2018 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament alongside the past year's series and the previous six event of the 2017–18 season.[1]

2018 Hong Kong Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation Hong Kong
Date6–8 April 2018
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Kenya
Third South Africa
Challenge
Winner France
Qualifier
Winner Japan
Tournament details
Matches played45
Most points Amenoni Nasilasila (60)
Most tries Carlin Isles (7)
Muller du Plessis (7)
Selvyn Davids (7)
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Fiji won the tournament, defeating Kenya 24–12 in the final. Fiji were dominant throughout the tournament, including a 50–7 thrashing of New Zealand during pool play.

In the World Series Qualifier tournament, Ireland were the dominant team during pool play, but Japan beat Ireland 12–7 in the semifinal, and went on to beat Germany 19–14 in the final to qualify for the 2018-19 World Series as a core team.

Main draw

Teams

The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams and one invited team, South Korea.[2]

Format

As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team. The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.

Pool stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[3]

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330011733+849
 New Zealand 32016267–57
 Samoa 31025269–175
 Russia 300338100–623
6 April 2018 New Zealand  36–5  Russia Hong Kong Stadium  
20:18 Try: Nicole 1'm
Ravouvou 2'm, 7'c
Rokolosoa 8'c
Ng Shiu 9'm
Te Tamaki 12'c
Con: Rokolosoa (2/2) 7', 12' Khan (1/4) 8'
 Try: Ovchinnikov 14'm
Con: Ianiushkin (0/1)
 Referee: Damián Schneider
6 April 2018 Fiji  31–12  Samoa Hong Kong Stadium  
20:43 Try: Sau 0'm
Nasoko 1'c
Ravouvou 6'c
Nasilasila 9'c
Kunatani 14'c
Con: Ravouvou (1/3) 6'
Nasilasila (2/2) 10', 14'
 Try: Ale 8'c
Iosefo 13'
Con: Tupou (1/1) 9'
Mealoi (0/1)
 Referee: Sam Grove-White
7 April 2018 New Zealand  19–12  Samoa Hong Kong Stadium  
13:32 Try: Ravouvou 3'c
Te Temaki 9'c
Masirewa 12'm
Con: Khan (2/3) 4', 9'
 Try: Iosefo 5'c, 8'm
Con: Alosio (1/2) 5'
Cards: Mealoi  13'		 Referee: Damon Murphy
7 April 2018 Fiji  36–14  Russia Hong Kong Stadium  
13:54 Try: Katonibau 0'c, 4'c
Kunatani 1'm, 5'm, 9'c
Vakurunabili 11'm
Con: Nasilasila (3/6) 0', 4', 10'
Cards: Kunavula 6' to 8'		 Try: Zhivatov 7'c
Lazarenko 14'c
Con: Ianiushkin (1/1) 7'
Gostyuzhev (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Damián Schneider
7 April 2018 Russia  19–28  Samoa Hong Kong Stadium  
17:32 Try: Sozonov 0'c
Davydov 4'c
Zhivatov 9'm
Con: Sukhin (2/2) 1', 4'
Ianiushkin (0/1)
 Try: Iosefo 6'c
Alosio 7'c
Afamasaga 11'c
Tupou 14'c
Con: Alosio (1/1) 6'
Paulo (1/1) 7'
Tupou (1/1) 11'
Leilual (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Matthew Rodden
7 April 2018 Fiji  50–7  New Zealand Hong Kong Stadium  
17:54 Try: Ravouvou 1'c
Nasoko 2'm
Sau 8'c, 10'm
Vakurunabili 8'c
Nasilasila 11'c
Naduva 12'c, 14'm
Con: Ravouvou (2/3) 1', 8', 9'
Nasilasila (2/4) 11', 12'
 Try: Nicole 3'c
Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 3'
 Referee: Richard Haughton

