2015 London Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens | series = '''Sevens World Series XVI''' | countries = {{flagicon|ENG}} England | date = 16–17 May 2015 | champions1 = {{ru7|USA}} | runnersup1 = {{ru7|AUS}} | third = {{ru7|FJI}} | champions2 = {{ru7|NZL}} | runnersup2 = {{ru7|ZAF}} | champions3 = {{ru7|KEN}} | runnersup3 = {{ru7|ARG}} | champions4 = {{ru7|JPN}} | runnersup4 = {{ru7|FRA}} | matches = 45 | tries = | top point scorer = | top try scorer = | prevseason = 2014 | nextseason = 2016 }}

The '''2015 London Sevens''' was the ninth and final tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 16–17 May 2015 at Twickenham in London.

The most notable headline from this event was the first-ever overall tournament victory by the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/12902812/usa-make-history-twickenham-first-world-rugby-series-tournament-win |title=USA make history at Twickenham with first World Rugby Series tournament win |first=Tom |last=Hamilton |publisher=ESPN (US) |date=17 May 2015 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> The USA's Madison Hughes was named player of the tournament, with Hughes and Danny Barrett the two Americans selected for the tournament Dream Team.

The overall series crown was secured by Fiji when they defeated South Africa in the Cup quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/12901873/fiji-secure-second-world-series-title-victory-south-africa |title=Fiji secure second World Series title after victory over South Africa |publisher=ESPN (US) |date=17 May 2015 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

==Format== The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.

==Teams== The pools and schedule were announced on 10 April 2015.<ref name = fixtures-2015/><ref name = fiji-live-2015/>

{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|ARG}} *{{ru7|AUS}} *{{ru7|BRA}} *{{ru7|CAN}} *{{ru7|ENG}} *{{ru7|FIJ}} *{{ru7|FRA}} *{{ru7|JPN}} {{col-2}} *{{ru7|KEN}} *{{ru7|NZL}} *{{ru7|POR}} *{{ru7|RSA}} *{{ru7|SAM}} *{{ru7|SCO}} *{{ru7|USA}} *{{ru7|WAL}} {{col-end}}

==Pool Stage== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables |- | style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"| |align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal |}

===Pool A=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}} |3||3||0||0||81||45||+36||'''9''' |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}} |3||2||0||1||57||50||+7||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}} |3||1||0||2||45||53||-8||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}} |3||0||0||3||34||69||-35||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 09:44 |home = {{ru7-rt|Canada}} |score = 17–14 |away = {{ru7|Samoa}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 10:06 |home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}} |score = 24–19 |away = {{ru7|Argentina}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 12:50 |home = {{ru7-rt|Canada}} |score = 26–5 |away = {{ru7|Argentina}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 13:12 |home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}} |score = 26–12 |away = {{ru7|Samoa}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 15:56 |home = {{ru7-rt|Argentina}} |score = 10–19 |away = {{ru7|Samoa}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 16:18 |home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}} |score = 31–14 |away = {{ru7|Canada}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }}

===Pool B=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} |3||3||0||0||88||24||+64||'''9''' |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}} |3||2||0||1||70||38||+32||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}} |3||1||0||2||38||78||-40||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}} |3||0||0||3||35||91||-56||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 10:28 |home = {{ru7-rt|Australia}} |score = 41–0 |away = {{ru7|Japan}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 10:50 |home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}} |score = 38–0 |away = {{ru7|Wales}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 13:34 |home = {{ru7-rt|Australia}} |score = 19–14 |away = {{ru7|Wales}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 13:56 |home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}} |score = 26–14 |away = {{ru7|Japan}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 16:40 |home = {{ru7-rt|Wales}} |score = 24–21 |away = {{ru7|Japan}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 17:02 |home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}} |score = 24–10 |away = {{ru7|Australia}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }}

===Pool C=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}} |3||3||0||0||67||45||+22||'''9''' |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} |3||2||0||1||115||29||+86||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}} |3||1||0||2||31||80||-49||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|BRA}} |3||0||0||3||35||94||-59||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 11:12 |home = {{ru7-rt|Scotland}} |score = 19–14 |away = {{ru7|Brazil}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 11:34 |home = {{ru7-rt|England}} |score = 40–0 |away = {{ru7|Kenya}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 14:18 |home = {{ru7-rt|Scotland}} |score = 26–12 |away = {{ru7|Kenya}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 14:40 |home = {{ru7-rt|England}} |score = 56–7 |away = {{ru7|Brazil}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 17:24 |home = {{ru7-rt|Kenya}} |score = 19–14 |away = {{ru7|Brazil}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 17:46 |home = {{ru7-rt|England}} |score = 19–22 |away = {{ru7|Scotland}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }}

===Pool D=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} |3||3||0||0||73||43||+30||'''9''' |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}} |3||2||0||1||59||28||+31||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}} |3||1||0||2||52||71||-19||'''5''' |- |align=left|{{Ru7|POR}} |3||0||0||3||31||73||-42||'''3''' |}

