2019 Paris Sevens

The 2019 Paris Sevens was the final event of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twelfth edition of the France Sevens. The tournament was held on 1–2 June 2019 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris.[1]

2019 Paris Sevens
Sevens World Series XX
Host nationFrance France
Date1–2 June 2019
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third South Africa
Challenge Trophy
Winner Canada
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored304 (average 6.76 per match)
Most points Jean-Pascal Barraque (48)
Most tries Aminiasi Tuimaba (7)
Luciano Gonzalez (7)
Regan Ware (7)
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Format

Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group advance to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.

Teams

The fifteen core teams played in the tournament, along with one invited team, 2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series champion and core team for the 2019–20 season, Ireland.[2][3]

Pool stages

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[4]

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 330013245+879
 Argentina 32017966+137
 Ireland 31023976–375
 England 300347110–633
1 June 2019
12:28
Ireland 7–22 Argentina
Try: Sullivan 7'c
Con: Dardis (1/1) 7'		ReportTry: Gonzalez (3) 4'm, 8'c, 13'm
Bazan Velez 10'm
Con: Mare (1/4) 8'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
1 June 2019
12:50
Fiji 52–14 England
Try: Vakurunabili 0'c
Derenalagi 2'm
Mocenacagi 3'c
Nacuqu 7'c
Bolaca 8'c
Naduva 9'c
Tuivuaka 11'c
Cakaubalavu 13'c
Con: Nacuqu (3/4) 1', 3', 7'
Bolaca (4/4) 8', 9', 12', 14'		ReportTry: Harris 5'c
Rodwell 10'c
Con: Guiry (2/2) 5', 11'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
1 June 2019
15:54
Ireland 27–14 England
Try: Kelly 1'm
Lennox 3'c
Maher 5'm
McGrath (2) 9'm, 14'm
Con: Dardis (1/4) 3'
Lennox (0/1)		ReportTry: Harris 7'c
Sofolarin 7'c
Con: Guiry (2/2) 7', 8'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
1 June 2019
16:16
Fiji 40–26 Argentina
Try: Tuimaba (2) 2'c, 6'm
Nacuqu 4'c
Botitu (2) 7'c, 8'c
Cakaubalavu 14'c
Con: Nacuqu (3/4) 2', 4', 7'
Botitu (1/1) 9'
Bolaca (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Sábato (2) 0'c, 5'
Barbier 11'm
Gonzalez 13'c
Con: Ulloa (2/2) 1', 5'
Mare (1/2) 13'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
1 June 2019
19:20
Argentina 31–19 England
Try: Gonzales (2) 1'c, 8'm
Bazan Velez 7'c
Barbier (2) 9'm, 10'c
Con: Mare (2/3) 2', 7'
Revol (1/1) 11'
del Mestre (0/1)		ReportTry: Waters 6'c
de Cothi 12'c
Coyle 14'm
Con: Guiry (1/1) 7'
de Cothi (1/1) 12'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
1 June 2019
19:42
Fiji 40–5 Ireland
Try: Tuimaba (3) 2'c, 3'c, 6'c
Naduva (2) 7'c, 9'c
Tuivuaka 14'm
Con: Botitu (5/6) 2', 4', 7', 8', 9'		ReportTry: Sullivan 12'm
Con: Dardis (0/1)
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33007036+349
 Kenya 31115769–126
 Wales 31025255–35
 Australia 30124362–194
1 June 2019
11:44
South Africa 22−7 Wales
Try: du Plessis 6'c
Afrika 7'm
du Preez 9'm
Ndhlovu 13'm
Con: du Preez (1/3) 6'
Afrika (0/1)		ReportTry: Goodchild 11'c
Con: Davies (1/1) 11'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
1 June 2019
12:06
Australia 19−19 Kenya
Try: Coward 1'c
Anderson 6'c
Hood 13'm
Con: Coward (2/2) 2', 7'
Holland (0/1)		ReportTry: Omondi 4'm
Amonde 5'c
Mwale 10'c
Con: Olindi (1/1) 6'
Wanjala (1/2) 11'
Pen: Olindi (0/1)
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
1 June 2019
15:10
South Africa 29−12 Kenya
Try: du Plessis (9) 2'm, 9'm
Soyizwapi 3'm
Visser 11'c
Ndhlovu 12'c
Con: Human (2/2) 11', 12'
du Preez (0/3)		ReportTry: Ojee 5'm
Amonde 7'c
Con: Wanjala (1/2) 7'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
1 June 2019
15:32
Australia 7–24 Wales
Try: Longbottom 3'c
