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2019 France Women's Sevens

The 2019 France Women's Sevens is the final tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the France Women's Sevens. For the first time in the tournament's history, it is held over the weekend of 15–16 June 2019 at Parc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz.[1] With New Zealand already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the United States only needing to field a team to become eligible, the remaining two slots shall be determined over the weekend based upon overall series ranking.

2019 France Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VII
Host nation France
Date15–16 June 2019
Cup
Champion United States
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Canada
Challenge Trophy
Winner Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played34
Tries scored205 (average 6.03 per match)
Most points Tyla Nathan-Wong (34)
Most tries6 Players (6)
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Format edit

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 edit

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Scotland:

Pool stage edit

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[2]

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 102 21 +81 9
  Russia 3 2 0 1 48 56 –8 7
  England 3 0 1 2 48 68 –20 4
  Scotland 3 0 1 2 46 99 –53 4
15 June 2019
13:14
England  10–17  Russia
Try: Fleming (2) 2'm, 3'm
Con: Kildunne (0/2)		ReportTry: Zdrokova (2) 7'c, 13'm
Shestakova 8'm
Con: Lushina (1/1) 7'
Kulkova (0/2)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
15 June 2019
13:36
New Zealand  44–7  Scotland
Try: Tui 0'm
Blyde (2) 3'c, 9'm
Nathan-Wong 6'c
Hirini 7'm
Brazier 11'm
Saili 13'm
Baker 14'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (2/5) 4', 7'
Robins-Reti (0/3)		ReportTry: Lloyd 5'c
Con: Nelson (1/1) 6'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
15 June 2019
15:58
England  24–24  Scotland
Try: Kildunne 1'm
Fleming (2) 5'c, 7'm
Wilcock 13'c
Con: Kildunne (1/2) 6'
Mason (1/1) 14'
Jones (0/1)		ReportTry: Lloyd (2) 0'c, 4'c
Gaffney 7'm
Evans 10'm
Con: Nelson (2/4) 1', 4'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
15 June 2019
16:20
New Zealand  31–0  Russia
Try: Faleafaga 3'c
Tui 7'c
Baker (2) 8'c, 13'm
Saili 11'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5) 3', 7', 9'		Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
15 June 2019
18:42
Russia  31–15  Scotland
Try: Mikhaltsova (3) 0'm, 5'c, 13'c
Khamidova 2'm
Shestakova 11'c
Con: Seredina (1/2) 5'
Lushina (2/2) 11', 13'
Kulkova (0/1)		ReportTry: Smith 4'm
Lloyd 9'm
Gaffney 14'm
Con: Nelson (0/2)
Rollie (0/1)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
15 June 2019
19:04
New Zealand  27–14  England
Try: Saili (2) 2'm, 6'm
Blyde 7'c
Baker (2) 10'm, 12'm
Con: Nathan-Wong (1/5) 8'		ReportTry: Fisher 4'c
Kildunne 14'c
Con: Kildunne (2/2) 4', 14'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 85 33 +52 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 63 56 +7 7
  Spain 3 1 0 2 45 63 –18 5
  Ireland 3 0 0 3 25 66 –41 3
15 June 2019
12:30
Canada  22–19  Spain
Try: Landry 1'm
Benn 3'c
Farella 6'm
Nicholas 11'm
Con: Landry (1/3) 4'
Nicholas (0/1)		ReportTry: Fresneda 9'm
Casado 13'c
L. Erbina 14'c
Con: Casado (2/2) 13', 14'
García (0/1)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Emily Hsieh (United States)
15 June 2019
12:52
Australia  27–5  Ireland
Try: Tonegato (2) 0'c, 7'm
Pelite (2) 3'm, 13'm
Green 11'm
Con: Treherne (1/3) 1'
Brown (0/2)		ReportTry: Flood 9'm
Con: Higgins (0/1)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
15 June 2019
15:14
Canada  27–10  Ireland
Try: Lukan (2) 4'm, 12'm
Farella (2) 6'm, 7'm
Benn 8'c
Con: Landry (1/5) 9'		ReportTry: Higgins 1'm
Murphy-Crowe 3'm
Con: Higgins (0/2)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
15 June 2019
15:36
Australia  31–14  Spain
Try: Paki 2'm
Tonegato (2) 4'm, 9'c
Treherne 6'c
Caslick 13'c
Con: Treherne (1/3) 6'
Brown (2/2) 10', 13'		ReportTry: Losada 1'c
Fernández de Corres 8'm
Con: García (2/2) 1', 8'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
15 June 2019
17:58
Spain  12–10  Ireland
Try: Losada 2'c
Hurtado 11'm
Con: García (1/1) 2'
Casado (0/1)		ReportTry: Lane 0'm
Murphy-Crowe 7'm
Con: Higgins (0/2)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
15 June 2019
18:20
Australia  27–14  Canada
Try: Caslick (3) 3'm, 7'c 8'm
Green (2) 11'm, 13'm
Con: Treherne (1/3) 7'
Brown (0/2)		ReportTry: Farella 2'c
Williams 12'c
Con: Landry (2/2) 2', 13'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 69 24 +45 9
  France 3 2 0 1 72 19 +53 7
  China 3 1 0 2 20 86 –66 5
  Fiji 3 0 0 3 26 58 –32 3
15 June 2019
13:58
United States  36–5  China
Try: Tapper 2'm
Thomas (2) 4'c, 5'm
Maher 7'm
Doyle 8'c
Rovetti 11'c
Con: Heavirland (3/6) 4', 9', 12'		ReportTry: Chen K. 1'm
Con: Chen K. (0/1)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Sakurako Kawasaki (Japan)
15 June 2019
14:20
France  29–0  Fiji
Try: Grassineau 0'm
Neisen (2) 3'c, 8'm
Izar 6'c
Horta 11'm
Con: Izar (2/4) 4', 6'
Le Pesq (0/1)		Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
15 June 2019
16:42
United States  14–12  Fiji
Try: Doyle 6'c
Thomas 10'c
Con: Heavirland (2/2) 10'		ReportTry: Solikoviti 2'm
Daveua 8'c
Con: Seniyasi (1/1) 9'
Tisolo (0/1)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
15 June 2019
17:04
France  36–0  China
Report
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
15 June 2019
19:26
Fiji  14–15  China
Try: Naimasi 5'c
Savu 11'c
Con: Riwai (1/1) 5'
Tinai (1/1) 12'		ReportTry: Chen K. 1'm
Yan 4'm
Lyu 13'm
Con: Chen K. (0/3)
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
15 June 2019
19:48
United States  19–7  France
Try: Emba 2'c
Kirshe 7'm
Doyle 10'c
Con: Kelter (2/3) 3', 10'		ReportTry: Penalty try 13'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Knockout stage edit

