Australia women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see Australia national rugby sevens team.

The Australia women's national rugby sevens team, are the Australia national rugby sevens team of women. They were champions of the inaugural Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009. The team plays in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as one of the "core teams" on the world tour,^[1] of which they have been crowned Champions three times.^[2][3][4] The team also played in the preceding competition to the current world series, the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup. In 2016, they won the inaugural gold medal at the Rio Summer Olympics.^[5]

Australia

Full name	Australia women's sevens
Union	Rugby Australia
Coach(es)	Tim Walsh
Captain(s)	Demi Hayes
Most caps	Sharni Williams (38)
Top scorer	Ellia Green (774+)
Most tries	Ellia Green (148+)
1st kit 2nd kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2009)
Official website
au7s.rugby

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Team
	2018 Gold Coast	Team

Australia with possession during the women's final at the 2016 Olympic Sevens.

Australia vs New Zealand at the Dubai Sevens

History

Team name

The national sevens side is known as Australia and, as confirmed by captain Sharni Williams, does not have a nickname as of 2015.^[6] The team was sometimes referred to as the Pearls in sections of the media,^[7] but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side rather than the official national team.^[6] As of 2015, the developmental team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.^[8][9]

2022

Australia won the 2021–22 Women's Sevens Series title, they then won the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and were later crowned champions of the Rugby World Cup Sevens completing 2022 with a historic clean sweep of every major tournament.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Honours

Australia has won the following:

World Rugby Sevens Series

• Champion: 2016, 2018, 2022
• Runner-up: 2014, 2017, 2020

World Cup Sevens

• Champion: 2009, 2022

Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

• Gold medal: 2016

Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

• Gold medal: 2022
• Silver medal: 2018

Major tournament wins

• Australia Sevens: 2018
• Brazil Sevens: 2014, 2016
• Canada Sevens: 2022
• Dubai Sevens: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021^I, 2021^II, 2022
• Hong Kong Sevens: 2009
• London Sevens: 2016
• Spain Sevens: 2022^II
• United States Sevens: 2016

Regional tournament wins

• Oceania Sevens: 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
• Asia-Pacific Championship: 2012

In 2016 the Australian women's sevens team was named Team of the Year at the Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.^[14]

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Plate final	5	6	5	1	0
2018	Third playoff		4	3	1	0
2022	Final		4	4	0	0
Total	2 Titles	4/4	20	17	3	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2018	Final		5	4	1	0
2022	Final		5	4	1	0
2026	Qualified as host
Total	1 Title	2/2	10	8	2	0

Pacific Games

Pacific Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2011	Not eligible
2015^a	Final		7	6	1	0
2019^a	Final		7	6	1	0
Total	0 Titles	2/3	14	12	2	0

Olympic Games

Olympic Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2016	Final		6	5	0	1
2020	Fifth playoff	5	6	4	2	0
2024	To be determined
Total	1 Title	2/2	12	9	2	1

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2008	Final		6	6	0	0
2012	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Final		6	6	0	0
2014	Final		8	6	2	0
2015	Did not attend
2016	Final		6	6	0	0
2017	Final		5	4	1	0
2018	Final		5	5	0	0
2019	Final		5	5	0	0
2021	Round-robin		6	3	3	0
2022^a	Round-robin		6	4	2	0
Total	5 Titles	10/11	59	50	9	0

Notes:

^^a Australia VII or development team entered

World Series record

Key to tournament locations
	Africa and Middle East Asia
	Americas Europe
	Oceania					Australian event

2010s

Summary for Series I to VIII

Women's Sevens Series
		Challenge 11–12	I 12–13	II 13–14	III 14–15
	Africa and Middle East	rd Dubai	4th Dubai	st Dubai	nd Dubai
		–	–	–	–
	Oceania	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–
	Americas	–	–	st São Paulo	nd São Paulo
		–	rd Houston	rd Atlanta	5th Atlanta
		–	–	–	7th Langford
	Asia	–	7th Guangzhou	nd Guangzhou	–
		nd Hong Kong	–	–	–
	Europe	4th London	–	–	st London
		–	7th Amsterdam	nd Amsterdam	nd Amsterdam
		3/3	4/4 46 pts 5th ^[15]	5/5 92 pts  nd ^[16]	6/6 94 pts  rd

