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2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series

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Champions
  
Fiji

Third
  
New Zealand

People also search for
  
2016 London Sevens

Runners-up
  
South Africa

Dates
  
4 Dec 2015 – 22 May 2016

Host nations
  
United Arab Emirates  South Africa  New Zealand  Australia  United States  Canada  Hong Kong  Singapore  France  England

Champion
  
Fiji national rugby sevens team

The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999–2000. This season, the series expanded from nine to ten events.

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Core teams

Fourteen teams from the 2014-15 season retained core status for the 2015–16 season:

A 15th team, Russia, claimed core team status for the 2015–16 series at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier. They replaced Japan, which lost core team status, having finished last of the 15 core teams in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series is as follows:

Changes

There were three new tournaments in the series, with two events being discontinued:

  • The Canada Sevens was a new stop at BC Place in Vancouver, paired with the USA Sevens.
  • The Singapore Sevens returned, replacing the Japan Sevens.
  • The France Sevens returned for the first time since 2006, replacing the Scotland Sevens.

    • Two other existing tournaments had venue changes:

  • The Australian Sevens moved from Gold Coast to Sydney.
  • The South Africa Sevens moved from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town.

    • Standings

    Final standings after completion of the ten tournaments in the series:

    Source: World Rugby. Archived

    Dubai

    The opening event of the season saw Fiji starting their defense of the title by taking out the opening event of the season in Dubai. On the opening day of competition, Fiji, South Africa and England each recorded three striaght wins to finish on top. New Zealand finished on top in their group but not before losing to the United States in Pool C.

    South Africa got knocked out in the quarter finals by the United States but would still end up taking home the plate after they defeated Australia in the final. While for Fiji, they would take the Dubai Sevens after they initially came from behind to win against England and taking the early lead.

    South Africa

    After Dubai, the teams had a back to back with Cape Town being the next stop in the series.

    Scoring leaders

    Updated: 24 May 2016

    References

    2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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