Challenge Trophy edit

 
Semi-finalsChallenge Cup final
 
      
 
16 June – 12:28 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
 
  England24
 
16 June – 15:57 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  Ireland17
 
  England10
 
16 June – 12:50 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  Fiji27
 
  Scotland10
 
 
  Fiji31
 
Eleventh place
 
 
16 June – 15:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
 
  Ireland14
 
 
  Scotland26

5th place edit

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
16 June – 14:07 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
 
  Australia31
 
16 June – 17:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  Russia21
 
  Australia24
 
16 June – 14:29 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  France10
 
  France21
 
 
  China14
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 June – 16:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
 
  Russia12
 
 
  China26

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 June – 11:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
 
  Australia14
 
16 June – 14:51 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  Spain15
 
  Spain7
 
16 June – 11:22 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  United States24
 
  United States27
 
16 June – 18:00 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  Russia12
 
  United States26
 
16 June – 11:44 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  New Zealand10
 
  Canada12
 
16 June – 15:13 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  France5
 
  Canada12
 
16 June – 12:06 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  New Zealand21 Third place
 
  New Zealand36
 
16 June – 17:35 – Parc des Sports Aguiléra
 
  China0
 
  Spain14
 
 
  Canada19
 

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    United States 20
    New Zealand 18
    Canada 16
4   Spain 14
5   Australia 12
6   France 10
Place  Team Points
7   China 8
8   Russia 6
9   Fiji 4
10   England 3
11   Scotland 2
12   Ireland 1

Source: World Rugby

Players edit

Scoring leaders edit

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1   Alena Saili 6
  Bianca Farella
  Charlotte Caslick
  Emma Tonegato
  Michaela Blyde
  Rhona Lloyd
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1   Tyla Nathan-Wong 34
2   Alena Saili 30
  Bianca Farella
  Charlotte Caslick
  Emma Tonegato
  Michaela Blyde
  Rhona Lloyd

Source: World Rugby

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Biarritz to host HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series finale". World Rugby. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Biarritz Sevens fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

External links edit

Women's Sevens Series VII
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France Women's Sevens
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