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 32018538+477
 Spain 32013450–167
 Canada 31025664–85
 Australia 31025477–235
6 April 2018 Australia  12–17  Spain Hong Kong Stadium  
19:32 Try: Figg 4'c
Clunnies-Ross 7'm
Con: Goddard (1/2)
 Try: Villanueva 1'c
I Martín 8'm, 14'm
Con: Hernandez (1/2) 2'
Genua (0/1)
 Referee: Richard Kelly
6 April 2018 Kenya  33–10  Canada Hong Kong Stadium  
19:54 Try: Oliech 3'
Amonde 6'c
Injera 10'c
Ambaka 12'c
Oyoo 14'c
Con: Oliech (2/3) 6', 10'
Agero (2/2) 12', 14'
Cards: Oyoo 8' to 10'		 Try: Braid 2'm
Kay 8'm
Con: Hirayama (0/2)
 Referee: Jordan Way
7 April 2018 Australia  14–34  Canada Hong Kong Stadium  
12:48 Try: Skelton 11'c
Miller 12'c
Con: Goddard (2/2) 11', 13'
Cards: Figg 2' to 4'		 Try: Jones 3'm, 7'm
Douglas 7'c
Braid 8'm
Douglas 9'c
Moonlight 14'm
Con: Hirayama (2/5) 7', 10'
Braid (0/1)
 Referee: Richard Haughton
7 April 2018 Kenya  26–0  Spain Hong Kong Stadium  
13:10 Try: Ambaka 2'c, 5'c
Injera 6'm
Oluoch 9'c
Con: Oliech (3/4) 3', 5', 9'
 Cards: Pearce 10' to 12' Referee: Mike O'Brien
7 April 2018 Spain  17–12  Canada Hong Kong Stadium  
16:48 Try: Carrion 3'm
Sainz-Trapaga 5'
Pla 13'
Con: Hernandez (1/3) 5'
 Try: Kay 0'm, 7'c
Con: Hirayama (1/1) 7'
Cards: Moonlight 14' to 14'		 Referee: Jordan Way
7 April 2018 Kenya  26–28  Australia Hong Kong Stadium  
17:10 Try: Minjire 5'c
Agero 7'c
Odhiambo 12'm
Amonde 13'c
Con: Agero (3/3) 5', 7', 14'
Oliech (0/1)
Cards: Oluoch 7' to 9'
Oyoo  12'		 Try: Skelton 0'c
Pietsch 1'
Miller 8'c, 12'c
Con: Goddard (3/3) 0', 1', 9'
Clunnies-Ross (1/1) 11'
 Referee: James Doleman

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330010932+779
 Scotland 320110057+437
 England 31028162+195
 South Korea 300314153–1393
6 April 2018 England  19–22  Scotland Hong Kong Stadium  
18:48 Try: Howard 5'm
Olowofela 9'c
Sirker 13'c
Con: Edwards (2/3) 9', 14'
 Try: Horne 4'c, 7'm
Farndale 12'm
Jones 14'
Con: Lowe (1/3) 5'
 Referee: Damon Murphy
6 April 2018 South Africa  45–0  South Korea Hong Kong Stadium  
19:10 Try: Z Davids 1'c
Oosthuizen 2'm, 5'c
du Plessis 4'c
Bezuidenhout 8'm
Ndhlovu 11'c
Mafuma 13'c
Con: Human (3/4) 1', 4', 6'
S Davids (1/2) 11'
Smith (1/1) 14'
 Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
7 April 2018 England  47–7  South Korea Hong Kong Stadium  
12:00 Try: Howard 0'c
Olowofela 2'c
Wilson 5'c
Davis 7'c
Davis 10'c
Kerr 13'c
Glover 14'm
Con: Edwards (6/7) 0', 3', 5', 7', 11', 13'
 Try: Jang 8'c
Con: Lee (1/1) 8'
 Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
7 April 2018 South Africa  31–17  Scotland Hong Kong Stadium  
12:22 Try: Z Davids 1'c
Gans 4'c
du Plessis 10'm
Labuschagne 11'c
S Davids 12'm
Con: Human (2/2) 1', 4'
S Davids (1/3) 12'
 Try: Graham 5'm
Horne 7'm
Bryce 14'c
Con: Horne (1/1) 14'
Jackson (0/2)
 Referee: Richard Kelly
7 April 2018 Scotland  61–7  South Korea Hong Kong Stadium  
16:00 Try: McFarland 0'c, 3'c
Farndale 4'c, 6'c
Jackson 7'm, 13'c
Horne 10'c
Fagerson 12'c
Jones 14'c
Con: Jackson (6/6) 0', 4', 5', 12', 14', 14'
Horne (2/3) 6', 10'c
 Try: Kim 2'
Con: Lee (1/1) 3'
 Referee: Nori Hashimoto
7 April 2018 South Africa  33–15  England Hong Kong Stadium  
16:26 Try: Gans 2'c, 14'c
S Davids 7'c, 10'm
Ndhlovu 14'c
Con: Human (1/1) 3'
S Davids (3/4) 7', 14', 14'
 Try: Davis 0'm
Wilson 4'm
Edwards 8'm
Con: Edwards (0/3)
 Referee: Sam Grove-White

Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 321010246+568
 Argentina 32017955+247
 Wales 31023485–515
 France 30124574–294
6 April 2018 Argentina  31–10  Wales Hong Kong Stadium  
18:00 Try: Osadczuk 1'm
Sabato 5'c, 8'c
Etchart 7'm
Schultz 14'
Con: Revol (3/5) 5', 8', 14'
Cards: Barbier 11' to 13'		 Try: Williams 10'm
Devine 11'm
Con: Davies (0/2)
 Referee: Richard Haughton
6 April 2018 United States  24–24  France Hong Kong Stadium  
18:24 Try: Niua 7'm
Baker 12'c
Isles 13'c, 14'm
Con: Tomasin (2/3) 12', 13'
Niua (0/1)
 Try: Lakafia 1'm
Dall'Igna 4'c
Veredamu 8'c
Bonnefond 10'm
Con: Barraque (2/4) 4', 8'
Cards: Bonnefond 14' to 14'		 Referee: James Doleman
7 April 2018 Argentina  31–14  France Hong Kong Stadium  
11:14 Try: Osadczuk 2'c, 6'c
Roura 4'm
Sabato 8'c
Schultz 12'm
Con: Revol (2/3) 3', 6', 8'
Bazan Velez (0/1)
 Try: Bouhraoua 11'c
Bonnefond 13'c
Con: Riva (2/2) 11', 13'
Cards: Veredamu 1' to 3'		 Referee: Damon Murphy
7 April 2018 United States  47–5  Wales Hong Kong Stadium  
11:38 Try: Baker 3'c
Iosefo 5'c
Pinkelman 6'c
Unufe 9'c
Leuta 10'c
Thompson 13'c
Isles 14'm
Con: Niua (2/2) 3', 7'
Iosefo (2/2) 6', 9'
Tomasin (2/3) 11', 14'
 Try: Millard 2'm
Con: Davies (0/1)
 Referee: Sam Grove-White
7 April 2018 Wales  19–7  France Hong Kong Stadium  
15:16 Try: Flynn 2'c
Williams 7'c
Davies 8'm
Con: Davies (2/3) 2', 7'
 Try: Popelin 13'
Con: Bouhraoua (1/1) 13'
 Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
7 April 2018 United States  31–17  Argentina Hong Kong Stadium  
15:38 Try: Baker 1'c
Barrett 3'm, 6'c, 8'm
Iosefo 11'c
Con: Niua (2/4) 1', 7'
Tomasin (1/1) 11'
 Try: Etchart 4'm
Bazan Velez 12'm
del Mestre 13'c
Con: del Mestre (1/1) 13'
Revol (0/1)
Bazan Velez (0/1)
 Referee: Richard Kelly

13th place
 
Semi-finals13th place final
 
      
 
8 April 2018 – 13:16 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa33
 
8 April 2018 – 17:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England10
 
 Samoa5
 
8 April 2018 – 13:43 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Wales33
 
 Wales49
 
 
 South Korea5
 

Challenge Trophy
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy final
 
          
 
