New Zealand national rugby sevens team

New Zealand national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Olympic Games

New Zealand
Nickname(s)	All Blacks Sevens
Emblem	Silver fern
Union	New Zealand Rugby Union
Head coach
Top scorer	Tomasi Cama (2,026)
Top try scorer	Tim Mikkelson (235)
Home stadium	Waikato Stadium
First colours	Second colours
First international
	New Zealand 18–22 Ireland ; (7 April 1973)
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Appearances	6 (First in 1993)
Best result	Champions (2001, 2013, 2018)
Website	https://www.allblacks.com/teams/all-blacks-sevens/

The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record twelve World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team has been officially known as the All Blacks Sevens since 1 June 2012.^[1]

The team played for the first time at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament.^[2] In 1983 it first entered the Hong Kong Sevens, where it has been champion 10 times and runner-up another 10 times.

The All Blacks Sevens are the current Rugby World Cup Sevens, Commonwealth Games and World Series Champions.

History[]

World Sevens Series[]

The team has won thirteen of the 21 World Rugby Sevens World Series events. Since 2000 when the series first started, the only times they have not won the series were in 2006 when Fiji were crowned champions, 2009, 2017 and 2018 won by South Africa. 2010 when they came second to Samoa and 2015, 2016 when Fiji won the series back to back and then in 2019 when Fiji won their 4th series title. New Zealand won a Covid-19 affect 2020 series, finishing at the top of the standings after six tournaments. The 2021 series winners are South Africa New Zealand couldn't defend their title because of lockdown travel restrictions by New Zealand.

2007[]

In the 2006–07 series, it was left until the last round at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, to find out who would win. If Fiji had won their quarter-final against Wales then they would have won the series but they lost 21–14. This meant that New Zealand needed to win the final against Samoa to win the title. With a convincing six tries to one, 34–5 scoreline, they did just that and were crowned champions.^[3]

2008[]

The 2007–08 series saw New Zealand set several records. They became the first team in the nine-year history of the IRB Sevens to have won the first four events of a season, having won the Dubai, South Africa, Wellington and USA tournaments. During the USA Sevens, they broke their own record, set in 2001 and 2002, for most consecutive match wins in the IRB Sevens. The team extended their streak of tournaments won to the first five of the season, and a record seven overall, by defeating South Africa in the final of the 2008 Hong Kong Sevens.^[4]

Their record streaks of tournaments won (7) and match wins (47) ended in the final of the Adelaide Sevens with a 15–7 defeat to South Africa.^[5] Although they would lose to England in the Cup quarterfinals of the next event, the London Sevens, they won the second-level Plate final, giving them enough points to secure the 2007–08 series crown with one round to spare.^[6]

Honours[]

World Rugby Sevens Series

Winners: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2019–20
Runner-up: 2009–10
Third-place: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Winners: 2001, 2013, 2018
Runner-up: 2005
Third-place: 1997

Commonwealth Games

Winners: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018
Runner-up: 2014

Olympic Games

Runner-up: 2020

Oceania Sevens

Runner-up: 2014

World Rugby Sevens Series[]

New Zealand has won the World Rugby Sevens Series a record 13 times. New Zealand were particularly dominant in the early years of the Series, winning the first six series.

New Zealand national rugby sevens team at the 2009 Hong Kong Sevens

World Series Record
Season	Position
1999–2000	1st
2000–01	1st
2001–02	1st
2002–03	1st
2003–04	1st
2004–05	1st
2005–06	4th
2006–07	1st
2007–08	1st
2008–09	4th
2009–10	2nd
2010–11	1st
2011–12	1st
2012–13	1st
2013–14	1st
2014–15	3rd
2015–16	3rd
2016–17	4th
2017–18	3rd
2018–19	3rd
2019–20	1st
Total	13 Titles/20

Global tournaments[]

Summer Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	6	3	3	0
2020	Final	2nd	6	5	1	0
Total	Final	2/2	12	8	4	0

Olympic Games History
2016	Pool stage	New Zealand 12 – 14 Japan	Loss
	Pool stage	New Zealand 28 – 5 Kenya	Win
	Pool stage	New Zealand 19 – 21 Great Britain	Loss
	Quarter-finals	New Zealand 7 – 12 Fiji	Loss
	5–8th place playoff Semi-final	New Zealand 24 – 19 France	Win
	5–8th place playoff Fifth place	New Zealand 17 – 14 Argentina	Win

Rugby World Cup Sevens[]

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Quarterfinals	7th	8	6	2	0
1997	Semifinals	3rd	4	3	1	0
2001	Final	1st	8	8	0	0
2005	Final	2nd	8	7	1	0
2009	Quarterfinals	5th	4	3	1	0
2013	Final	1st	6	6	0	0
2018	Final	1st	4	4	0	0
	Qualified
Total	4 Titles	8/8	42	37	5	0

Other international tournaments[]

Commonwealth Games[]

New Zealand is the most successful rugby sevens team at the Commonwealth Games. They have won five of the six Commonwealth Games tournaments so far, and finished second once. The team has only once lost a match at the Commonwealth Games — losing to South Africa in the final of the 2014 tournament.

