2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series

2017 Singha Premiership Rugby 7s Series
Countries	England
Champions	Wasps 7s
Runners-up	Newcastle Falcons 7s
Matches played	25

The 2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series was the eighth rugby union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2017–18 Aviva Premiership clubs, and the first to exclude the four Welsh Regions which compete in the Pro14, since 2013. It was also the first to feature a new format with all twelve teams together in one venue over two days.

The competition was held at Franklin's Gardens on 28 and 29 July 2017.

Format

The twelve teams were split into four groups – A, B, C & D. Each team in the group played each other once, to World Rugby Laws of the Game – 7s Variations.
Based on the result, teams received:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
• 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Following all matches in each group, the winner and runner-up in each group progressed to the quarter-finals and the third-placed team progressed to the bowl semi-final. The winners of each quarter-final qualified for the cup semi-finals, with the losers moving into a new plate tournament. Thereafter, competition was a simple knockout bracket, with the winner of the cup final being declared the series winner.

Group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Leicester Tigers 7s	Gloucester Rugby 7s	Bath Rugby 7s	Exeter Chiefs 7s
Newcastle Falcons 7s	Harlequins 7s	Sale Sharks 7s	Northampton Saints 7s
Wasps 7s	London Irish 7s	Worcester Warriors 7s	Saracens 7s

Date: Friday, 28 July 2017 Venue: Franklin's Gardens, Northampton

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Wasps 7s	2	2	0	0	83	10	73	13	2	2	0	10
2	Newcastle Falcons 7s	2	1	0	1	36	50	-14	6	8	1	0	5
3	Leicester Tigers 7s	2	0	0	2	19	78	-59	3	12	0	1	1
Green background is the pool winner and qualifies for the quarter-finals. Blue background is the runner-up, also qualifies for the quarter-finals and may progress to either cup or plate. white background progresses to bowl tournament Updated 29 July 2017 — source: Premiership Rugby

28 July 2017 18:00

Wasps 7s	31–10	Newcastle Falcons 7s

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28 July 2017 19:28

Wasps 7s	52– 0	Leicester Tigers 7s

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28 July 2017 20:56

Newcastle Falcons 7s	26–19	Leicester Tigers 7s

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Gloucester Rugby 7s	2	2	0	0	83	10	73	13	2	2	0	10
2	Harlequins 7s	2	1	0	1	31	39	-8	5	7	1	0	5
3	London Irish 7s	2	0	0	2	20	55	-35	4	9	0	0	0
Green background is the pool winner and qualifies for the quarter-finals. Blue background is the runner-up, also qualifies for the quarter-finals and may progress to either cup or plate. white background progresses to bowl tournament Updated 29 July 2017 — source: Premiership Rugby

28 July 2017 18:22

Harlequins 7s	7–29	Gloucester Rugby 7s

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28 July 2017 19:50

Harlequins 7s	24–10	London Irish 7s

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28 July 2017 21:18

Gloucester 7s	31–10	London Irish 7s

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Worcester Warriors 7s	2	2	0	0	62	17	45	10	3	2	0	10
2	Sale Sharks 7s	2	1	0	1	22	39	-17	4	7	1	0	5
3	Bath 7s	2	0	0	2	29	57	-28	5	9	0	0	0
Green background is the pool winner and qualifies for the quarter-finals. Blue background is the runner-up, also qualifies for the quarter-finals and may progress to either cup or plate. White background progresses to bowl tournament Updated 29 July 2017 — source: Premiership Rugby

28 July 2017 18:44

Sale Sharks 7s	0–27	Worcester 7s

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28 July 2017 20:12

Sale Sharks 7s	22–12	Bath 7s

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28 July 2017 21:40

Worcester Warriors 7s	35–17	Bath Rugby 7s

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Exeter Chiefs 7s	2	1	0	1	52	26	26	8	4	1	1	6
2	Saracens 7s	2	1	0	1	33	29	4	5	5	1	1	6
3	Northampton Saints 7s	2	1	0	1	10	40	-30	2	6	0	0	4
Green background is the pool winner and qualifies for the quarter-finals. Blue background is the runner-up, also qualifies for the quarter-finals and may progress to either cup or plate. White background progresses to bowl tournament Updated 29 July 2017 — source: Premiership Rugby

28 July 2017 19:06

Exeter Chiefs 7s	33–0	Northampton Saints 7s

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28 July 2017 20:34

Exeter Chiefs 7s	19–26	Saracens 7s

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28 July 2017 22:02

Northampton Saints 7s	10–7	Saracens 7s

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Finals stage

Finals day was played at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday, 29 July 2017.

The four pool winners played a quarter-final against a runner-up from another or the same pool. The winner of these quarter-finals competed in the cup competition, while the losers competed in the plate competition. The remaining four teams competed in the bowl competition.

Quarter-finals

29 July 2017 15:00

Wasps 7s	27–10	Sale Sharks 7s

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29 July 2017 15:22

Worcester Warriors 7s	24– 28	Newcastle Falcons 7s

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29 July 2017 15:44

Gloucester Rugby 7s	24– 26	Harlequins 7s

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29 July 2017 16:06

Exeter Chiefs 7s	26–14	Saracens 7s

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Bowl competition

Bowl semi-finals

29 July 2017 16:28

Northampton Saints 7s	28–12	London Irish 7s

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29 July 2017 16:50

Leicester Tigers 7s	19–12	Bath Rugby 7s

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Bowl final

29 July 2017 18:40

Northampton Saints 7s	24–21	Leicester Tigers 7s

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Plate competition

Plate semi-finals

29 July 2017 17:12

Sale Sharks 7s	15–31	Saracens 7s

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29 July 2017 17:34

Worcester Warriors 7s	22–29	Gloucester Rugby 7s

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Plate final

29 July 2017 19:02

Saracens 7s	12–22	Gloucester Rugby 7s

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Cup competition

Semi-finals

29 July 2017 17:56

Wasps 7s	21–17	Exeter Chiefs 7s

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29 July 2017 18:18

Newcastle Falcons 7s	29–24	Harlequins 7s

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Final

29 July 2017 19:24

Wasps 7s	31–12	Newcastle Falcons 7s

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