8 April 2018 – 9:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Samoa0
 
8 April 2018 – 14:05 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France38
 
 France24
 
8 April 2018 – 9:52 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 England14
 
8 April 2018 – 17:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia17
 
 France33
 
8 April 2018 – 10:14 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada7
 
 Wales7
 
8 April 2018 – 14:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia15
 
 Russia12
 
8 April 2018 – 10:36 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada45
 
 
 South Korea0
 

5th place
 
Semi-finals5th place final
 
      
 
8 April 2018 – 14:55 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Argentina14
 
8 April 2018 – 18:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain12
 
 Argentina14
 
8 April 2018 – 15:17 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States12
 
 United States19
 
 
 Scotland15
 

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsCup finalFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2018 – 10:58 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji40
 
8 April 2018 – 15:41 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Fiji26
 
8 April 2018 – 11:20 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa24
 
 South Africa38
 
8 April 2018 – 19:00 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Spain5
 
 Fiji24
 
8 April 2018 – 11:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya12
 
 United States7
 
8 April 2018 – 16:03 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand35
 
 New Zealand12
 
8 April 2018 – 12:07 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Kenya21 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Kenya19
 
8 April 2018 – 18:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland12
 
 South Africa24
 
 
 New Zealand7
 

Tournament placings
Place  Team Points
 Fiji 22
 Kenya 19
 South Africa 17
4 New Zealand 15
5 Argentina 13
6 United States 12
7  Scotland 10
 Spain 10
Place  Team Points
9 France 8
10 Canada 7
11  Australia 5
 Russia 5
13 Wales 3
14 Samoa 2
15  England 1
 South Korea 1

Source: World Rugby

Scoring leaders
Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Carlin Isles7
Muller du Plessis7
Selvyn Davids7
4 Amenoni Nasilasila6
5 George Horne5
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Amenoni Nasilasila60
2 Selvyn Davids55
3 Carlin Isles35
Muller du Plessis35
5 Gastón Revol34

Source: World Rugby

Dream team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament:[4]

ForwardsBacks
Kalione Nasoko
Oscar Ouma
Semi Kunatani		 Willy Ambaka
Selvyn Davids
Eroni Sau
Amenoni Nasilasila

World Series qualifier

Continental qualifying

Teams will qualify for the World Series Qualifier tournament based on continental championships. The top teams from each continent that are not already core teams will qualify. For the 2018 edition, Europe has been given a third spot, whereas North America was given a single spot. The other continents remain with two spots each.

Continental sevens championshipDatesVenue(s)BerthsQualified
2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series[5]3 June–
16 July 2017		 Moscow,
Łódź,
Clermont-Ferrand
Exeter		3 Ireland
 Germany
 Georgia[2]
2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[6]1 September–
14 October 2017		 Hong Kong,
Incheon,
Colombo		2 Japan
 Hong Kong
2017 Africa Cup Sevens[7]6–7 October 2017 Kampala2 Uganda
 Zimbabwe
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship[8]10–11 November 2017 Suva2 Papua New Guinea
 Cook Islands
2017 RAN Sevens[9]25–26
November 2017		 Mexico City1 Jamaica
2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens[10]6–14
January 2018		 Punta del Este,
Viña del Mar		2 Uruguay
 Chile
Total12

Format

The qualifying tournament features twelve teams divided into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top eight teams (the top two from each group, plus the two best third-place finishers) qualify to the quarterfinals of the knockout round. The winner of the knockout round will be given core status in the 2018–19 World Series.