Con: Holland (1/1) 3'		ReportTry: O. Jenkins 1'm
Goodchild (2) 5'c, 11'm
J. Jenkins 14'c
Con: Davies (1/3) 5'
Treharne (1/1) 14'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
1 June 2019
18:36
Wales 21–26 Kenya
Try: Goodchild (2) 0'c, 4'c
J. Jenkins 12'c
Con: Davies (2/2) 1', 4'
Treharne (1/1) 12'		ReportTry: Oluoch 6'c
Mwale 7'c
Oyoo (2) 9'm, 11'c
Con: Wanjala (3/4) 6', 8', 11'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
1 June 2019
18:58
Australia 17–19 South Africa
Try: Hood 6'm
Longbottom 7'm
Maddocks 12'c
Con: Holland (1/3) 12'		ReportTry: Geduld 0'c
Pretorius 2'c
Visser 9'm
Con: du Preez (2/3) 0', 2'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 33009033+579
 Samoa 32016664+27
 Spain 31024381–385
 Canada 30035071–213
1 June 2019
11:00
Canada 19–21 Samoa
Try: Fuailefau 3'm
Coe (2) 7'c, 11'c
Con: Hirayama (2/3) 7', 11'		ReportTry: Alosio 0'c
Motuga 8'c
Leilua 13'c
Con: Mealoi (3/3) 1', 9', 13'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
1 June 2019
11:22
United States 31–7 Spain
Try: Iosefo 0'm
Barrett 2'm
Isles (2) 5'c, 7'c
Tupuola 12'c
Con: Hughes (3/5) 6', 7', 13'		ReportTry: Mata 14'c
Con: Fontes (1/1) 14'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
1 June 2019
14:26
Canada 19–24 Spain
Try: Hirayama 5'c
Zaruba 10'm
Morra 14'c
Con: Hirayama (1/2) 5'
Coats (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Fontes (3) 1'm, 1'c, 9'c
Martínez 13'm
Con: de Santiago (2/2) 2', 9'
Mateu (0/1)
Fontes (0/1)
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
1 June 2019
14:48
United States 33–14 Samoa
Try: Hughes 3'c
Iosefo 7'm
Isles 7'c
Tupuola 9'c
Baker 13'c
Con: Hughes (3/4) 4', 8', 13'
Tupuola (1/1) 10'		ReportTry: Motuga 2'c
Perez 12'c
Con: Mealoi (1/1) 2'
Toilolo Fanuasa 12'c
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
1 June 2019
17:52
Samoa 31–12 Spain
Try: Vaili 2'c
Mealoi 4'c
Alofipo 10'm
Alosio (2) 7'c, 11'm
Con: Mealoi (3/4) 2', 4', 7'
Leilua (0/1)		ReportTry: Fontes 5'm
Ramos 14'c
Con: Ramos (1/1) 14'
de Santiago (0/1)
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
1 June 2019
18:14
United States 26–12 Canada
Try: Iosefo 2'c
Isles 3'm
Williams (2) 7'c, 12'c
Con: Hughes (2/3) 2', 8'
Tomasin (1/1) 13'		ReportTry: Morra 0'm
Jones 9'c
Con: Hirayama (1/2) 9'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33006236+269
 France 31025246+65
 Japan 31025267–155
 Scotland 31024663–175
1 June 2019
13:12
New Zealand 14−12 Scotland
Try: Ware 4'c
Nareki 12'c
Con: Knewstubb (2/2) 5', 13'		ReportTry: Coombes 7'c
Bryce 10'm
Con: Lowe (1/1) 7'
Fergusson (0/1)
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
1 June 2019
13:34
France 14–17 Japan
Try: Mazzoleni 1'c
Barraque 13'c
Con: Barraque (1/1) 2', 13'		ReportTry: Matsui 3'm
Sakai 8'c
Motomura 9'm
Con: Sakai (1/3) 8'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
1 June 2019
16:38
New Zealand 31–14 Japan
Try: Nareki (2) 1'c, 9'
Ware 7'm
Nicole 12'c
Knewstubb 14'c
Con: Knewstubb (2/3) 1', 14'
McGarvey-Black (1/2) 13'		ReportTry: Toloke 2'c
Motomura 5'c
Con: Sakai (2/2) 3', 5'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
1 June 2019
17:00
France 28–12 Scotland
Try: Bonnefond 1'c
O'Connor 4'c
Lakafia 5'c
Jacquelain 9'c
Con: Barraque (4/4) 2', 5', 6', 9'		ReportTry: Farndale 7'm
Fergusson 11'c
Con: Fergusson (1/2) 11'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
1 June 2019
20:04
Scotland 22–21 Japan
Try: McFarland (2) 1'm, 10'm
Bryce 8'm
Barreto 14'c
Con: Lowe (1/4) 14'		ReportTry: Soejima 4'c
Toloke 7'c
Fujita 13'c
Con: Sakai (3/3) 4', 7', 13'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
1 June 2019
20:26
France 10–17 New Zealand
Try: Barraque (2) 2'm, 12'm
Con: Barraque (0/2)		ReportTry: Curry 4'c
Molia 6'm
Ware 10'm
Con: Knewstubb (1/3) 4'
Stade Jean-Bouin
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Knockout stage

