2017 Exeter Sevens

2017 Exeter Sevens
2017 Exeter Sevens
Sevens Grand Prix Series VII
Host nation	England
Date	15–16 July 2017
Cup
Champion	Russia
Runner-up	Wales
Third	Ireland
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Exeter Sevens was the final tournament of the 2017 Sevens Grand Prix Series, hosted in Sandy Park at Exeter.^[1] Russia won the tournament, defeating Wales in the final. Ireland's Jordan Conroy was named player of the tournament.

This tournament settled the two European teams to be invited to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with Russia and Ireland progressing.^[2]

Teams

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams advance to the Cup quarter-final

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	102	14	+88	9
Portugal	3	2	1	41	62	−21	7
France	3	1	2	38	48	−10	5
Belgium	3	0	3	24	81	−57	3

15 July 2017
11:30

Ireland	36–7	Portugal

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
11:52

France	24–5	Belgium

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
14:15

Ireland	40–7	Belgium

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
14:37

France	14–17	Portugal

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
17:00

Ireland	26–0	France

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
17:22

Belgium	12–17	Portugal

Sandy Park

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	56	19	+37	7
Wales	3	2	1	64	29	+35	7
Georgia	3	2	1	49	29	+20	7
Poland	3	0	3	15	108	−97	3

15 July 2017
12:14

Russia	34–0	Poland

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
12:36

Wales	14–7	Georgia

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
14:59

Russia	5–7	Georgia

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
15:21

Wales	38–5	Poland

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
17:44

Russia	17–12	Wales

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
18:06

Georgia	35–10	Poland

Sandy Park

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	64	39	+25	9
Germany	3	2	1	46	39	+7	7
England	3	1	2	39	46	−7	5
Italy	3	0	3	29	53	−14	3

15 July 2017
12:58

Germany	17–12	Italy

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
13:20

Spain	24–17	England

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
15:43

Spain	19–10	Italy

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
16:05

Germany	17–5	England

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
18:28

Spain	21–12	Germany

Sandy Park

15 July 2017
18:50

Italy	5–19	England

Sandy Park

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Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

Semi-finals		Final

2 July 2017 – 12:58 – Sandy Park

France	31
		2 July 2017 – 16:35 – Sandy Park
Poland	12
		France	24
2 July 2017 – 13:20 – Sandy Park
		Italy	21
Italy	12

Belgium	10
		Third place

		2 July 2017 – 16:13 – Sandy Park

		Poland	12

		Belgium	17

5th place

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 July 2017 – 11:30 – Sandy Park

Ireland	24
		16 July 2017 – 14:45 – Sandy Park
England	7
		England	28
16 July 2017 – 12:36 – Sandy Park
		Germany	7
Wales	17
				16 July 2017 – 17:54 – Sandy Park
Germany	12
				England	12
16 July 2017 – 11:52 – Sandy Park
				Georgia	17
Russia	19
		16 July 2017 – 15:07 – Sandy Park
Georgia	12
		Georgia	19
16 July 2017 – 12:14 – Sandy Park
		Spain	5	Third place
Spain	14
				16 July 2017 – 17:32 – Sandy Park
Portugal	21
				Germany	21

				Spain	14

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 July 2017 – 11:30 – Sandy Park

Ireland	24
		16 July 2017 – 15:29 – Sandy Park
England	7
		Ireland	12
16 July 2017 – 12:36 – Sandy Park
		Wales	15
Wales	17
				16 July 2017 – 18:42 – Sandy Park
Germany	12
				Wales	10
16 July 2017 – 11:52 – Sandy Park
				Russia	17
Russia	19
		16 July 2017 – 15:51 – Sandy Park
Georgia	12
		Russia	17
16 July 2017 – 12:14 – Sandy Park
		Portugal	12	Third place
Spain	14
				16 July 2017 – 18:16 – Sandy Park
Portugal	21
				Ireland	33

				Portugal	12

Overall

Pos	Team	Wn/Ls	Pts Dif	Pool
1	Russia	5–1	+56	B
2	Wales	4–2	+36	B
3	Ireland	5–1	+123	A
4	Portugal	3–3	−40	A
5	Georgia	4–2	+32	B
6	England	2–4	−6	C
7	Germany	3–3	−11	C
8	Spain	3–3	−3	C

References

^ "Exeter 7s 2017 will be best yet". exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Three-way battle for RWC Sevens qualification". World Rugby. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

External links

Official page Archived 2020-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Exeter 7s 2017 will be best yet". exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[World_Rugby-2] "Three-way battle for RWC Sevens qualification". World Rugby. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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