Pool stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[3]

Pool E
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Chile 32015829+297
 Japan 32016039+217
 Uganda 32015044+67
 Georgia 30032581–563
6 April 2018 Uganda  14–10  Chile Hong Kong Stadium  
12:42 Try: Wokorach 4'c
Okia 9'c
Con: Wokorach (1/1) 4', 9'
 Try: De Vidts 1'm
Urroz 7'm
Con: Torrealba (0/2)
 Referee: Jordan Way
6 April 2018 Japan  26–10  Georgia Hong Kong Stadium  
13:04 Try: Ozawa 2'c
Seru 4'c
Sakai 6'c
Lisala 14'm
Con: Sakai (3/3) 3', 4', 6'
Hashino (0/1)
Cards: Soejima 6' to 8'		 Try: Aptsiauri 7'm, 10'm
Con: Gogolashvili (0/2)
 Referee: James Doleman
6 April 2018 Uganda  26–10  Georgia Hong Kong Stadium  
15:40 Try: Wokorach 6'c, 10'c, 12'c
Okia 7'm
Con: Magomu (3/3) 6', 11', 12'
Wokorach (0/1)
 Try: Spanderashvili 8'm
Kveseladze 14'm
Con: Svanidze (0/1)
Gogoladze (0/1)
Cards: Kveseladze 9' to 11'		 Referee: Damián Schneider
6 April 2018 Japan  10–19  Chile Hong Kong Stadium  
16:02 Try: Goya 1'm
Lilidamu 10'm
Con: Sakai (0/2)
 Try: Urroz 3'm
De Vidts 7'c
Torrealba 12'c
Con: Torrealba (2/3) 7', 13'
 Referee: Tevita Rokovereni
7 April 2018 Chile  29–5  Georgia Hong Kong Stadium  
9:44 Try: Fernandez 1'c, 8'c
Silva 2'm
De Vidts 6'm
Westcott 13'm
Con: Torrealba (2/5) 1', 8'
 Try: Mchedlishvili 10'm
Con: Gogolashvili (0/1)
 Referee: Nori Hashimoto
7 April 2018 Japan  24–10  Uganda Hong Kong Stadium  
10:06 Try: Goya 1'c
Naikabula 9'm
Lilidamu 12'm
Lisala 14'c
Con: Sakai (2/4) 1', 14'
 Try: Sebuliba 4'm
Wokorach 6'm
Con: Wokorach (0/1)
Ofoyrwoth (0/1)
Cards: Wokorach 10' to 12'		 Referee: Jordan Way

Pool F
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 33007726+519
 Hong Kong 31025250+25
 Zimbabwe 31023551–165
 Papua New Guinea 31023974–355
6 April 2018 Germany  14–12  Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium  
13:26 Try: Himmer 4'c
Dieckmann 6'
Con: Heimpel (2/2) 5', 6'
 Try: Yiu 1'm
Hood 10'c
Con: Rimene (1/2) 10'
 Referee: Sam Grove-White
6 April 2018 Papua New Guinea  10–17  Zimbabwe Hong Kong Stadium  
13:48 Try: Vali 3'm
Mocke 12'm
Con: Guise (0/2)
Cards: Mocke 0' to 2'		 Try: Chibuwe 5'c
Chitokwindo 8'm
Hunduza 14'm
Con: Rouse (1/2) 6'
Mudariki (0/1)
 Referee: Richard Kelly
6 April 2018 Germany  27–7  Zimbabwe Hong Kong Stadium  
16:28 Try: Dawe 6'm
Lichtenberg 7'm
Hohl 8'c
Rox 12'm
Himmer 14'm
Con: Heimpel (2/3) 8'
Himmer (0/2)
 Try: Bryden 1'c
Con: Rouse (1/1) 1'
Cards: Tshamala 7' to 9'		 Referee: Matthew Rodden
6 April 2018 Papua New Guinea  22–21  Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium  
16:50 Try: Vali 1'm
Kalua 6'm
Kapana 7'm
Clement 14'c
Con: Clement (1/1) 14'
Guise (0/3)
Cards: Mocke 3' to 5'
Kalua 11' to 13'		 Try: Yiu 5'c
Lee 8'c
Coverdale 12'c
Con: Rimene (1/1) 6', 8', 13'
 Referee: Mike O'Brien
7 April 2018 Hong Kong  19–14  Zimbabwe Hong Kong Stadium  
10:28 Try: Rimene 2'c
Boucaut 3'm
Coverdale 14'm
Con: Rimene (1/2) 3'
Webb (0/1)
Cards: Neville 9' to 11'		 Try: Nechironga 10'c
Chitokwindo 12'c
Con: Tambiwera (1/1) 10', 12'
 Referee: James Doleman
7 April 2018 Papua New Guinea  7–36  Germany Hong Kong Stadium  
10:50 Try: Kapana 9'c
Con: Guise (1/1) 9'
Cards: Kalua 12' to 14'		 Try: Dieckmann 1'm, 6'm, 7'c
Brechenmacher 2'm
Soteras-Merz 4'c
Rix 14'c
Con: Heimpel (3/6) 5', 7', 14'
 Referee: Damián Schneider

