2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIV
Hosts	Hong Kong (2 events); United Arab Emirates; South Africa; New Zealand; Australia; United States; Canada; Singapore; France; England;
Date	4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Nations	15 core
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (14th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third	Fiji
Series details
Top try scorer	Vaa Apelu Maliko (50)
Top point scorer	Akuila Rokolisoa (415)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 24th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for men's national teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. This series also doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding the hosts France, qualifying automatically.^[1]

The series was won by New Zealand, winning five of the eleven tour events held during the season on their way to claiming their fourteenth World Series title.

Core teams edit

The core teams eligible to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:^[2]
Core Teams

Invited Teams

Hong Kong Event 1: Hong Kong
Dubai: United Arab Emirates
Cape Town: Uganda
Hamilton: Tonga
Sydney: Papua New Guinea
Los Angeles: Chile
Vancouver: Jamaica
Hong Kong Event 2: Hong Kong
Singapore: South Korea
Toulouse: Germany
London: Portugal

Uruguay 7s was promoted to the core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.^[3] The unions of England, Scotland and Wales agreed to merge their teams to compete as Great Britain 7s from the 2022–23 series onward.^[4]^[5]

Tour venues edit

The eleven-event schedule for the series was:^[6]

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Hong Kong 2022	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	4–6 November 2022	Australia
Dubai	The Sevens Stadium	Dubai	2–3 December 2022	South Africa
South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	Cape Town	9–11 December 2022	Samoa
New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Hamilton	21–22 January 2023	Argentina
Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	27–29 January 2023	New Zealand
United States	Dignity Health Sports Park	Los Angeles	25–26 February 2023	New Zealand
Canada	BC Place	Vancouver	3–5 March 2023	Argentina
Hong Kong 2023	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	31 March – 2 April 2023	New Zealand
Singapore	National Stadium	Singapore	8–9 April 2023	New Zealand
France	Stade Ernest-Wallon	Toulouse	12–14 May 2023	New Zealand
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	20–21 May 2023	Argentina

Standings edit

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Men's Series XXIV
Pos	Event Team	Hong Kong I	Dubai	Cape Town	Hamilton	Sydney	Los Angeles	Vancouver	Hong Kong II	Singapore	Toulouse	London	Total points

1	New Zealand	8	17	19	19	22	22	13	22	22	22	15	201
2	Argentina	13	12	12	22	8	19	22	13	19	19	22	181
3	Fiji	19	8	13	11	17	17	11	19	17	7	19	158
4	France	17	13	7	15	15	8	19	17	11	17	5	144
5	Australia	22	11	8	13	11	15	17	5	13	13	11	139
6	Samoa	15	10	22	7	13	13	8	7	15	5	17	132
7	South Africa	10	22	15	10	19	10	4	12	6	11	7	126
8	Ireland	11	19	6	12	12	11	15	8	3	12	8	117
9	Great Britain	5	5	11	5	10	12	10	15	12	10	13	108
10	United States	12	15	17	17	5	4	12	10	3	2	4	102
11	Spain	6	6	5	4	3	7	4	11	8	8	6	68
12	Uruguay	4	10	10	1	4	6	5	6	10	6	3	65
13	Kenya	2	6	4	6	6	2	7	2	7	4	12	58
14	Canada	7	3	3	3	2	5	2	3	2	15	10	55
15	Japan	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	1	5	3	2	27
16	Tonga	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
17	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
18	Hong Kong	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	5
19	Portugal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
20	Germany	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
21	South Korea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
22	Jamaica	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
23	Chile	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
24	Uganda	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
25	United Arab Emirates	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Sevens
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Sevens Series ^[1]
Automatically qualified (host country France)
Qualification for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Participated in the final round play-offs for core team status on the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
No colour	Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Pink	Relegated from core team status for 2023–24 ^[7]
Yellow	Invited team

Placings summary edit

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Total
New Zealand	5	2	1	1	9
Argentina	3	3	—	—	6
South Africa	1	1	—	1	3
Samoa	1	—	1	2	4
Australia	1	—	1	1	3
Fiji	—	3	3	—	6
France	—	1	3	2	6
Ireland	—	1	—	1	2
United States	—	—	2	1	3
Canada	—	—	—	1	1
Great Britain	—	—	—	1	1

Player statistics edit

Dream Team edit

Rodrigo Isgró Leroy Carter Akuila Rojolisoa Marcos Moneta Luciano González Rizzoni Vaa Apelu Maliko Henry Paterson

Reference:^[8]

Scoring edit

Tries scored
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Vaa Apelu Maliko	50
2	Marcos Moneta	47
3	Akuila Rokolisoa	43
4	Perry Baker	35
5	Nathan Lawson	34

Updated: 4 June 2023^[9]

Points scored
Rank	Player	Points
1	Akuila Rokolisoa	415
2	Waisea Nacuqu	317
3	Dietrich Roache	262
4	Vaa Apelu Maliko	252
5	Paul Scanlan	246

