2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series

The 2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series would be the eighth rugby union sevens competition for the twelve clubs who compete in the 2018–19 Premiership Rugby clubs. It was also the second to feature the new format in which all twelve Premiership Rugby teams feature together in one venue over two days.

2018 Premiership Rugby 7s Series
Countries England
ChampionsSaracens 7s
Runners-upWasps 7s
Matches played22
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The competition would be held at Franklin's Gardens for the second successive year on 27 and 28 July 2018.

Format

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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. The winners of each quarter-final qualified for the cup semi-finals, with the losers eliminated. Thereafter, competition was a simple knockout bracket, with the winner of the cup final being declared the series winner. The third placed team in each pool compete in the plate competition.

Group stage

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

Date: Friday, 27 July 2018

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Wasps 7s 2 2 0 0 68 14 54 10 3 2 0 10
2 Northampton Saints 7s 2 1 0 1 39 55 -16 5 9 1 0 5
3 Gloucester Rugby 7s 2 0 0 2 27 55 -33 5 9 1 1 2
Green background progresses to the quarter-finals and may progress to cup.
White background will compete in plate competition.
Updated 27 July — source: Premiership Rugby
27 July 2018
18:38
Northampton Saints 7s22–20Gloucester Rugby 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
20:08
Wasps 7s33–7Gloucester Rugby 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
21:38
Northampton Saints 7s7–35Wasps 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Newcastle Falcons 7s 2 2 0 0 47 31 16 7 5 0 0 9
2 Saracens 7s 2 1 0 1 43 40 3 7 6 1 0 5
3 Leicester Tigers 7s 2 0 0 2 28 47 -19 4 7 0 1 1
Green background progresses to the quarter-finals and may progress to cup.
White background will compete in plate competition.
Updated 27 July — source: Premiership Rugby
27 July 2018
18:15
Saracens 7s17–26Newcastle Falcons 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
19:45
Newcastle Falcons 7s21–14Leicester Tigers 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
21:15
Saracens 7s26–14Leicester Tigers 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Exeter Chiefs 7s 2 2 0 0 59 29 30 9 5 3 0 10
2 Bath Rugby 7s 2 1 0 1 44 53 -9 8 7 1 0 5
3 Worcester Warriors 7s 2 0 0 2 26 57 -36 4 9 0 0 0
Green background progresses to the quarter-finals and may progress to cup.
White background will compete in plate competition.
Updated 27 July — source: Premiership Rugby
27 July 2018
17:53
Bath 7s29–12Worcester Warriors 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
19:23
Exeter Chiefs 7s28–14Worcester Warriors 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
20:53
Exeter Chiefs 7s31–15Bath 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Harlequins 7s 2 2 0 0 65 33 33 11 5 1 0 10
2 Sale Sharks 7s 2 1 0 1 47 36 11 7 6 1 2 6
3 Bristol Bears 7s 2 0 0 2 24 67 -43 4 11 0 0 0
Green background progresses to the quarter-finals and may progress to cup.
White background will compete in plate competition.
Updated 27 July — source: Premiership Rugby
27 July 2018
17:30
Bristol Bears 7s12–26Sale Sharks 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
19:00
Harlequins 7s41–12Bristol Bears 7s
Franklin's Gardens

27 July 2018
20:30
Harlequins 7s24–21Sale Sharks 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Finals stage

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Finals day was played on Saturday, 28 July 2018.

The four pool winners played a quarter-final against the runners-up in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 4 v 5 format. The winner of these quarter-finals competed in the cup competition, while the losers were eliminated. The third placed team in each pool competed in the plate competition.

Quarter-finals

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28 July 2018
14:30
Wasps 7s (1)17 — 10(8) Northampton Saints 7s
Franklin's Gardens
28 July 2018
14:53
Newcastle Falcons 7s (4)17 — 12(5) Sale Sharks 7s
Franklin's Gardens
28 July 2018
15:15
Exeter Chiefs 7s (3)24 — 29(6) Saracens 7s
Franklin's Gardens
28 July 2018
15:38
Harlequins 7s (2)31 — 29(7) Bath 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Plate competition

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Plate semi-finals

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28 July 2018
16:00
Gloucester 7s24 — 19Bristol Bears 7s
Franklin's Gardens
28 July 2018
16:23
Leicester Tigers 7s15 — 26Worcester Warriors 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Plate final

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28 July 2018
17:40
Gloucester 7s17 — 15Worcester Warriors 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Cup competition

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Semi-finals

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28 July 2018
16:45
Wasps33 — 24Newcastle Falcons 7s
Franklin's Gardens
28 July 2018
17:08
Saracens 7s29 — 21Harlequins 7s
Franklin's Gardens

Final

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28 July 2018
18:18
Wasps 7s12 — 33Saracens 7s
Franklin's Gardens

References

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