13th place
 
Semi-finals13th place final
 
      
 
2 June 2019 – 13:11 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 
 Scotland47
 
2 June 2019 – 16:47 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Spain14
 
 Scotland31
 
2 June 2019 – 13:33 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Japan26
 
 Japan33
 
 
 Wales17
 

Challenge Trophy
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy final
 
          
 
2 June 2019 – 10:00 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 
 Ireland24
 
2 June 2019 – 13:55 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Scotland12
 
 Ireland24
 
2 June 2019 – 10:22 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Australia17
 
 Spain0
 
2 June 2019 – 17:09 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Australia54
 
 Ireland12
 
2 June 2019 – 10:44 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Canada28
 
 Japan7
 
2 June 2019 – 14:17 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 England52
 
 England28
 
2 June 2019 – 11:06 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Canada41
 
 Wales12
 
 
 Canada31
 

5th place
 
Semi-finals5th place final
 
      
 
2 June 2019 – 14:39 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 
 France26
(a.e.t.)
 
2 June 2019 – 17:46 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Kenya21
 
 France40
 
2 June 2019 – 15:01 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Samoa5
 
 Argentina10
 
 
 Samoa12
 

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup final
 
          
 
2 June 2019 – 11:28 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 
 Fiji24
 
2 June 2019 – 15:23 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 France5
 
 Fiji33
 
2 June 2019 – 11:50 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 United States14
 
 United States26
 
2 June 2019 – 18:33 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Kenya 14
 
 Fiji35
 
2 June 2019 – 12:12 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 New Zealand24
 
 New Zealand21
 
2 June 2019 – 15:45 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Argentina12
 
 New Zealand33
 
2 June 2019 – 12:34 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 South Africa7 Bronze medal match
 
 South Africa40
 
2 June 2019 – 18:08 – Stade Jean Bouin
 
 Samoa7
 
 United States7
 
 
 South Africa24
 

Tournament placings
Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Africa17
4  United States15
5  France13
6  Samoa12
7  Argentina10
 Kenya10
Place  Team Points
9  Canada8
10  Ireland7
11  Australia5
 England5
13  Scotland3
14  Japan2
15  Spain1
 Wales1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders
Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Aminiasi Tuimaba7
Luciano Gonzalez
Regan Ware
4 Josiah Morra6
Max McFarland
Muller du Plessis
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Jean-Pascal Barraque48
2 Vilimoni Botitu42
3 Andrew Knewstubb41
4 Aminiasi Tuimaba37
5 Madison Hughes36

Source: World Rugby

See also

References
  1. "Captains ready for season finale at HSBC Paris Sevens". World Rugby Sevens Series. 29 May 2019.
  2. "Ireland claim historic European sevens title". World Rugby. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. "Ireland secure place on HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020". World Rugby. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "Paris Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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