2018 Japan Women's Sevens

The 2018 Japan Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the second edition of the Japan Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 21–22 April 2018 at Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu.

2018 Japan Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation	Japan
Date	21–22 April 2018
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	France
Third	Australia
Challenge Trophy
Winner	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	209 (average 6.15 per match)
Most points	Alena Mikhaltsova (55)
Most tries	Alena Mikhaltsova (11)
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Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the runner-up of the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, China:^[1]

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  China
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  New Zealand
•  Russia
•  Spain
•  United States

Pool stage

All times in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	50	48	+2	7
Australia	3	2	0	1	78	22	+56	7
China	3	1	0	2	46	64	–18	5
Ireland	3	1	0	2	29	69	–40	5

21 April 2018	Spain	14–17	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:14	Try: Bravo 6'c Casado 7'c Con: Garcia (2/2) 7', 8'		Try: Murphy-Crowe 1'm Galvin 4'c Flood 10'm Con: Mulhall (1/3) 5'	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	Australia	33–5	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:36	Try: Sykes 2'c Du Toit 6'c Meakes 9'm Tonegato 11'c Hayes 14'c Con: Sykes (3/4) 3', 6', 11' Brown (1/1) 14'		Try: Yan 4'm Con: Yu (0/1)	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

21 April 2018	Spain	19–17	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:58	Try: Garcia 1'm Erbina 4'c Bravo 6' Con: Garcia (2/3) 5', 6'		Try: Wang 11'c Yan 12'm Chen 14'm Con: Yu (1/1) 11' Yang (0/1) Chen (0/1)	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

21 April 2018	Australia	31–0	Ireland	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:20	Try: Tonegato 2'c Cherry 7'm, 8'm Friedrichs 11'c Staples 14'c Con: Sykes (3/5) 2', 11', 14'			Referee: Hollie Davidson

21 April 2018	Ireland	12–24	China	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:42	Try: O'Flynn 4'c Heffeman 11'm Con: Mulhall (1/2) 4'		Try: Wang 2'c Chen 5'c, 9'm Yu 8'm Con: Yu (2/4) 3', 6'	Referee: Rose LaBreche

21 April 2018	Australia	14–17	Spain	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:04	Try: Hayes 3'c Meakes 6'c Con: Brown (2/2) 3', 6'		Try: Martinez 7'c, 7'm Ribera 14'm Con: Garcia (1/3) 7'	Referee: Ben Crouse

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	107	24	+83	9
France	3	2	0	1	76	43	+33	7
United States	3	1	0	2	57	84	–27	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	27	116	–89	3

21 April 2018	France	36–0	United States	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
11:58	Try: Guerin 0'c Amedee 4'c Grassineau 7'm Le Pesq 11'c, 12'm Ciofani 14'm Con: Amedee (2/4) 1', 4' Le Pesq (1/2) 12'		Cards: Gray 10' to 12'	Referee: Hollie Davidson

21 April 2018	New Zealand	38–5	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
12:20	Try: Woodman 0'c Woodman 3'm Blyde 7'c, 9'c Goss 10'c Waaka 13'm Con: Nathan-Wong (4/5) 1', 7', 9', 11' Willison (0/1)		Try: Bativakalolo 12'm Con: Nakamura (0/1)	Referee: Rose LaBreche

21 April 2018	France	33–5	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
14:42	Try: Grassineau 0'c Amedee 2'm Drouin 5'c Ciofani 10'c Bertrand 11'c Con: Le Pesq (4/5) 0', 5', 10', 12'		Try: Hirano 14'm Con: Nakamura (0/1) Cards: Nakamura 4' to 6'	Referee: Ben Crouse

21 April 2018	New Zealand	31–12	United States	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:04	Try: Woodman 3'c William 6'c Blyde 7'c Broughton 12'm Baker 14'm Con: Willison (3/3) 3', 6', 7' Nathan-Wong (0/2)		Try: Gray 2'c Tapper 7'm Con: Kelter (1/2) 2'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

21 April 2018	United States	45–17	Japan	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:26	Try: Tapper 0'm, 5'c, 7'c Kelter 2'c Kelter 7'c Zackary 9'c Thomas 10'm Con: Kelter (3/4) 2', 7', 7' Heavirland (2/3) 5', 9'		Try: Tanaka 4'c Koide 11'm Bativakalolo 14'm Con: Nakamura (1/3) 4'	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	New Zealand	38–7	France	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
17:48	Try: Woodman 2'm, 3'c, 6'm Broughton 7'c Waaka 12'c Baker 14'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 4', 7', 12' Willison (1/1) 14' Cards: Broughton 7' to 9'		Try: Amedee 9'c Con: Amedee (1/1) 9' Cards: Bertrand 14' to 14'	Referee: Joy Neville

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	2	0	1	74	55	+19	7
Russia	3	2	0	1	41	44	–3	7
England	3	1	0	2	43	67	–24	5
Canada	3	1	0	2	62	54	+8	5

