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Australia women's national rugby sevens team

Australia women's national rugby sevens team
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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, 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.

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. The team was sometimes referred to as the Pearls in sections of the media, but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side rather than the official national team. As of 2015, the developmental team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.

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.

Honours

Australia has won the following: World Rugby Sevens Series

World Cup Sevens

Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

  • Gold medal: 2016

Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

  • Gold medal: 2022
  • Silver medal: 2018

Major tournament wins

Regional tournament wins

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

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup 7sYearRoundPositionTotal2 Titles4/4201730
UAE 2009Final6510
RUS 2013Plate final56510
USA 2018Third playoff4310
RSA 2022Final4400

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 7sYearRoundPositionTotal1 Title2/210820
AUS 2018Final5410
ENG 2022Final5410

Pacific Games

Pacific Games 7sYearRoundPositionTotal0 Titles2/3141220
NCL 2011Not Eligible
PNG2015Final7610
SAM2019Final7610

Olympic Games

Olympic Games 7sYearRoundPositionTotal1 Title3/3181341
BRA 2016Final6501
JPN 2020Fifth playoff56420
FRA 2024Bronze playoff46420

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's 7sYearRoundPositionTotal6 Titles11/12655691
SAM 2008Final6600
FIJ 2012Final6510
AUS 2013Final6600
AUS 2014Final8620
NZL 2015Did Not Attend
FIJ 2016Final6600
FIJ 2017Final5410
FIJ 2018Final5500
FIJ 2019Final5500
AUS 2021Round-robin6330
NZL2022Round-robin6420
AUS 2023Final6501

Notes: Australia VII or development team entered

World Series record

World Rugby Women's Sevens SeriesSeasonRoundsPositionPoints
2012–1345th46
2013–14592
2014–15694
2015–16594
2016–176100
2017–18592
2018–1964th86
2019–20580
2021Season was cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–226114
2022–237118

Players

Current squad

Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from 3–5 March.

Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023

#PlayerPositionHeightWeightDate of birthMatchesPoints scoredClub
1Lily DickForward1.68 m62 kg26 December 19996995Currumbin Alleygators
3Faith NathanLeft Wing1.64 m65 kg27 July 200081285Unattached
4Dominique du ToitInside Centre1.67 m56 kg19 May 1997138358Unattached
5Teagan LeviNo 5 Lock1.73 m66 kg14 August 20033658Bond University
6Madison AshbyInside Centre1.65 m65 kg22 January 200187140Manly
7Charlotte Caslick CFly Half1.70 m64 kg9 March 1995255732Unattached
9Tia HindsLeft Wing1.74 m68 kg11 May 200248181Randwick
10Isabella Nasser1.74 m70 kg28 June 2002100University of Queensland
12Maddison LeviOutside Centre1.83 m67 kg27 April 200258340Bond University
22Bienne TeritaWing1.78 m75 kg16 May 20033275Randwick
55Alysia Lefau-FakaosileaOutside Centre1.74 m74 kg5 November 20005755Canterbury College
65Sariah PakiLoosehead Prop1.68 m71 kg12 October 200110475Manly

|- ! style="border: 0;" | 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series |}

Olympic squads

Captains

NameYearsRefs
Maddison Levi2024
Shannon Parry2018

Player records

The following shows leading career Australian players based on performance in the Women's SVNS. Players in bold are still active.

No.PlayerTries
1Maddison Levi204
2Charlotte Caslick187
3Ellia Green141
4Emilee Cherry131
5Faith Nathan126
No.PlayerPoints
1Maddison Levi1,020
2Charlotte Caslick937
3Ellia Green739
4Emilee Cherry719
5Sharni Williams677
No.PlayerMatches
1Charlotte Caslick329
2Sharni Williams275
3Dominique du Toit188
4Shannon Parry187
5Alicia Lucas186

Award winners

The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:

YearNomineesWinners
2014Charlotte CaslickEmilee Cherry
Emilee Cherry
2015Charlotte Caslick (2)—
2016Charlotte Caslick (3)Charlotte Caslick
2022Charlotte Caslick (4)Charlotte Caslick (2)
Maddison Levi
Faith Nathan
2023Maddison Levi (2)—
2024Maddison Levi (3)Maddison Levi
YearNo.Player
20244.Maddison Levi
20254.Maddison Levi (2)
6.Isabella Nasser

Coaches

NameTenureRefs
Chris Lane2011–2013{{cite web
Tim Walsh2013–2018{{cite web
John Manenti2018–2021{{cite news
Tim Walsh2022–present{{cite web

References

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|access-date= 18 May 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150520071446/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=303965 |archive-date= 20 May 2015

|access-date=2 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160702065450/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/sharni-williams-20151207-glhb2l.html%23ixzz3tebzwKLu |archive-date=2 July 2016

|access-date= 2 July 2016 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160702070938/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-15/aussie-men-in-olympic-sevens-heaven/6942754 |archive-date= 2 July 2016}}

|access-date=30 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530220601/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/australian-womens-side-secure-rugby-sevens-world-series-title-20160529-gp6s3v.html |archive-date=30 May 2016

References

  1. (2022-05-02). "Australia seal World Series sevens title in Canada". Reuters.
  2. (9 August 2016). "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News.
  3. (2022-09-12). "World Cup Sevens: Australia and Fiji crowned world champions".
  4. (2022-09-11). "Australia beats New Zealand to win women's rugby sevens World Cup". ABC News.
  5. (2022-09-11). "Fiji and Australia crowned Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 champions in Cape Town".
  6. (2022-12-22). "Women's sevens year in review: Australia reign supreme".
  7. "Chalmers claims two AIS awards to complete fairy tale year".
  8. "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby".
  9. (14 November 2016). "Australia's Charlotte Caslick wins World Rugby sevens gong".
  10. (3 June 2021). "Emilee Cherry: Five memorable moments from the career of a rugby sevens pioneer".
  11. (24 November 2024). "Maddison Levi crowned best sevens player in the world at World Rugby Awards".
  12. "Series champions Australia second in Clermont".
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