Commonwealth record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Finals	1st	6	6	0	0
2002	Finals	1st	6	6	0	0
2006	Finals	1st	6	6	0	0
2010	Finals	1st	6	6	0	0
2014	Finals	2nd	6	5	1	0
2018	Finals	1st	5	5	0	0
	Schedule to be confirmed
Total	5 Titles	6/6	35	34	1	0

Oceania Sevens[]

Oceania record
Year	Round	Position
	None
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	Finals	2nd
2015	None
2016	None
2017	Finals	2nd
2018	Finals	2nd
Total	0 Titles	3/11

Win summaries[]

Event	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl	Shield
Event	Venue	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
2019 Sydney Sevens	Sydney Showground	New Zealand	21–5	United States	England	Fiji	Argentina
2017 South Africa Sevens	Cape Town Stadium	New Zealand	38–14	Argentina	Fiji	Australia	Kenya
2016 Canada Sevens	BC Place	New Zealand	19–14	South Africa	Samoa	Canada	Russia
2016 Sydney Sevens	Sydney Football Stadium	New Zealand	27–24	Australia	Argentina	Canada	Wales
2016 Wellington Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	24–21	South Africa	Australia	Samoa	France
2015 Wellington Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	27–21	England	Fiji	France	Canada
2014 London Sevens	Twickenham Stadium	New Zealand	52–33	Australia	South Africa	Canada	United States
2014 Scotland Sevens	Scotstoun Stadium	New Zealand	54–7	Canada	England	France	Wales
2014 Hong Kong Sevens	Hong Kong Stadium	New Zealand	26–7	England	South Africa	Scotland	Kenya
2014 Wellington Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	21–0	South Africa	Australia	Kenya	United States
2013 Gold Coast Sevens	Robina Stadium	New Zealand	40–19	Australia	Fiji	France	United States
2013 London Sevens	Twickenham Stadium	New Zealand	47–12	Australia	Fiji	Wales
2012 South Africa Sevens	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	New Zealand	47–12	France	Wales	Australia	Spain
2012 Scotland Sevens	Scotstoun Stadium	New Zealand	29–14	England	Samoa	Russia	Kenya
2012 Wellington Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	24–7	Fiji	South Africa	Kenya	Scotland
2011 South Africa Sevens	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	New Zealand	31–26	South Africa	Wales	Scotland	Zimbabwe
2011 Adelaide Sevens	Adelaide Oval	New Zealand	28–20	South Africa	Wales	United States	Japan
2011 Hong Kong Sevens	Hong Kong Stadium	New Zealand	29–17	England	South Africa	Canada	Kenya
2011 New Zealand Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	29–14	England	Fiji	Kenya	United States
2010 South Africa Sevens	Outeniqua Park	New Zealand	22–19	England	South Africa	Scotland	Zimbabwe
2009 South Africa Sevens	Outeniqua Park	New Zealand	21 – 12	Fiji	England	Wales	Scotland
2009 Dubai Sevens	The Sevens	New Zealand	24 – 12	Samoa	Australia	Wales	Russia
2008 Edinburgh Sevens	Murrayfield	New Zealand	24 – 14	England	South Africa	Australia	Portugal
2008 Hong Kong Sevens	Hong Kong Stadium	New Zealand	26 – 12	South Africa	France	Russia
2008 USA Sevens	Petco Park	New Zealand	27 – 12	South Africa	Fiji	Wales	Australia
2008 USA Sevens	Petco Park	New Zealand	27 – 12	South Africa	Fiji	Wales	Australia
2008 Wellington Sevens	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	22 – 7	Samoa	South Africa	England	United States
2007 South Africa Sevens	Outeniqua Park	New Zealand	34 – 7	Fiji	Kenya	Wales	Canada
2007 Dubai Sevens		New Zealand	31 – 21	Fiji	Argentina	Australia	Zimbabwe
2007 Edinburgh Sevens	Murrayfield	New Zealand	34 – 5	Samoa	Fiji	England	France
2007 London Sevens	Twickenham	New Zealand	29 – 7	Fiji	South Africa	England	Kenya
2006 South Africa Sevens	Outeniqua Park	New Zealand	24 – 17	South Africa	Wales	Australia	Portugal
	National Stadium, Singapore	New Zealand	26–5	England	Samoa	France	Chinese Taipei
	Petco Park	New Zealand	34–5	Argentina	Fiji	Canada	Tonga
	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	31–7	Argentina	Australia	Kenya	Niue
	Outeniqua Park	New Zealand	33–19	Fiji	South Africa	Australia	Portugal

There are no fixtures available for 1999–2004

Team[]

Current squad[]

Scott Curry (Co-Captain)
Tim Mikkelson (Co-Captain)
Kurt Baker
Caleb Clarke
Dylan Collier
Sam Dickson
Trael Joass
Vilimoni Koroi
Andrew Knewstubb

Moses Leo
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black
Sione Molia
Etene Nanai-Seturo
Tone Ng Shiu
Amanaki Nicole
Salesi Rayasi
Akuila Rokolisoa

Brady Rush
Ollie Sapsford
William Warbrick
Regan Ware
Joe Webber
Kitiona Vai

Player records[]

The following shows leading career New Zealand players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored^[7]
No.	Player	Tries
1	Tim Mikkelson	235
2	DJ Forbes	153
3	Tomasi Cama	145
4	Kurt Baker	126
5	Sherwin Stowers	126

World Rugby Player of the Year[]

Several New Zealand players have won or been nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award. The following table shows the players who have been nominated for the award at least twice and won the award at least once.