Women's Sevens Series
IV  15–16		V  16–17	VI  17–18	VII  18–19	VIII  19–20
	st Dubai	nd Dubai	st Dubai	rd Dubai	4th Dubai
	–	–	–	–	nd Cape Town
	–	4th Sydney	st Sydney	nd Sydney	rd Sydney
	–	–	–	–	4th Hamilton
	st São Paulo	–	–	–	–
	st Atlanta	nd Las Vegas		5th Glendale	nd Glendale
	rd Langford	rd Langford	nd Langford	nd Langford	–
	–	rd Kitakyushu	rd Kitakyushu	6th Kitakyushu	–
	–	–	–	–	–
	–	–	–	–	–
	nd Clermont	nd Clermont	nd Paris	5th Biarritz	–
5/5 94 pts  st		6/6 100 pts  nd	5/5 92 pts  st	6/6 86 pts 4th	5/5 80 pts  nd

2020s

Women's Sevens Series
	Canceled 2021	IX 2021–22	X 2022–23	XI 2023–24	XII 2024–25
	–   –	st Dubai I  st Dubai II	st Dubai  nd Cape Town	–   –	–   –
	–   –	–   –	rd Hamil­ton – Syd­ney	–   –	–   –
	– ^[a] Van­couver  – ^[a] Edmon­ton	st Lang­ford –	– Van­couver –	–   –	–   –
	–   –	–   –	– Hong Kong –	–   –	–   –
	–   –	rd Málaga  st Se­ville  nd Tou­louse	–   – Tou­louse	–   –	–   –
	0/2	6/6 80 pts  st	3/3 54 pts 2nd
	Notes: * Shared placing. Two invitational Fast Four events were played in Canada after the 2021 series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]

Players

For the complete list of players in the current World Series, see 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads § Australia.

• Madison Ashby
• Lauren Brown
• Rhiannon Byers
• Charlotte Caslick
• Ellia Green
• Yasmin Meakes
• Sariah Paki
• Shannon Parry
• Evania Pelite
• Alicia Lucas
• Cassie Staples
• Emma Tonegato
• Sharni Williams
• Lily Dick

Previous squads

Captains

Name	Years	Refs
Shannon Parry	2018

Coaches

Name	Tenure	Refs
Chris Lane	2011–2013	^[18]
Tim Walsh	2013–2018	^[19]
John Manenti	2018–2021	^[20]
Tim Walsh	2022–present	^[21]

See also

•  Australia portal
•  Sports portal

• Australia women's national rugby union team
• National Rugby Sevens Championships
• National Women's Rugby Championship
• Super W
• Women's rugby union in Australia

References

1. (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
2. "Australian women's side secure rugby sevens world series title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 29 May 2016. from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "Series champions Australia second in Clermont". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
4. "Australia seal World Series sevens title in Canada". Reuters. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
6. Polkinghorne, David (7 December 2015). "Women's sevens captain Sharni Williams waiting for results of knee scans". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. "Australian Rugby Sevens tops Oceania qualifying to reach for 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 November 2015. from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
8. . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
9. Chand, Shalveen (30 April 2015). . The Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
10. "World Cup Sevens: Australia and Fiji crowned world champions". South China Morning Post. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
11. "Australia beats New Zealand to win women's rugby sevens World Cup". ABC News. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
12. "Fiji and Australia crowned Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 champions in Cape Town". www.rwcsevens.com. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
13. "Women's sevens year in review: Australia reign supreme". www.world.rugby. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
14. . Australian Sports Commission website. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
15. "2013 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
16. "2014 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
17. . World Rugby Sevens. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021.
18. "Qantas Women's Sevens coach resigns". Australian Rugby. 20 July 2013. from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
19. "Former Australian Sevens rep named new Women's coach". Australian Rugby. 19 September 2013. from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
20. "Former Eastwood premiership-winning coach John Manenti takes charge of Australian women's sevens team". news.com.au. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
21. . AP News. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022.

External links

• Official website
• WorldRugby profile
• Australia women's national rugby sevens team on Facebook