The 2018 London Sevens was the penultimate event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the London Sevens. The tournament was held at Twickenham Stadium, London on 2–3 June 2018. Fiji won the tournament by defeating South Africa 21–17 in the final. However it was Ireland who stole the show, finishing in third place in their first World Series tournament since 2004. Ireland thus became the first invitational side to reach the semi-finals and the podium of a World Rugby Sevens Series event."Fiji take giant step towards World Rugby Sevens Series title but Ireland steal the show as Jordan Conroy lights up London" , 3 June 2018.

Teams The fifteen core teams played in the tournament, along with one invited team, Ireland.

Pool stages All times in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:

Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009438+56932016744+23731024683–37530034385–423

Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008141+409310264640531024563–18531025678–225

Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32108847+41832018643+43731115578–23630033596–613

Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts22016028+32732015027+23731023855–17531023977–385

Knockout stage

13th Place

MatchesSemi-finals

13th Place Final

Challenge Trophy

MatchesQuarter-finals

Semi-finals

Challenge Trophy Final

5th Place

MatchesSemi-finals

5th Place Final

Cup

MatchesQuarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal Match

Cup Final

Tournament placings

PlaceTeam Points22191741551361271010

PlaceTeamPoints98107115 5 1331421511

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Carlin Isles 8 Collins Injera 8 Dan Norton 8 Jordan Conroy 8 5 Luke Morgan 6

+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Collins Injera 42 2 Carlin Isles 40 Dan Norton 40 Jordan Conroy 40 5 Vatemo Ravouvou 36

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:

Forwards Backs Mike Ellery Paula Dranisinukula Dylan Sage Jordan Conroy Mark Roche Josua Tuisova Semi Radradra

References

External links Tournament page