21 April 2018	Russia	17–10	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:30	Try: Mikhaltsova 1'm Khamidova 12'm Zdrokova 14'c Con: Lushina (1/1) 14' Seredina (0/2)		Try: Thompson 3'm Fisher 6'm Con: Hunt (0/2)	Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

21 April 2018	Canada	38–14	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
10:52	Try: Crossley 0'c Farella 3'c Greenshieldls 6'c Darling 7'm Nicholas 7'm Williams 12'c Con: Greenshields (3/4) 0', 4', 6' Nicholas (1/2) 12'		Try: Siata 2'c Tisolo 10'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 2' Tisolo (1/1) 10' Cards: Riwai 5' to 7' Siata 7' to 9' Naiqato 14' to 14'	Referee: Ben Crouse

21 April 2018	Russia	5–29	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:14	Try: Mikhaltsova 4'm Con: Lushina (0/1) Cards: Zdrokova 9' to 11'		Try: Naimasi 2'c, 12'm Roqica 7'c, 7'm Ravisa 9'm Con: Naimasi (2/2) 2', 7' Riwai (0/2) Tinai (0/1)	Referee: Alhambra Nievas

21 April 2018	Canada	19–21	England	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
13:36	Try: Nicholas 4'c Darling 8'm Farella 11'c Con: Nicholas (1/1) 4' Greenshields (1/2) 12' Cards: Apps 2' to 4' Greenshields 6' to 8'		Try: Breach 0'c Fisher 6'c Scott 13'c Con: Scott (2/2) 1', 6' Hunt (1/1) 14'	Referee: Joy Neville

21 April 2018	England	12–31	Fiji	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
15:58	Try: Breach 8'm Wood 13'c Con: Hunt (1/2) 13'		Try: Ravisa 2'c, 9'm Riwai 4'c Naimasi 7'c, 12'm Con: Riwai (3/3) 2', 4', 7' Naimasi (0/1) Tisolo (0/1)	Referee: Adam Jones

21 April 2018	Canada	5–19	Russia	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu
16:20	Try: Apps 0'm Con: Greenshields (0/1)		Try: Lushina 5'c Mikhaltsova 11'c Perestiak 14'm Con: Lushina (2/3) 6', 11'	Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

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Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	22 April 2018 – 11:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	United States	34
					22 April 2018 – 15:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Japan	14
					United States	24
	22 April 2018 – 12:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Ireland	19
	Canada	19
	Ireland	24
					11th Place
					22 April 2018 – 15:26 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Japan	14
					Canada	33

Matches

Semifinals 22 April 2018 United States  34–7  Japan Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   11:58 Try: Zackary 6' Heavirland 7'm Kelter 7'm Carlyle 9'c Thomas 11'c Gray 13'm Con: Kelter (2/4) 9', 11' Heavirland (0/2) Try: Hirano 2'c, 14'c Con: Nakamura (2/2) 2', 14' Cards: Otake 7' to 9' Referee: Adam Jones 22 April 2018 Canada  19–24 (a.e.t.)  Ireland Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   12:20 Try: Farella 6'c Darling 9'm Greenshields 12'c Con: Greenshields (2/3) 6', 12' Cards: Darling 2' to 4' Try: Murphy-Crowe 7'c Fitzhenry 10' Mulhall 14'c Baker 15' Con: Mulhall (2/2) 7', 14' Higgins (0/1) Cards: Mulhall 8' to 10' Referee: Rebecca Mahoney 11th Place 22 April 2018 Japan  14–33  Canada Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   15:04 Try: Nagata 0'c Tateyama 3'c Con: Nakamura (2/2) 1', 3' Try: Williams 4'c Watcham-Roy 6'm Darling 7'c Lukan 10'c Farella 12' Con: Nicholas (2/2) 4', 12' Greenshields (1/1) 7' Lukan (1/2) 10' Referee: Ben Crouse Challenge Trophy Final 22 April 2018 United States  24–19 (a.e.t.)  Ireland Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   15:26 Try: Heavirland 3'c Tapper 9'c Kelter 13'm Heavirland 15' Con: Heavirland (1/1) 3' Kelter (1/2) 9' Try: Galvin 5'm Higgins 7'm Mulhall 14'c Con: Mulhall (2/3) 8', 14' Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki

5th place

	Semi-finals				5th-place final
	22 April 2018 – 13:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	China	19
					22 April 2018 – 16:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Fiji	24
					Fiji	7
	22 April 2018 – 13:58 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Russia	30
	Russia	41
	England	0
					7th Place
					22 April 2018 – 16:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					China	5
					England	36

