Australia national rugby sevens team

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For the women's sevens team, see Australia women's national rugby sevens team. For the rugby sevens tournament, see Australian Sevens.

Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionRugby Australia
Head coachTim Walsh
CaptainNick Malouf
Top scorerJames Stannard (1,239)
Top try scorerLewis Holland (111)
First colours
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Appearances7 (First in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (1993, 2001)
Australia vs Spain at the 2013 World Cup 7s

The Australia national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is Jesse Parahi, and the head coach is Tim Walsh.

Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and made its debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified for the tournament after winning the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship.

Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including at the Commonwealth Games.

Team name []

1x1.pngAustralia national rugby sevens team logo.svg
Logo 2008–2017

The Australia national sevens side, as confirmed by head coach Andy Friend in an interview with Green and Gold Rugby website,[1] does not have a nickname as of 2016. The team is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Aussie Thunderbolts in sections of the media,[2][3] but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side (the second team) rather than the official national team.[1][4]

At the inaugural Hong Kong Sevens tournament in 1976, Australia was represented by a selected team under the name Wallaroos,[5] originally the name of one of the foundation clubs of the Southern Rugby Union in 1874,[6] but now used for the Australian women's team in 15-a-side rugby. Australia has also been represented at international sevens tournaments by the Australian Barbarians club.[7][8]

Tournament record[]

Australia has played in all of the World Cup tournaments to date with their best result being in 1993 and 2001 when they finished with silver medals. The team has qualified for the only Olympic competition to date with the sport returning to the Olympic scene for the first time since 1924 (back when it was rugby 15s).

Key to tables
* asterisk indicates a shared placing

Rugby World Cup Sevens[]

Rugby World Cup 7s
Year Round Position P W L D
Scotland 1993 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10 7 3 0
Hong Kong 1997 Quarterfinals  5 * 5 3 1 1
Argentina 2001 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 7 1 0
Hong Kong 2005 Semifinals  3rd place, bronze medalist(s) * 7 5 2 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Plate final 10 6 3 3 0
Russia 2013 Quarterfinals  5 * 4 2 1 1
United States 2018 Challenge final 10 4 2 2 0
South Africa To be determined
Total 0 Titles 7/7 44 29 13 2

World Games[]

World Games Rugby 7s [a]
Year Round Position P W L D
Japan 2001 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Germany Did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009
Colombia 2013
Total 0 Titles 1/4 6 5 1 0

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games Rugby 7s
Year Round Position P W L D
Brazil 2016 Quarter-finals 8 6 2 4 0
Japan 2020 Quarter-finals 7 6 2 4 0
France 2024 To be determined
Total 0 Titles 2/2 12 4 8 0

Commonwealth Games[]

Commonwealth Games 7s
Year Round Position P W L D
Malaysia 1998 Third playoff 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 4 1 0
England 2002 Quarterfinals  5 * 4 3 1 0
Australia 2006 Third playoff 4 6 3 3 0
India 2010 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Scotland 2014 Third playoff 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Australia 2018 Fifth playoff 5 5 4 1 0
England Schedule to be confirmed
Total 0 Titles 6/6 32 23 9 0

Oceania Sevens[]

Oceania Rugby 7s
Year Round Position P W L D
Samoa 2008 Did not participate
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Samoa 2011 Third playoff 4 7 4 3 0
Australia 2012 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2013 Third playoff 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Australia 2014 Third playoff 4 6 4 2 0
New Zealand 2015 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2016 Third playoff 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Fiji 2017 Semifinals  3rd place, bronze medalist(s) * 4 3 1 0
Fiji 2018 Third playoff 4 5 3 2 0
Fiji 2019 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2020 Event cancelled
Australia 2021 round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1 4 0
Total 4 Titles 10/12 63 47 16 0

World Rugby Sevens Series[]

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

2000s[]

Summary for Series I to X

2010s[]

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Summary for Series XI to XX
World Sevens Series
XI
09–10 		XII
10–11 		XIII
11–12 		XIV
12–13 		XV
13–14
 
5th
Dubai 		6th
Dubai 		5th
Dubai 		15th*
Dubai 		9th
Dubai
7th*
George 		7th*
George 		7th*
Port Elizabeth 		9th
Port Elizabeth 		10th
Port Elizabeth
 
5th
Wellington 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Wellington 		10th
Wellington 		5th
Wellington 		5th
Wellington
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Adelaide 		7th*
Adelaide 		4th
Gold Coast 		7th*
Gold Coast 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Gold Coast
 
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Las Vegas 		7th*
Las Vegas 		10th
Las Vegas 		13th
Las Vegas 		6th
Las Vegas
– – – cancelled†
Mar Del Plata 		–
 
5th
Hong Kong 		6th
Hong Kong 		7th*
Hong Kong 		7th*
Hong Kong 		4th
Hong Kong
– – 1st place, gold medalist(s)st
Tokyo 		7th*
Tokyo 		5th
Tokyo
 
