2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Tenth edition of global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams
Date2 December 2022 – 14 May 2023Final positionsChampions New ZealandRunners-up AustraliaThird United StatesSeries detailsTop try scorer Maddison Levi (58 tries)Top point scorer Maddison Levi (286 pts)
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The 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the tenth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. New Zealand won the series at the last event in Toulouse, taking out six of the seven events on the tour to claim their seventh World Series title [1] with Australia and the United States placing second and third, respectively. The series doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Sevens, so those three teams along with host country France, who finished fourth in the series, and Ireland, who finished fifth, all gained direct qualifying berths for the women's tournament to be held in Paris in 2024.[2]

Core teams

The core teams qualified to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:[3]

Japan was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.[4] A combined Great Britain team replaced England as a core team for the series.[5]

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:[6]

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai The Sevens Dubai 2–3 December 2022  Australia
South Africa Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 9–11 December 2022  New Zealand
New Zealand FMG Stadium Waikato Hamilton 21–22 January 2023  New Zealand
Australia Allianz Stadium Sydney 27–29 January 2023  New Zealand
Canada BC Place Vancouver 3–5 March 2023  New Zealand
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 31 March – 2 April 2023  New Zealand
France Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 12–14 May 2023  New Zealand

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 – Women's Series X
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Dubai
Cape Town
Ham­ilton
Syd­ney
Van­cou­ver
Hong Kong
Tou­louse 		Total
points
 
1  New Zealand 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 138
2  Australia 20 18 16 12 18 18 16 118
3  United States 16 16 18 16 16 8 18 108
4  France 14 12 8 18 14 12 14 92
5  Ireland 10 14 14 14 6 6 10 74
6  Fiji 12 8 6 10 12 14 6  68[a]
7  Great Britain 6 10 12 8 8 16 8  68[a]
8  Japan 3 2 10 6 4 3 12 40
9  Canada 4 6 2 4 10 10 3 39
10  Spain 8 3 4 2 3 4 4 28
11  Brazil 1 4 3 3 2 2 1 16
12  China 2 — — — — — — 2
13  Papua New Guinea — — 1 1 — — — 2
14  Poland — — — — — — 2 2
15  South Africa — 1 — — — — — 1
16  Hong Kong — — — — — 1 — 1
17  Colombia — — — — 1 — — 1

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2022–23 and qualified as a core team for 2023–24
Yellow Not a core team
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Women's Sevens Series[2]
Automatically qualified (host country France)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against in all matches: Fiji +51, Great Britain –36.[7]

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 6 1 — — 7
 Australia 1 3 2 — 6
 United States — 2 4 — 6
 France — 1 — 3 4
 Great Britain — — 1 — 1
 Ireland — — — 3 3
 Fiji — — — 1 1

Player statistics

Scoring

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Maddison Levi 57
2 Michaela Blyde 43
3 Charlotte Caslick 31
4 Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 30
Stacey Waaka 30
6 Reapi Ulunisau 28
7 Faith Nathan 25
8 Portia Woodman 24
Wakaba Hara 24
10 Ana Maria Naimasi 23

Updated: 14 May 2023

Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Maddison Levi 285
2 Tyla Nathan-Wong 247
3 Michaela Blyde 215
4 Lucy Mulhall 183
5 Reapi Ulunisau 170
6 Ana Maria Naimasi 165
7 Charlotte Caslick 155
8 Stacey Waaka 150
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 150
10 Michiyo Suda 130

Updated: 14 May 2023

Performance

Impact Player winner
Event Player Points
Dubai Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 71
Cape Town Camille Grassineau 81
Hamilton Beibhinn Parsons 72
Sydney Reapi Ulunisau 76
Vancouver Reapi Ulunisau 86
Hong Kong Séraphine Okemba 86
Toulouse Joanna Grisez 69
Total Impact Player points
Rank Player T B O C Total
1 Reapi Ulunisau 78 28 76 152 466
2 Ana Maria Naimasi 89 23 62 150 432
3 Charlotte Caslick 142 33 21 134 417
4 Kristi Kirshe 75 22 28 147 344
5 Eve Higgins 67 20 21 174 343
6 Maddison Levi 53 49 14 114 342
7 Lucy Mulhall 92 12 17 176 338
8 Jorja Miller 69 27 35 98 318
9 Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 64 31 11 133 312
10 Michaela Blyde 52 42 10 106 304

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

Updated: 14 May 2023

Tournaments

Dubai

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 26–19  New Zealand  United States (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Fiji 28–12  Ireland  Spain (7th)
 Great Britain
9th place  Canada 15–10  Japan  China (11th)
 Brazil

Cape Town

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 31–14  Australia  United States (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  France 36–28  Great Britain  Fiji (7th)
 Canada
9th place  Brazil 17–5  Spain  Japan (11th)
 South Africa

Hamilton

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 33–7  United States  Australia (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  Great Britain 14–10  Japan  France (7th)
 Fiji
9th place  Spain 17–12  Brazil  Canada (11th)
 Papua New Guinea

Sydney

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 35–0  France  United States (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  Australia 36–12  Fiji  Great Britain (7th)
 Japan
9th place  Canada 24–21  Brazil  Spain (11th)
 Papua New Guinea

Vancouver

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–12  Australia  United States (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Fiji 22–17  Canada  Great Britain (7th)
 Ireland
9th place  Japan 17–10  Spain  Brazil (11th)
 Colombia

Hong Kong

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 26–17  Australia  Great Britain (Bronze)
 Fiji
5th place  France 22–12  Canada  United States (7th)
 Ireland
9th place  Spain 26–17  Japan  Brazil (11th)
 Hong Kong

Toulouse

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–14  United States  Australia (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Japan 14–0  Ireland  Great Britain (7th)
 Fiji
9th place  Spain 15–14  Canada  Poland (11th)
 Brazil

See also

References

  1. ^ Biudole, Noa (13 May 2023). "Black Fern 7s claim series title in Toulouse". Fiji Live.
  2. ^ a b "How to qualify for rugby at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Team GB Rugby Sevens to enter HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Japan women and Uruguay men win promotion". Go Sports. 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Great Britain sevens: Nations combine for 2023 World Sevens Series". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 schedule confirmed". Rugby Asia 24/7. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ DHL Highlights HSBC France Sevens Day 3 (Television production). World Rugby. 14 May 2023. Event occurs at 7:50.

External links

  • Official site