2015 USA Sevens
{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| series = Sevens World Series XVI
| countries = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
| date = February 13–15, 2015
| champions1 = {{ru|FIJ}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru|NZL}}
| third = {{ru7|RSA}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|AUS}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|ENG}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|KEN}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|ARG}}
| champions4 = {{ru7|POR}}
| runnersup4 = {{ru7|WAL}}
| matches = 45
| tries = 272
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| prevseason = 2014
| nextseason = 2016
}}
The 2015 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2015 Las Vegas Sevens) is the twelfth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. The tournament is scheduled for February 13–15, 2015 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams
The following teams will participate in the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/54780|title=Pools declared for USA Sevens in Las Vegas|last=worldrugby.org|website=worldrugby.org|accessdate=14 September 2017}}
{{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|SAM}}
- {{ru7|SCO}}
- {{ru7|RSA}}
- {{ru7|USA}}
- {{ru7|WAL}}
{{col-end}}
Match officials
The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.sareferees.com/News/referees-to-16-february-2015/2830346/|title=SA Rugby Referees|website=www.sareferees.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Mike Adamson (Scotland)
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
- {{flagicon|NZL}} Nick Briant (New Zealand)
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Ben Crouse (South Africa)
- {{flagicon|NZL}} Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Moyes (Australia)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt O'Brien (Australia)
- {{noflag|Rasta Rasivhenge (World Rugby)}}
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
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/Plate 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 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 70 | –39 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 94 | –44 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 16:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 40–7
|away = {{ru7|WAL}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 17:06
|home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 36–0
|away = {{ru7|SAM}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 19:40
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 15–5
|away = {{ru7|SAM}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 20:02
|home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 28–24
|away = {{ru7|WAL}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 11:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|WAL}}
|score = 19–26
|away = {{ru7|SAM}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 13:05
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 12–14
|away = {{ru7|FIJ}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
=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|CAN}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 7 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 57 | –14 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 61 | –11 | 5 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 17:28
|home = {{ru7-rt|ENG}}
|score = 19–17
|away = {{ru7|ARG}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 17:50
|home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}}
|score = 22–21
|away = {{ru7|CAN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 20:24
|home = {{ru7-rt|ENG}}
|score = 12–15
|away = {{ru7|CAN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 20:46
|home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}}
|score = 14–19
|away = {{ru7|ARG}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 11:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|ARG}}
|score = 7–24
|away = {{ru7|CAN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 13:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|ENG}}
|score = 21–14
|away = {{ru7|KEN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
=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|RSA}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 8 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 38 | +52 | 8 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|POR}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 57 | –29 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 115 | –79 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 16:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 19–0
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 16:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|USA}}
|score = 52–12
|away = {{ru7|JPN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 18:56
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 42–5
|away = {{ru7|JPN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 19:18
|home = {{ru7-rt|USA}}
|score = 19–7
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 11:08
|home = {{ru7-rt|POR}}
|score = 21–19
|away = {{ru7|JPN}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 12:40
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 19–19
|away = {{ru7|USA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
=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|AUS}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 28 | +93 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 78 | –19 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|BRA}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 109 | –88 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 18:12
|home = {{ru7-rt|SCO}}
|score = 7–19
|away = {{ru7|FRA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 18:34
|home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}}
|score = 45–0
|away = {{ru7|BRA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 21:08
|home = {{ru7-rt|SCO}}
|score = 38–14
|away = {{ru7|BRA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 February 2015
|time = 21:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}}
|score = 31–14
|away = {{ru7|FRA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 12:14
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 26–7
|away = {{ru7|BRA}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 14 February 2015
|time = 13:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|SCO}}
|score = 14–45
|away = {{ru7|AUS}}
|stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
}}
Knockout stage
=Shield=
{{Round8
|14 February 2015 – 15:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SAM}}|26|{{ru7|BRA}}|7
|14 February 2015 – 16:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|POR}}|7|{{ru7|KEN}}|17
|14 February 2015 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|WAL}}|14
|14 February 2015 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|ARG}}|15|{{ru7|JPN}}|12
|15 February 2015 – 10:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|BRA}}|19|{{ru7|POR}}|26
|15 February 2015 – 10:42 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|WAL}}|47|{{ru7|JPN}}|33
|15 February 2015 – 13:45 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|POR}}|19|{{ru7|WAL}}|12
}}
=Bowl=
{{Round8
|14 February 2015 – 15:46 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SAM}}|26|{{ru7|BRA}}|7
|14 February 2015 – 16:08 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|POR}}|7|{{ru7|KEN}}|17
|14 February 2015 – 16:30 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|WAL}}|14
|14 February 2015 – 16:52 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|ARG}}|15|{{ru7|JPN}}|12
|15 February 2015 – 11:04 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SAM}}|5|{{ru7|KEN}}|19
|15 February 2015 – 11:26 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|ARG}}|21
|15 February 2015 – 14:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|KEN}}|24|{{ru7|ARG}}|21
}}
=Plate=
{{Round8
|14 February 2015 – 17:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|FIJ}}|31|{{ru7|FRA}}|12
|14 February 2015 – 17:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|RSA}}|21|{{Ru7|ENG}}|14
|14 February 2015 – 17:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|AUS}}|7|{{ru7|NZL}}|28
|14 February 2015 – 18:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|0|{{ru7|USA}}|20
|15 February 2015 – 11:48 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|FRA}}|5|{{Ru7|ENG}}|26
|15 February 2015 – 12:10 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|AUS}}|17|{{Ru7|CAN}}|0
|15 February 2015 – 14:35 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{Ru7|ENG}}|14|{{ru7|AUS}}|21
}}
=Cup=
{{Round8-with third
|14 February 2015 – 17:14 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|FIJ}}|31|{{ru7|FRA}}|12
|14 February 2015 – 17:36 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|RSA}}|21|{{Ru7|ENG}}|14
|14 February 2015 – 17:58 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|AUS}}|7|{{ru7|NZL}}|28
|14 February 2015 – 18:20 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|0|{{ru7|USA}}|20
|15 February 2015 – 12:32 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|FIJ}}|24|{{ru7|RSA}}|19
|15 February 2015 – 12:54 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|NZL}}|26|{{ru7|USA}}|12
|15 February 2015 – 15:25 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|FIJ}}|35|{{ru7|NZL}}|19
|15 February 2015 – 15:00 – Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
|{{ru7|RSA}}|31|{{ru7|USA}}|0
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822000039/http://www.usasevens.com/ USA Sevens official website]
{{USA Sevens}}
{{2014–15 IRB Sevens World Series}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:USA Sevens}}