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]
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| Full name | Australia women's sevens | ||
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| Union | Rugby Australia | ||
| Coach(es) | Tim Walsh | ||
| Captain(s) | Charlotte Caslick | ||
| Most caps | Sharni Williams (301 matches) | ||
| Top scorer | Ellia Green (774) | ||
| Most tries | Ellia Green (148) | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2009) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2009 and 2022) | ||
| Official website | |||
| au7s | |||
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:
Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics
- Gold medal: 2016
Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games
Major tournament wins
- Australia Sevens: 2018
- Brazil Sevens: 2014, 2016
- Canada Sevens: 2022
- Dubai Sevens: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021I, 2021II, 2022, 2023
- Hong Kong Sevens: 2009
- London Sevens: 2016
- Spain Sevens: 2022II
- United States Sevens: 2016
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.[14]
Tournament record
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia
World Cup Sevens
| Rugby World Cup 7s | |||||||||
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| 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
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 |
Bronze playoff | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 Title | 3/3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | |||
Oceania Women's Sevens
Notes:
^a Australia VII or development team entered
World Series record
Players
Current squad
Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from the 3–5 March.
Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023
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| 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series |
Olympic squads
Captains
| Name | Years | Refs |
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| Maddison Levi | 2024 | |
| Shannon Parry | 2018 |
Player records
The following shows leading career Australian players based on performance in the Women's SVNS. Players in bold are still active.
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Award winners
The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[15]
| Year | Nominees | Winners |
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| 2014 | Charlotte Caslick | Emilee Cherry |
| Emilee Cherry | ||
| 2015 | Charlotte Caslick (2) | — |
| 2016 | Charlotte Caslick (3) | Charlotte Caslick |
| 2022 | Charlotte Caslick (4) | Charlotte Caslick (2) |
| Maddison Levi | ||
| Faith Nathan |
Coaches
See also
References
External links
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