  Scotland  19
7 February 2015 – 13:49 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    England  24  
  Fiji  21
7 February 2015 – 20:55 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  England  26  
  England  21
7 February 2015 – 14:10 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    New Zealand  27
  Kenya  5
7 February 2015 – 17:37 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  South Africa  19  
  South Africa  7 Third place
7 February 2015 – 14:31 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    New Zealand  17  
  New Zealand  26   Scotland  7
  Australia  7     South Africa  40
7 February 2015 – 20:23 – Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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