2021 World Rugby Sevens | |
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Series XXII | |
Hosts |
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Date | 18–26 September 2021 |
Nations | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Africa |
Runners-up | Great Britain |
Third | Kenya |
Series details | |
Top try scorer | Muller du Plessis (13) |
Top point scorer | Ronald Brown (91) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 22nd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, only two tournaments were played in the 2021 series instead of the usual ten. [1] The number of teams participating was also reduced from sixteen to twelve at the tournaments, with many of the top teams from the previous series not taking part. [2]
The series was won by South Africa who won both tour events on their way to claiming their fourth World Series title.
The twelve national men's teams competing in the 2021 series were:
Core teams qualified from the previous season and not competing in 2021 were:
The official schedule for the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series was: [7] [8]
Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
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Vancouver | BC Place | Vancouver | 18–19 September 2021 | South Africa |
Edmonton | Commonwealth Stadium | Edmonton | 25–26 September 2021 | South Africa |
On 4 August organisers announced the cancellation of the Hong Kong Sevens for the second year running because of the emerging Covid-19 Delta variant and global travel restrictions. [9]
On 3 September, World Rugby cancelled the Singapore and Cape Town tournaments due to ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and announced that the 2021 Dubai Sevens tournament would no longer be part of the 2021 series but incorporated into the 2021-22 series instead. [1] This reduced the 2021 series to just two events held in Canada.
Official standings for the 2021 series:
Pos. | Event Team | Vancouver | Edmonton | Points total [lower-alpha 3] |
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1 | South Africa | 20 | 20 | 40 |
2 | Great Britain [lower-alpha 2] | 16 | 18 | 34 |
3 | Kenya | 18 | 16 | 34 |
4 | Canada | 10 | 14 | 24 |
5 | United States | 12 | 10 | 22 |
6 | Ireland | 14 | 6 | 20 |
7 | Germany | 4 | 12 | 16 |
8 | Hong Kong | 8 | 8 | 16 |
9 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 10 |
10 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Chile | 2 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Source: World Rugby [10]
Rank | Player | Tries |
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1 | Muller du Plessis | 13 |
2 | Malacchi Esdale | 12 |
Max McFarland | 12 | |
4 | Alvin Otieno | 11 |
Siviwe Soyizwapi | 11 |
Updated: 27 September 2021
Rank | Player | Points |
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1 | Ronald Brown | 91 |
2 | Muller du Plessis | 65 |
3 | Diego Warnken | 64 |
4 | Brennig Prevost | 62 |
5 | Malacchi Esdale | 60 |
Max McFarland | 60 |
Updated: 27 September 2021
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