{{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 09:00 |home = {{ru7-rt|South Africa}} |score = 19–0 |away = {{ru7|Portugal}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 09:22 |home = {{ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 24–19 |away = {{ru7|France}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 12:06 |home = {{ru7-rt|South Africa}} |score = 28–7 |away = {{ru7|France}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 12:28 |home = {{ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 28–12 |away = {{ru7|Portugal}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 15:12 |home = {{ru7-rt|France}} |score = 26–19 |away = {{ru7|Portugal}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }} ---- {{rugbybox |date = 16 May 2015 |time = 15:34 |home = {{ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 21–12 |away = {{ru7|South Africa}} |report = |stadium = Twickenham }}

==Knockout stage==

===Shield=== {{Round8   |17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SAM}}|'''33'''|{{ru7|POR}}|14|17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham |{{ru7|KEN}}|'''24'''|{{ru7|JPN}}|12|17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FRA}}|14|{{ru7|ARG}}|'''17'''|17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham |{{ru7|WAL}}|'''29'''|{{ru7|BRA}}|0  |17 May 2015 – 12:06 – Twickenham |{{ru7|POR}}|21|{{ru7|JPN}}|'''26''' |17 May 2015 – 12:28 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FRA}}|'''35'''|{{ru7|BRA}}|12  |17 May 2015 – 15:22 – Twickenham |{{ru7|JPN}}|'''21'''|{{ru7|FRA}}|19 }}

===Bowl=== {{Round8   |17 May 2015 – 09:00 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SAM}}|'''33'''|{{ru7|POR}}|14|17 May 2015 – 09:22 – Twickenham |{{ru7|KEN}}|'''24'''|{{ru7|JPN}}|12 |17 May 2015 – 09:44 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FRA}}|14|{{ru7|ARG}}|'''17'''|17 May 2015 – 10:06 – Twickenham |{{ru7|WAL}}|'''29'''|{{ru7|BRA}}|0  |17 May 2015 – 12:50 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SAM}}|7|{{ru7|KEN}}|'''38''' |17 May 2015 – 13:12 – Twickenham |{{ru7|ARG}}|'''26'''|{{ru7|WAL}}|14  |17 May 2015 – 15:47 – Twickenham |{{ru7|KEN}}|'''26'''|{{ru7|ARG}}|12 }}

===Plate=== {{Round8   |17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FIJ}}|'''19'''|{{ru7|RSA}}|7|17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|AUS}}|'''31''' |17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham |{{ru7|USA}}|'''29'''|{{ru7|CAN}}|10 |17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham |{{ru7|NZL}}|17|{{ru7|ENG}}|'''21'''  |17 May 2015 – 13:34 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SA}}|'''31'''|{{ru7|SCO}}|7 |17 May 2015 – 13:56 – Twickenham |{{ru7|CAN}}|15|{{ru7|NZL}}|'''33'''  |17 May 2015 – 16:12 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SA}}|14|{{ru7|NZL}}|'''26''' }}

===Cup=== {{Round8|3rdplace=yes   |17 May 2015 – 10:28 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FIJ}}|'''19'''|{{ru7|RSA}}|7|17 May 2015 – 10:50 – Twickenham |{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|AUS}}|'''31'''|17 May 2015 – 11:12 – Twickenham |{{ru7|USA}}|'''29'''|{{ru7|CAN}}|10 |17 May 2015 – 11:34 – Twickenham |{{ru7|NZL}}|17|{{ru7|ENG}}|'''21'''  |17 May 2015 – 14:18 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FIJ}}|7|{{ru7|AUS}}|'''33''' |17 May 2015 – 14:40 – Twickenham |{{ru7|USA}}|'''43'''|{{ru7|ENG}}|12  |17 May 2015 – 17:02 – Twickenham |{{ru7|AUS}}|22|{{ru7|USA}}|'''45'''  |17 May 2015 – 16:37 – Twickenham |{{ru7|FIJ}}|'''26'''|{{ru7|ENG}}|12 }}

==Scoring==

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Rank !! Player !! Tries |- | align=center | 1 || {{flagicon|KEN}} Billy Odhiambo || align=center | 7 |- | align=center | 1 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Rieko Ioane || align=center | 7 |- | align=center | 1 || {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Hughes || align=center | 7 |- | align=center | 4 || {{flagicon|USA}} Perry Baker || align=center | 6 |- | align=center | 4 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicholas Malouf || align=center | 6 |- | align=center | 4 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Sherwin Stowers || align=center | 6 |- |}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1545/statistics WR website]

==References== {{reflist|refs=

<ref name = fiji-live-2015>{{cite web |date= 10 May 2015 |title= Leaders Fiji in tough London 7s pool |work= Fiji Live |accessdate= 10 May 2015 |url= http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/05/leaders-fiji-in-tough-pool/36638.Fijilive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111512/http://fijilive.com/sports/news/2015/05/leaders-fiji-in-tough-pool/36638.Fijilive |archive-date=2016-03-04 }} </ref>

<ref name = fixtures-2015>{{cite web |date= 10 May 2015 |title= 2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series - London: Fixtures |publisher = Fiji Live |accessdate= 10 May 2015 |url= http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1551/fixtures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509195507/http://www.worldrugby.org:80/sevens-series/stage/1551/fixtures |archive-date=2015-05-09 }} </ref> }}

==External links== *[http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1550 Official website]

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