2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the ninth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. The ninth edition was meant to be played a year earlier, but the 2021 Series was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Series IX | |
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| Date | 26 November 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | France |
| Third | Fiji |
| Team changes | |
| Promoted | Japan |
| Relegated | Russia |
| Series details | |
| Top try scorer | Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (36 tries) |
| Top point scorer | Jade Ulutule (226 points) |
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Australia won the series at the second-last event in Canada, winning four out of the six events on the tour to claim their third World Series title. France, Fiji and Ireland placed second, third and fourth, respectively, which was the best finish achieved by all three teams in the World Series.
The 2021–22 series was affected by ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with two of the eleven core teams not able to compete in all six events as a result. The defending series champions New Zealand missed the first four events due to travel-related restrictions, and Fiji was forced to withdraw from both tournaments in Spain due to positive COVID-19 tests in their squad.
A further two core teams also only played in four of the six events. England was replaced by a united Great Britain team for the first two tournaments in Dubai, and Russia was banned from competing following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.