Matches

Semi-finals 22 April 2018 China  19–24  Fiji Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   13:36 Try: Chen 1'm, 9'c Yang 5'c Con: Chen (2/2) 5', 9' Yang (0/1) Cards: Gao 11' to 13' Try: Ravisa 6'c Naiobasali 12'c Siata 13'm Naimasi 14' Con: Riwai (1/1) 7' Nagasau (1/2) 12' Tisolo (0/1) Cards: Nagasau 7' to 9' Tisolo 10' to 12' Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki 22 April 2018 Russia  41–0  England Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   13:58 Try: Mikhaltsova 1'c, 3'm, 11'm, 13'm, 14'm Zdrokova 6'c Khamidova 9'c Con: Lushina (3/5) 1', 7', 9' Kulkova (0/2) Referee: Ben Crouse 7th Place 22 April 2018 China  5–36  England Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   16:20 Try: Yu 6'm Con: Yang (0/1) Try: Fleming 0'c Thompson 2'm Fisher 4'c Wood 8'm Breach 12'm Fleetwood 14' Con: Hunt (2/4) 0', 4' Scott (1/2) 14' Referee: Hollie Davidson 5th-place final 22 April 2018 Fiji  7–30  Russia Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   16:42 Try: Naiobasali 3'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 4' Try: Perestiak 3'm Mikhaltsova 5'm, 14'm Khamidova 7'm, 13' Zdrokova 11'm Con: Lushina (0/6) Referee: Rebecca Mahoney

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	22 April 2018 – 10:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	New Zealand	50
					22 April 2018 – 14:20 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	China	0
					New Zealand	17
	22 April 2018 – 10:52 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Australia	12
	Fiji	7
									22 April 2018 – 17:30 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Australia	31
									New Zealand	24
	22 April 2018 – 11:14 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
									France	12
	France	29
					22 April 2018 – 14:42 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	Russia	5
					France	21
	22 April 2018 – 11:36 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
					Spain	0			Bronze-medal match
	Spain	7
									22 April 2018 – 17:04 – Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
	England	5
									Australia	19
									Spain	5

Matches

Quarter-finals 22 April 2018 New Zealand  50–0  China Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   10:30 Try: Blyde 0'm Blyde 3'c Brazier 5'm, 14'c Broughton 7'c Baker 8'c Goss 10'm Willison 13'c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 4', 7', 9' Willison (2/2) 13', 14' Referee: Rose LaBreche 22 April 2018 Fiji  7–31  Australia Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   10:52 Try: Riwai 5'c Con: Riwai (1/1) 5' Cards: Siata 1' to 3' Try: Hayes 1'm Tonegato 2'm, 10'c Sykes 7'c Pelite 8'c Con: Sykes (3/5) 7', 9', 10' Cards: Cherry 5' to 7' Referee: Alhambra Nievas 22 April 2018 France  29–5  Russia Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   11:14 Try: Pelle 1'm, 11'c Amedee 2'm Horta 9'm Le Pesq 13'c Con: Le Pesq (2/3) 12', 13' Amedee (0/2) Try: Mikhaltsova 6'm Con: Lushina (0/1) Referee: Joy Neville 22 April 2018 Spain  7–5  England Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   11:36 Try: Ribera 11'c Con: Garcia (1/1) 12' Try: Fleming 6'm Con: Hunt (0/1) Referee: Hollie Davidson Semi-finals 22 April 2018 New Zealand  17–12  Australia Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   14:20 Try: Broughton 7'm Blyde 9'm Nathan-Wong 12'c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3) 13' Try: Pelite 1'm Tonegato 4'c Con: Sykes (1/2) 4' Referee: Alhambra Nievas 22 April 2018 France  21–0  Spain Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   14:42 Try: Horta 6'c Amedee 10'c Konde 14' Con: Amedee (2/2) 7', 10', 14' Referee: Adam Jones Bronze-medal match 22 April 2018 Australia  19–5  Spain Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   17:04 Try: Pelite 3'm Tonegato 11'c Cherry 14'c Con: Sykes (2/3) 11', 14' Try: Algar 2' Referee: Rose LaBreche Cup Final 22 April 2018 New Zealand  24–12  France Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu   17:30 Try: Blyde 0'c Fitzpatrick 6'm Woodman 11'c Nathan-Wong 13' Con: Nathan-Wong (2/4) 1', 12' Cards: Broughton 8' to 10' Try: Grassineau 5'c Amedee 9' Con: Le Pesq (1/2) 5' Referee: Joy Neville

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	France	18
	Australia	16
4	Spain	14
5	Russia	12
6	Fiji	10

Place	Team	Points
7	England	8
8	China	6
9	United States	4
10	Ireland	3
11	Canada	2
12	Japan	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Alena Mikhaltsova	11
2	Michaela Blyde	7
	Portia Woodman	7
4	Emma Tonegato	6
	Montserrat Amedee	6

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Alena Mikhaltsova	55
2	Montserrat Amedee	38
3	Tyla Nathan-Wong	36
4	Jade Le Pesq	35
	Michaela Blyde	35

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:^[3]

Forwards	Backs
Montserrat Amedee Chen Keyi Evania Pelite	María Ribera Alena Mikhaltsova Patricia García Sarah Goss

See also

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series