2012 IRB Challenge: London Sevens

The London Women's Sevens is part of the London Sevens, and was first played in 2012 when the IRB promoted a women's challenge tournament as part of the existing men's tournament.

In 2013 the tournament was an invitational event organised and sponsored by the RFU.

2012

Twickenham, London 12–13 May 2012

Group A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
England	3	0	0	89	5
South Africa	2	0	1	49	51
Brazil	1	0	2	36	83
Kazakhstan	0	0	3	31	66

• England 26 - 5 Kazakhstan
• South Africa 28 - 17 Brazil
• England 41 - 0 Brazil
• South Africa 21 - 12 Kazakhstan
• England 22 - 0 South Africa
• Brazil 19 - 14 Kazakhstan

Group B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Netherlands	3	0	0	58	19
Canada	2	0	1	97	15
Russia	1	0	2	19	58
Portugal	0	0	3	15	97

• Canada 14 - 15 Netherlands
• Russia 19 - 10 Portugal
• Canada 54 - 0 Portugal
• Russia 0 - 19 Netherlands
• Canada 29-0 Russia
• Portugal 5 - 24 Netherlands

Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th)

• Russia 19-14 South Africa
• France 14-19 United States

7th/8th Match

• South Africa 14-7 France

Plate final: 5th/6th Match

• Russia 7-22 United States

Group C

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Australia	3	0	0	58	10
France	2	0	1	36	41
United States	1	0	2	62	34
China	0	0	3	10	101

• Australia 27 - 5 China
• United States 7 - 12 France
• Australia 29 - 0 France
• United States 50 - 0 China
• Australia 22 - 5 United States
• France 24 - 5 China

Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th)

• Kazakhstan 10-26 Portugal
• Brazil 14-33 China

11th/12th Match

• Kazakhstan 19-17 Brazil

Bowl final:9th/10th Match

• Portugal 5-43 China

Quarter-finals (1st-8th)

• England 19-10 Russia
• Canada 17-0 South Africa
• Netherlands 10-0 France
• Australia 19-0 United States

Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)

• England 17-12 Canada (AET)
• Netherlands 14-12 Australia

3rd/4th place

• Canada 19-14 Australia

Cup Final: 1st/2nd place

• England 34-7 Netherlands