1st place, gold medalist(s)st
London 		6th
London 		5th
London 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
London 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
London
2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Edinburgh 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Edinburgh 		5th
Glasgow 		9th
Glasgow 		7th*
Glasgow
 
8/8
122 pts

Bronze medal icon.svgrd [19]

8/8
80 pts

5th [20]

9/9
110 pts

6th [21]

9/9
89 pts

8th [22]

9/9
116 pts

5th [23]

 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
† Event cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.
World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI
14–15 		XVII
15–16 		XVIII
16–17 		XIX
17–18 		XX
18–19 		XXI
19–20
 
2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Dubai 		6th
Dubai 		5th
Dubai 		5th
Dubai 		4th
Dubai 		5th
Dubai
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd
Port Elizabeth 		7th*
Cape Town 		11th*
Cape Town 		9th
Cape Town 		7th*
Cape Town 		12th
Cape Town
 
6th
Wellington 		5th
Wellington 		10th
Wellington 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd
Hamilton 		7th*
Hamilton 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd
Hamilton
7th*
Gold Coast 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Sydney 		4th
Sydney 		1st place, gold medalist(s)st
Sydney 		6th
Sydney 		6th
Sydney
 
5th
Las Vegas 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Las Vegas 		6th
Las Vegas 		6th
Las Vegas 		7th*
Las Vegas 		4th
Los Angeles
– 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd
Vancouver 		7th*
Vancouver 		6th
Vancouver 		9th
Vancouver 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Vancouver
 
5th
Hong Kong 		4th
Hong Kong 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)rd
Hong Kong 		11th*
Hong Kong 		11th*
Hong Kong 		cancelled‡
Hong Kong
9th
Tokyo 		7th*
Singapore 		4th
Singapore 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
Singapore 		7th*
Singapore 		cancelled‡
Singapore
 
2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
London 		10th
London 		6th
London 		7th*
London 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)nd
London 		cancelled‡
London
7th*
Glasgow 		6th
Paris 		10th
Paris 		11th*
Paris 		11th*
Paris 		cancelled‡
Paris
 
9/9
120 pts

5th [24]

10/10
134 pts

4th [25]

10/10
113 pts

6th [26]

10/10
123 pts

4th [27]

10/10
104 pts

7th

6/6[b]
81 pts

4th

 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
‡ Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours[]

Australia has won the following tournaments:

  • Hong Kong Sevens 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988
  • Australian Sevens 1987, 2002, 2018
  • Paris Sevens 1998
  • London Sevens 2010
  • Wellington Sevens 2001
  • Kuala Lumpur Sevens 2001
  • Shanghai Sevens 2001
  • Tokyo Sevens 2012
  • Oktoberfest Sevens 2017

Current squad[]

For a complete list of players at the current World Series, see 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series squads § Australia.

Previous teams and coaches[]

Player records[]

The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored[28]
No. Player Tries
1 Lewis Holland 114
2 Ed Jenkins 109
3 107
4 Henry Hutchison 87
5 Pama Fou 80

Captains[]

  • Ed Jenkins 2011–2016[29]
  • Sam Myers 2016 [30]
  • TBC – 2017
  • Lewis Holland, James Stannard, Con Foley,[31] Jesse Parahi[32] – 2018
  • Lewis Holland – 2019

Previous squads[]

2013–14 Sevens World Series

  • James Stannard
  • Greg Jeloudev
  • Con Foley
  • Sam Myers
  • Ed Jenkins
  • Sean McMahon
  • Jesse Parahi
  • Paul Asquith
  • Nick Malouf
  • Tom Lucas
  • Luke Morahan
  • Shannon Walker

2010–11 Sevens World Series

  • Hamish Angus
  • Trent Dyer
  • Bernard Foley
  • Shaun Foley
  • John Grant
  • Michael Hodge
  • Nicholas Phipps
  • Greg Jeloudev
  • Ed Jenkins
  • Tevita Kuridrani
  • Jono Lance
  • Daniel Yakopo

2010 Commonwealth Games

  • Bernard Foley
  • Brian Sefanaia
  • James Stannard
  • Kimami Sitauti
  • Lachie Turner
  • Liam Gill
  • Luke Morahan
  • Luke Phipps
  • Nick Cummins
  • Pat McCabe
  • Pat McCutcheon
  • Robbie Coleman

Coaches[]

The current head coach is Tim Walsh, who took charge in April 2018.[38]

Name Tenure Ref
Michael O'Connor 2008–14 [39]
Geraint John 2014–15
Tim Walsh 2015 (interim) [40]
Scott Bowen 2015–16 (interim) [41]
Andy Friend 2016–2018 [42]
Jarred Hodges 2018 (interim) [31]
Tim Walsh 2018–present [38]

See also[]

  • National Rugby Sevens Championships
  • Australia national rugby union team

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rugby Sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.
  2. ^ Although originally scheduled for ten series events, the season was postponed after the Vancouver Sevens event before eventually being cancelled altogether due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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