{"id":453135,"date":"2026-02-02T06:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453135\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:56:08","slug":"new-front-runner-emerges-in-rugbypass-svns-mvp-standings-after-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453135\/","title":{"rendered":"New front-runner emerges in RugbyPass SVNS MVP standings after Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RugbyPass SVNS Series writers will review each tournament this season with their MVP votes. Finn Morton,\u00a0Ben Smith<\/a>, Joe Harvey and Lachlan Grey weigh in with 3-2-1 votes towards the RugbyPass Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s SVNS Series MVP leaderboard.<\/p>\n

There has been another change at the top of the RugbyPass Men\u2019s SVNS Series MVP leaderboard, with Viwa Naduvalo receiving nine votes after producing a Player of the Final performance in Fiji\u2019s remarkable comeback in the Singapore<\/a> Cup Final.<\/p>\n

There was a sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu when Naduvalo was unveiled as the best on ground after Fiji<\/a> fought their way back to beat France<\/a> 21-12 in Sunday\u2019s decider. Naduvalo had been named the Player of the Final at last season\u2019s SVNS Singapore, with Fiji winning 21-12 then as well against Kenya.<\/p>\n

Naduvalo has scored more tries on the Men\u2019s SVNS Series than anyone else during the 2025\/26 season, which included a key score against France. Fiji were trailing 12-0 with about three minutes left when the 29-year-old raced away to the try line at the National Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Kavekini Tanivanuakula added to Fiji\u2019s score with a runaway try immediately after the restart, which brought the teams level at 12-points each. Terio Veilawa remained calm under pressure with the conversion attempt, nailing a tough attempt to give Fiji the lead for the first time.<\/p>\n

Fiji weren\u2019t done there, with Pilipo Bukayaro icing the match with the team\u2019s third try as the full-time siren sounded. The Fijians defended their SVNS Singapore title on a humid evening in the Lion City, seeing them rise to first the overall season standings.<\/p>\n

Naduvalo led the way for Fiji as they delivered a series of statement results over the weekend, which included other incredible wins against New Zealand<\/a> and South Africa. It shouldn\u2019t be a surprise to read that another two Fijian players polled MVP votes.<\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s Akuila Rokolisoa was first on the RugbyPass leaderboard after the Dubai Sevens, before Shilton van Wyk<\/a> and Luciano Gonzalez<\/a> took over after an unforgettable tournament at Cape Town\u2019s DHL Stadium in December.<\/p>\n

Van Wyk and Gonzalez remain in second place after the third stop of the season, three points behind the new leader in Naduvalo. There are five new names in these rankings, including one Fijian, a couple of New Zealanders, and two standouts from the French side.<\/p>\n

Andy Timo has been right up there with the best all season, but the Frenchman hasn\u2019t polled any votes until now. Timo won a match-winning turnover in the dying stages of France\u2019s semi-final win over South Africa<\/a> and almost registered a try assist one minute into the decider.<\/p>\n

Paulin Riva enjoyed a particularly impressive weekend as well, with the France captain scoring a try just before half-time in the Cup Final. \u00a0While France were beaten, their record of three semi-final appearances in as many events this season highlights their consistency.<\/p>\n

There are three more SVNS 1 events before the new-look World Championships, which will be held over three legs in Hong Kong China, Valladolid and Bordeaux. All eight teams from SVNS 1 and four sides from the second-tier will compete for the overall SVNS Series title.<\/p>\n

France won the first-of-its-kind SVNS Series Grand Final at SVNS Madrid in 2024, with Antoine Dupont<\/a> playing a key role in Les Blues<\/a> Sevens\u2019 run to glory. Riva and Stephen Parez-Edo Martin are among the SVNS Series champions and Olympic gold medallists still playing for the team.<\/p>\n

Next up on the SVNS Series, the circuit heads to Perth\u2019s HBF Park on February 7 to 8.<\/p>\n

RugbyPass SVNS Series MVP 3-2-1 votes \u2013 Singapore<\/p>\n

Finn Morton<\/p>\n

Men: Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji), Terio Veilawa (Fiji),\u00a0Andy Timo<\/a>\u00a0(France)<\/p>\n

Women: Jorja Miller<\/a> (New Zealand),\u00a0Olivia Apps<\/a>\u00a0(Canada), Maddison Levi (Australia)<\/p>\n

Joe Harvey<\/p>\n

Men: Terio Veilawa (Fiji), Paulin Riva (France),\u00a0Rob Rush<\/a>\u00a0(New Zealand)<\/p>\n

Women: Jorja Miller (New Zealand), Olivia Apps<\/a> (Canada), Maddison Levi (Australia)<\/p>\n

Ben Smith<\/p>\n

Men: Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji), Nacani Boginisoko (Fiji),\u00a0Kele Lasaqa<\/a>\u00a0(New Zealand)<\/p>\n

Women: Jorja Miller (New Zealand), Jazmin Felix-Hotham (New Zealand), Maddison Levi (Australia)<\/p>\n

Lachlan Grey<\/p>\n

Men: Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji), Paulin Riva (France), Kele Lasaqa<\/a> (New Zealand)<\/p>\n

Women: Jorja Miller (New Zealand), Jazmin Felix-Hotham (New Zealand),\u00a0Maya Stewart<\/a>\u00a0(Australia)<\/p>\n

RugbyPass Men\u2019s SVNS Series MVP leaderboard<\/p>\n

Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji) \u2013 12 votes<\/p>\n

Shilton van Wyk (South Africa),\u00a0Luciano Gonzalez<\/a>\u00a0(Argentina) \u2013 9 votes<\/p>\n

Akuila Rokolisoa (New Zealand) \u2013 8 votes<\/p>\n

Brady Rush (New Zealand) \u2013 6 votes<\/p>\n

Terio Veilawa (Fiji) \u2013 5 votes<\/p>\n

Dietrich Roache (Australia), Paulin Riva (France) \u2013 4 votes<\/p>\n

Donovan Don (South Africa), Wallace Charlie (Australia) \u2013 3 votes<\/p>\n

Nacani Boginisoko (Fiji), Kele Lasaqa (New Zealand) \u2013 2 votes<\/p>\n

Pilipo Bukayaro (Fiji),\u00a0Ryan Oosthuizen<\/a>\u00a0(South Africa),\u00a0Marcos Moneta<\/a>\u00a0(Argentina), Andy Timo<\/a> (France), Rob Rush<\/a> (New Zealand) \u2013 1 vote<\/p>\n

RugbyPass Women\u2019s SVNS Series MVP leaderboard<\/p>\n

Jorja Miller (New Zealand) \u2013 26 votes<\/p>\n

Maddison Levi (Australia) \u2013 14 votes<\/p>\n

Isabella Nasser (Australia) \u2013 11 votes<\/p>\n

Kelsey Teneti (New Zealand) \u2013 5 votes<\/p>\n

Jazmin Felix-Hotham (New Zealand), Olivia Apps (Canada) \u00a0\u2013 4 votes<\/p>\n

Teagan Levi (Australia \u2013 3 votes<\/p>\n

Mahina Paul (New Zealand) \u2013 2 votes<\/p>\n

Hanako Utsumi (Japan),\u00a0Reapi Ulunisau<\/a>\u00a0(Fiji), Maya Stewart<\/a> (Australia) \u2013 1 vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RugbyPass SVNS Series writers will review each tournament this season with their MVP votes. Finn Morton,\u00a0Ben Smith, Joe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-453135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}