Updated: 4 June 2023^[9]

Performance edit

Impact Player winner by event
Tour Leg	Player	Pts	Ref
Hong Kong I	Vaa Apelu Maliko	75	^[10]
Hong Kong I	Aaron Grandidier	75	^[10]
Dubai	Joseva Talacolo	54	^[11]
Cape Town	Manueli Maisamoa	76	^[12]
Hamilton	Dietrich Roache	70	^[13]
Sydney	Manueli Maisamoa	84	^[14]
Los Angeles	Josiah Morra	59	^[15]
Vancouver	Theo Forner	70	^[16]
Hong Kong II	Andrew Smith	70	^[17]
Singapore	Joseva Talacolo	72	^[18]
Toulouse	Manu Moreno	67	^[19]
London	Akuila Rokolisoa	71	^[20]

Overall season Impact Player points
#	Player	T	B	O	C	Tot
1	Vaa Apelu Maliko	122	41	55	214	569
2	Dietrich Roache	134	32	59	198	546
3	Manueli Maisamoa	129	29	58	167	499
4	Akuila Rokolisoa	88	37	58	164	479
5	Varian Pasquet	93	16	71	187	470
6	Rodrigo Isgro	104	29	35	192	453
7	Henry Paterson	107	28	29	187	436
8	Luciano Gonzalez	69	32	27	200	419
9	Matías Osadczuk	107	25	37	160	416
10	Josiah Morra	109	26	15	184	401

Key: T: Tackles (1 pt), B: Breaks (3 pts), O: Offloads (2 pts), C: Carries (1 pt)

Source: DHL Impact Player Table at archive.today (archived 22 May 2023)

Tournaments edit

Hong Kong 2022 edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Australia	20–17	Fiji	France (Bronze) Samoa
5th place	Argentina	36–0	United States	Ireland South Africa
9th place	New Zealand	33–5	Canada	Great Britain Spain
13th place	Uruguay	33–10	Japan	Hong Kong Kenya

Dubai edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	South Africa	21–5	Ireland	New Zealand (Bronze) United States
5th place	France	19–12	Argentina	Australia Samoa
9th place	Fiji	47–0	Uruguay	Great Britain Kenya
13th place	Spain	38–7	Canada	Japan Uganda

Cape Town edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Samoa	12–7	New Zealand	United States (Bronze) South Africa
5th place	Fiji	29–5	Argentina	Great Britain Uruguay
9th place	France	24–12	Australia	Ireland Spain
13th place	Kenya	21–10	Canada	Japan Uganda

Hamilton edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Argentina	14–12	New Zealand	United States (Bronze) France
5th place	Australia	26–17	Ireland	Fiji South Africa
9th place	Samoa	26–5	Kenya	Great Britain Tonga
13th place	Spain	24–14	Canada	Japan Uruguay

Sydney edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	38–0	South Africa	Fiji (Bronze) France
5th place	Samoa	24–12	Ireland	Australia Great Britain
9th place	Argentina	21–19	Tonga	Kenya United States
13th place	Uruguay	26–5	Spain	Canada Japan

Los Angeles edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	22–12	Argentina	Fiji (Bronze) Australia
5th place	Samoa	24–19	Great Britain	Ireland South Africa
9th place	France	26–24	Spain	Canada Uruguay
13th place	United States	31–7	Japan	Chile Kenya

Vancouver edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Argentina	33–21	France	Australia (Bronze) Ireland
5th place	New Zealand	50–7	United States	Fiji Great Britain
9th place	Samoa	35–17	Kenya	Spain Uruguay
13th place	South Africa	17–5	Japan	Canada Chile

Hong Kong 2023 edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	24–17	Fiji	France (Bronze) Great Britain
5th place	Argentina	7–5	South Africa	Spain United States
9th place	Ireland	19–17	Samoa	Australia Uruguay
13th place	Hong Kong	17–7	Canada	Japan Kenya

Singapore edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	19–17	Argentina	Fiji (Bronze) Samoa
5th place	Australia	24–21	Great Britain	France Uruguay
9th place	Spain	26–10	Kenya	Japan South Africa
13th place	United States	22–17	Canada	Hong Kong Ireland

Toulouse edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	New Zealand	24–19	Argentina	France (Bronze) Canada
5th place	Australia	26–21	Ireland	Great Britain South Africa
9th place	Fiji	26–15	Spain	Samoa Uruguay
13th place	Kenya	33–12	Japan	Germany United States

London edit

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists
Cup final	Argentina	35–14	Fiji
Bronze medal final	Samoa	24–19	New Zealand
5th place final	Great Britain	32–23	Kenya
7th place final	Australia	20–14	Canada
9th place final	Ireland	22–12	South Africa
11th place final	Spain	12–10	France
13th place final	United States	21-7	Uruguay
15th place final	Spain	20-14	Portugal
core team playoff final	Canada	12–7	Kenya	Tonga Uruguay

References edit

External links edit

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