Player	Wins	Years	Finalist	Years
Tim Mikkelson	1	2013	3	2011, 2013, 2014
Tomasi Cama Jr.	1	2012	2	2011, 2012
DJ Forbes	1	2008	2	2007, 2008

Former squads[]

New Zealand team to the 2017 Canada Sevens

The following is the New Zealand roster for the 2017 Canada Sevens tournament:^[8]

Head coach: Scott Waldrom

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Matches	Points	Tries	Union
FW	Scott Curry (c)	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 28)	148	410	80	Bay of Plenty
BK	Tim Mikkelson	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 30)	330	959	189	Waikato
FW	DJ Forbes	(1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 34)	420	737	147	Counties Manukau
BK	Sione Molia	(1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 23)	55	75	15	Counties Manukau
FW	Dylan Collier	(1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 25)	96	90	18	Southland
BK	Ambrose Curtis	(1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 24)	62	190	38	Manawatu
FW	Iopu Iopu-Aso	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 25)	30	25	5	Taranaki
FW	Trael Joass	(1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 23)	10	5	1	Tasman
BK	Vilimoni Koroi	(1998-04-17)17 April 1998 (aged 18)	15	26	2	Otago
BK	Sherwin Stowers	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 30)	177	616	122	Counties Manukau
BK		(1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 22)	41	47	7	Waikato
BK	Beaudein Waaka	(1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 24)	52	223	13	Taranaki

Thirteenth player: Andrew Knewstubb Tasman

Travelling reserve: Tone Ng Shiu Tasman

New Zealand team to the 2016 Summer Olympics

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Gordon Tietjens

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Scott Curry (c)	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 28)	31	360	Bay of Plenty
2	BK	Tim Mikkelson	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 29)	62	882	Waikato
3	FW	Akira Ioane	(1995-06-16)16 June 1995 (aged 21)	9	77	Blues
4	FW	DJ Forbes	(1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 33)	79	687	Counties Manukau
5	BK	Lewis Ormond	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 22)	8	82	Taranaki
6	BK	Augustine Pulu	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 26)	6	45	Blues
7	FW	Sam Dickson	(1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 26)	29	232	Canterbury
8	BK	Gillies Kaka	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26)	30	721	Hawke's Bay
9	BK	Regan Ware	(1994-08-07)7 August 1994 (aged 21)	9	85	Bay of Plenty
10	BK	Rieko Ioane	(1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 19)	10	265	Blues
11	BK	Joe Webber	(1993-08-27)27 August 1993 (aged 22)	23	357	Bay of Plenty
12	BK	Sonny Bill Williams	(1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 31)	6	20	Blues
13	BK	Sione Molia	(1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 22)	6	35	Counties Manukau

Coaches[]

(Head Coach)
Junior Tomasi Cama (Assistant Coach)
Liam Barry (Assistant Coach)

References[]

^ allblacks.com (1 June 2012). "AllBlacks name extended to NZSevens and NZMaori". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "SEVENS(IRELAND SQUADS AND RESULTS IN SEVENS TOURNAMENTS)". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "NZ Sevens on top of the world". Television New Zealand. Newstalk ZB. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ "New Zealand maintain Series dominance in USA" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
^ "South Africa halt kiwi winning streak" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "Samoa win London Sevens as NZ clinch Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
^ World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020
^ http://www.allblacks.com/News/30479/all-blacks-sevens-team-for-vancouver-tournament-named^{[dead link]}
^ "Historic first for Rugby Sevens as 24 athletes named for Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links[]

[1] s.com (1 June 2012). "AllBlacks name extended to NZSevens and NZMaori". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[Irish_7s_archive-2] "SEVENS(IRELAND SQUADS AND RESULTS IN SEVENS TOURNAMENTS)". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[TVNZ_1165257-3] "NZ Sevens on top of the world". Television New Zealand. Newstalk ZB. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

[USARecap-4] "New Zealand maintain Series dominance in USA" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2008.

[AdelaideRecap-5] "South Africa halt kiwi winning streak" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[LondonRecap-6] "Samoa win London Sevens as NZ clinch Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2008.

[7] World Rugby website, current as of 15 March 2020

[8] ttp://www.allblacks.com/News/30479/all-blacks-sevens-team-for-vancouver-tournament-named^{[dead link]}

[9] "Historic first for Rugby Sevens as 24 athletes named for Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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