The 2017 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 9–10 December 2017 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup brackets where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.

Teams Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:

Pool stage All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)

Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009717+80932014750–3731025547+8530031095–853

Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007919+60932018534+51731026278–165300317112–953

Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007214+58932016945+24731026631+35530037124–1173

Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32017047+23732018043+37731024571–26531023872–345

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 Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10

PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Seabelo Senatla 7 2 Ben O'Donnell 6 Carlin Isles 6 4 Eroni Sau 5 Jerry Tuwai 5

+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Nathan Hirayama 44 2 Amenoni Nasilasila 41 3 Madison Hughes 37 Vilimoni Koroi 37 5 James Stannard 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 Fuailefau Philip Snyman Tim Mikkelson Justin Douglas Amenoni Nasilasila Vilimoni Koroi Rodrigo Etchart

References

External links Tournament Page