Pool G
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 33001035+989
 Uruguay 32016041+197
 Jamaica 31022667–415
 Cook Islands 300324100–763
6 April 2018 Uruguay  22–5  Jamaica Hong Kong Stadium  
11:58 Try: Etcheverry 2'm, 4'm
Della Corte 8'm
Arata 14'c
Con: Favaro (1/1) 14'
Lijtenstein (0/3)
 Try: Caven 12'm
Con: Segree (0/1)
 Referee: Mike O'Brien
6 April 2018 Ireland  41–5  Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium  
12:20 Try: O'Brien 3'm, 10'c
Fitzpatrick 4'c, 14'c
Roche 6'm
Kennedy 7'm, 8'm
Con: Roche (1/5) 4'
Dardis (2/2) 11', 14'
Cards: Daly 12' to 14'		 Try: Kiria 13'm
Con: Napara (0/1)
 Referee: Damon Murphy
6 April 2018 Uruguay  38–0  Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium  
14:56 Try: Etcheverry 1'c, 11'c, 13'm
Garcia 6'c
Garcia 10'm
Plottier 14'c
Con: Etcheverry (2/2) 2', 7'
Lijtenstein (2/4) Lijtenstein 12', 14'
 Referee: Nori Hashimoto
6 April 2018 Ireland  26–0  Jamaica Hong Kong Stadium  
15:18 Try: O'Brien 1'c
Kennedy 5'm
McNulty 8'c
Daly 12'c
Con: Roche (3/4) 2', 9', 12'
 Cards: Fessel 5' to 7' Referee: Richard Haughton
7 April 2018 Jamaica  21–19  Cook Islands Hong Kong Stadium  
9:00 Try: Dixon 3'c
Fessel 7'c
Christie 12'c
Con: Segree (1/1) 3'
Eddie (2/2) 9', 12'
 Try: Napara 2'm
Leuta 6'c
Paerau 10'c
Con: Leuta (1/2) 7'
Napara (1/1) 10'
Cards: Willis 7' to 9'		 Referee: Mike O'Brien
7 April 2018 Ireland  36–0  Uruguay Hong Kong Stadium  
9:22 Try: Fitzpatrick 4'm
O'Brien 6'c
Kennedy 8'm
Keenan 11'm
McNulty 12'c
Daly 14'c
Con: Rochie (1/3) 7' Dardis (2/3) 12', 14'
 Cards: Puig 4' to 6' Referee: Matthew Rodden

Third place tiebreaker
Pl Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Uganda32015044+67
2  Zimbabwe31023551-165
3  Jamaica31022667-415

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal – World Series qualifier
 
          
 
7 April 2018 – 18:18 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Germany26
 
8 April 2018 – 12:32 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uganda0
 
 Germany19
 
7 April 2018 – 18:42 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Chile12
 
 Chile24
 
8 April 2018 – 16:30 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong12
 
 Germany14
 
7 April 2018 – 19:04 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Japan19
 
 Japan26
 
8 April 2018 – 12:54 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Uruguay19
 
 Japan12
 
7 April 2018 – 19:26 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Ireland7
 
 Ireland38
 
 
 Zimbabwe5
 

Overall record
PosTeamWn/LsPts Dif
1Japan5–1+38
2Germany5–1+79
3Ireland4–1+126
4Chile3–2+36
5Uruguay2–2+12
6Uganda2–2–20
7Hong Kong1–3–10
8Zimbabwe1–3–49

See also

References
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