2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens

Series XXIV
Hosts|

* Hong Kong (2 events)
* United Arab Emirates
* South Africa
* New Zealand
* Australia
* United States
* Canada
* Singapore
* France
* England

Date| 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Nations| 15 core
Final positions
Champions|  New Zealand (14th title)
Runners-up|  Argentina
Third|  Fiji
Series details
Top try scorer|  Vaa Apelu Maliko (50)
Top point scorer|  Akuila Rokolisoa (415)

← 2021–22

2023–24 →

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 doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding 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. The next placed teams were, in order, Argentina, Fiji, France, Australia.

## Core teams

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

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Fiji
* France
* Great Britain
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Uruguay

Uruguay 7s was promoted to 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 for the 2022–23 series onward.[4][5]

## Tour venues

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The eleven-event schedule for the series was:[6]

2022–23 Itinerary  Leg  | Stadium  | City  | Dates  | Winner

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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

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For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

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

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1  |  New Zealand | 8 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 200
2  |  Argentina | 13 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 179
3  |  Fiji | 19 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 156
4  |  France | 17 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 151
5  |  Australia | 22 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 133
6  |  Samoa | 15 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 132
7  |  South Africa | 10 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 120
8  |  Ireland | 10 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 114
9  |  Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 100
10  |  United States | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 98
11  |  Spain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 57
12  |  Uruguay | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 54
13  |  Kenya | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 40
14  |  Canada | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 39
15  |  Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18
16  |  Tonga | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 12
17  |  Hong Kong | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 5
18  |  Chile | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2
19  |  Uganda | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2
20  |  Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1

Source: World Rugby at archive.today (archived 2023-05-23)

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

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

Team  |  Gold  |  Silver  |  Bronze  | Fourth  | Total

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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

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### Dream Team

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Rodrigo Isgró
Leroy Carter
Akuila Rojolisoa
Marcos Moneta
Luciano González Rizzoni
Vaa Apelu Maliko
Henry Paterson

Reference:[8]

### Scoring

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Tries scored  | Rank | Player | Tries

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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

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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

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Impact Player winner by event  | Tour Leg  | Player  | Pts  | Ref

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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

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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

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### Hong Kong 2022

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Main article: 2022 Hong Kong Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2022 Dubai Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2022 South Africa Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 New Zealand Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 Sydney Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 USA Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 Canada Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 Hong Kong Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 Singapore Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

[edit]

Main article: 2023 France Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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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

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Main article: 2023 London Sevens

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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Cup  |  Argentina | 35–14 |  Fiji |  Samoa (Bronze)
New Zealand
5th place  |  France | 21–19 |  Ireland |  Australia (7th)
Great Britain
9th place  |  South Africa | 47–5 |  United States |  Spain (11th)
Japan
Relegation
playoffs  |  Canada | 12–7 |  Kenya |  Tonga
Uruguay

## See also

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* 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

## References

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## External links

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* Official site

* v
* t
* e

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

Tournaments|

* Hong Kong I
* Dubai
* Cape Town
* Hamilton
* Sydney
* Los Angeles
* Vancouver
* Hong Kong II
* Singapore
* Toulouse
* London

Core teams|

* Argentina 7s
* Australia 7s
* Canada 7s
* Fiji 7s
* France 7s
* Great Britain 7s
* Ireland 7s
* Japan 7s
* Kenya 7s
* New Zealand 7s
* Samoa 7s
* South Africa 7s
* Spain 7s
* United States 7s
* Uruguay 7s

Invited teams|

* Chile 7s
* Germany 7s
* Hong Kong 7s
* Tonga 7s
* Uganda 7s

Challenger Series|

* 2022
* 2023

* World Rugby
* Sevens Series

* v
* t
* e

SVNS

Seasons|

* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2021
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

2023–24 events|

* Dubai
* Cape Town
* Perth
* Vancouver
* Los Angeles
* Hong Kong
* Singapore
* Madrid (Grand Final)

Former events|

* Argentina
* Chile
* China
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* London (England)
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Scotland
* Uruguay
* Wales

Current stadiums|

* BC Place
* Cape Town Stadium
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* Hong Kong Stadium
* Metropolitano Stadium
* National Stadium, Singapore
* Perth Rectangular Stadium
* The Sevens

Related articles|

* Sevens Challenger Series
* Olympic Sevens
* Rugby World Cup Sevens

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