Australia women's 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 nameAustralia women's sevens
UnionRugby Australia
Coach(es)Tim Walsh
Captain(s)Charlotte Caslick
Most capsSharni Williams (301 matches)
Top scorerEllia Green (774)
Most triesEllia Green (148)
1st kit
2nd kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances4 (First in 2009)
Best resultChampions (2009 and 2022)
Official website
au7s.rugby
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastTeam
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

World Cup Sevens

Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

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.[14]

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup 7s
YearRoundPositionPWLD
2009Final 6510
2013Plate final56510
2018Third playoff 4310
2022Final 4400
Total2 Titles4/4201730

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 7s
YearRoundPositionPWLD
2018Final 5410
2022Final 5410
2026Qualified as host
Total1 Title2/210820

Pacific Games

Pacific Games 7s
YearRoundPositionPWLD
2011Not Eligible
2015aFinal 7610
2019aFinal 7610
Total0 Titles2/3141220

Olympic Games

Olympic Games 7s
YearRoundPositionPWLD
2016Final 6501
2020Fifth playoff56420
2024to be determined
Total1 Title2/212921

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's 7s
YearRoundPositionPWLD
2008Final 6600
2012Final 6510
2013Final 6600
2014Final 8620
2015Did Not Attend
2016Final 6600
2017Final 5410
2018Final 5500
2019Final 5500
2021Round-robin 6330
2022aRound-robin 6420
2023Final 6501
Total6 Titles11/12655691

Notes:

^a Australia VII or development team entered

World Series record

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
SeasonRoundsPositionPoints
2012–1345th46
2013–145 92
2014–156 94
2015–165 94
2016–176 100
2017–185 92
2018–1964th86
2019–205 80
2021Season was cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–226 114
2022–237 118

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

Australia Women 7's
#PlayerPositionHeightWeightDate of birthMatchesPoints scoredClub
1Lily DickForward1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)62 kg (137 lb)December 26, 19996995Currumbin Alleygators
3Faith NathanLeft Wing1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)65 kg (143 lb)July 27, 200081285Unattached
4Dominique du ToitInside Centre1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)56 kg (123 lb)May 19, 1997138358Unattached
5Teagan LeviNo 5 Lock1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)66 kg (146 lb)August 14, 20033658Bond University
6Madison AshbyInside Centre1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)65 kg (143 lb)January 22, 200187140Manly
7Charlotte Caslick CFly Half1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)64 kg (141 lb)March 9, 1995255732Unattached
9Tia HindsLeft Wing1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)68 kg (150 lb)May 11, 200248181Randwick
10Isabella Nasser1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (150 lb)June 28, 2002100University of Queensland
12Maddison LeviOutside Centre1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)67 kg (148 lb)April 27, 200258340Bond University
22Bienne TeritaWing1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)75 kg (165 lb)May 16, 20033275Randwick
55Alysia Lefau-FakaosileaOutside Centre1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb)November 5, 20005755Canterbury College
65Sariah PakiLoosehead Prop1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)71 kg (157 lb)October 12, 200110475Manly
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Previous 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.

Points scored
No.PlayerPoints
1Charlotte Caslick882
2Ellia Green739
3Emilee Cherry719
4Maddison Levi685
5Sharni Williams677
Matches played
No.PlayerMatches
1Charlotte Caslick303
2Sharni Williams275
3Shannon Parry187
4Alicia Lucas186
5Dominique du Toit183

Award winners

The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[15]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year
YearNomineesWinners
2014Charlotte CaslickEmilee Cherry
Emilee Cherry
2015Charlotte Caslick (2)
2016Charlotte Caslick (3)Charlotte Caslick
2022Charlotte Caslick (4)Charlotte Caslick (2)
Maddison Levi
Faith Nathan
2016Maddison Levi (2)

Coaches

NameTenureRefs
Chris Lane2011–2013[16]
Tim Walsh2013–2018[17]
John Manenti2018–2021[18]
Tim Walsh2022–present[19]

See also

References

External links