All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens players have received their World Series winning medals, trophies and a slew of awards announced by World Rugby today.<\/p>\n
The season was called off earlier this year due to Covid-19 and with the New Zealand teams leading the standings in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions they were declared Series winners. It is the first combined victory since 2014.<\/p>\n
As well as receiving gold medals and the series trophies, individual player awards were also announced, with Stacey Fluhler the big winner.<\/p>\n
Fluhler received the Gilbert Top Try Scorer, DHL Impact Player and was joined by teammates Ruby Tui and Tyla Nathan-Wong in the\u00a0women’s Dream Team. All Blacks Sevens co-captain Scott Curry was named in the men\u2019s Dream Team.<\/p>\n
Nathan-Wong was also recognized for becoming the second women\u2019s player to score 1000 series points with the UL Mark of Excellence.<\/p>\n
Black Ferns Sevens Co-Coach Cory Sweeney said it felt surreal being awarded the World Series trophy on the training field at Blake Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not quite the same as being in Paris to receive the awards but its really important, given what\u2019s happening at the moment, that we take a moment to celebrate what has been achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n
All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw echoed Sweeney\u2019s sentiments, reflecting on the team\u2019s last tournament in Vancouver in March and getting home just a week before borders were closed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year has been surreal. We were playing well, won three of the six tournaments and made another final, so it feels a bit strange winning the World Series when we didn\u2019t get to finish the season but in saying that we are extremely proud of how we prepared and played.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the borders still closed there is some uncertainty around upcoming scheduling, but Laidlaw said there are promising\u00a0plans coming together.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting back playing overseas will be tricky but we are excited about some internal sevens later in the year, Oceania are working really hard to create tournaments at the start of next year and hopefully the World Series will be back up and running in April,\u201d said Laidlaw.<\/p>\n
The majority of contracted players are currently involved in the Mitre 10 Cup and Farah Palmer Cup, Sweeney said it is great to see players getting game time.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur players will be learning new things from other coaches and players so we\u2019re excited about what they are doing in terms of their development and what they will bring back into this environment,\u201d said Sweeney.<\/p>\n
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n Men\u2019s HSBC Dream Team: Women\u2019s HSBC Dream Team: UL Mark of Excellence: Gilbert Top Try Scorer: An award for the top try scorer on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s series. DHL Impact Player: A stats-based award which statistically analyses individual players\u2019 all round performances measured against four key criteria – offloads, carries, line-breaks and tackles. All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens players have received their World Series winning medals, trophies and a slew of awards announced by World Rugby today. The season was called off earlier this year due to Covid-19 and with the New Zealand teams leading the standings in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions they were declared…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens crowned World Series champions\nhttps:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-3g0\n\nAll Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens players have received their World Series winning medals, trophies and a slew of awards announced by World Rugby today","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugbyheartland-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wert.jpg?fit=700%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-3g0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10288,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2020\/01\/24\/black-ferns-sevens-relish-opportunity-to-perform-for-home-crowd\/","url_meta":{"origin":12524,"position":0},"title":"Black Ferns Sevens relish opportunity to perform for home crowd","author":"admin_hland","date":"January 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Black Ferns Sevens prepare for the home HSBC World Series debut, co-Coaches Allan Bunting and Cory Sweeney have confirmed the line up for this weekend\u2019s event. 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\n\u2022\u00a0Scott Curry (New Zealand)<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Tavite Veredamu (France)
\n\u2022\u00a0JC Pretorius (South Africa)
\n\u2022\u00a0Napolioni Bolaca (Fiji)
\n\u2022\u00a0Jordan Conroy (Ireland)
\n\u2022\u00a0Aminiasi Tuimaba (Fiji)
\n\u2022\u00a0Selvyn Davids (South Africa)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Brittany Benn (Canada)
\n\u2022\u00a0Sharni Williams (Australia)
\n\u2022\u00a0Ruby Tui (New Zealand)<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Stacey Fluhler (New Zealand)<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Ghislaine Landry (Canada)
\n\u2022\u00a0Tyla Nathan-Wong (New Zealand)<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Kristi Kirshe (USA)<\/p>\n
\nMen\u2019s winner:
\n\u2022\u00a0Dan Norton (England): Dan Norton\u2019s achievement of becoming the first sevens player to score 350 tries on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at the HSBC Sydney Sevens
\nWomen\u2019s winner:
\n\u2022\u00a0Tyla Nathan-Wong (New Zealand):<\/strong> Tyla Nathan-Wong for becoming the first Black Ferns Sevens player \u2013 and second overall \u2013 to reach 1,000 series points at the HSBC Sydney Sevens<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Men\u2019s winner: Jordan Conroy (Ireland)
\n\u2022\u00a0Women\u2019s winner: Stacey Fluhler (New Zealand)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Men\u2019s winner: Tavite Veredamu (France)
\n\u2022\u00a0Women\u2019s winner: Stacey Fluhler (New Zealand)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"