2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

Date4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023Nations15 coreFinal positionsChampions New Zealand (14th title)Runners-up ArgentinaThird FijiSeries detailsTop try scorer Vaa Apelu Maliko (50)Top point scorer Akuila Rokolisoa (415)

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

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


Invited Teams

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

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

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

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

Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Dream Team

Argentina Rodrigo Isgró
New Zealand Leroy Carter
New Zealand Akuila Rojolisoa
Argentina Marcos Moneta
Argentina Luciano González Rizzoni
Samoa Vaa Apelu Maliko
Australia Henry Paterson

Reference:[8]

Scoring

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

Impact Player winner by event
Tour Leg Player Pts Ref
Hong Kong I Vaa Apelu Maliko 75 [10]
Aaron Grandidier 75
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

Hong Kong 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See also

References

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