# 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads

This is a list of the complete squads for the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
Captains for a tournament have their number marked in bold.

## Australia

Coach:
* Tim Walsh (to Sydney)
* John Manenti (Kitakyushu onwards)
Australia team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Lauren Brown | 3 | Back | – | – | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Charlotte Caslick | 4 | Back | 7 | 7 | – | 7 | 7 |
| Emilee Cherry | 5 | Back | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Dominique Du Toit | 5 | Back | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Georgina Friedrichs | 4 | Forward | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | – |
| Demi Hayes | 3 | Forward | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Page McGregor | 3 | Back | 10 | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| Yasmin Meakes | 3 | Forward | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mahalia Murphy | 2 | Forward | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Shannon Parry | 5 | Forward | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Evania Pelite | 5 | Back | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Alicia Quirk | 2 | Back | – | 10 | 10 | – | – |
| Cassie Staples | 4 | Forward | 12 | 12 | 8 | – | 12 |
| Emma Sykes | 5 | Back | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Emma Tonegato | 5 | Back | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Sharni Williams | 2 | Forward | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |

## Canada

Coach: John Tait
Canada team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Olivia Apps | 3 | | – | 6 | 12 | – | 12 |
| Brittany Benn | 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Pam Buisa | 2 | | – | – | – | 1 | 5 |
| Emma Chown | 1 | | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Caroline Crossley | 5 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hannah Darling | 5 | | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bianca Farella | 3 | | – | – | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Julia Greenshields | 4 | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – |
| Sara Kaljuvee | 3 | | – | – | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Jen Kish | 2 | | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Ghislaine Landry | 4 | | 9 | 9 | – | 9 | 9 |
| Tausani Levale | 2 | | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Megan Lukan | 4 | | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | – |
| Kayla Moleschi | 5 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Breanne Nicholas | 5 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Natasha Watcham-Roy | 5 | | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Charity Williams | 3 | | – | – | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## England

Coach: James Bailey
England team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Holly Aitchison | 3 | Back | 11 | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| Claire Allan | 3 | Back | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Jess Breach | 2 | Back | – | 1 | 11 | – | – |
| Abbie Brown | 4 | Forward | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Heather Fisher | 5 | Forward | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Vicky Fleetwood | 3 | Back | – | – | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Deborah Fleming | 5 | Forward | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Natasha Hunt | 1 | Back | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Megan Jones | 2 | Back | 10 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Olivia Jones | 1 | Back | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Katie Mason | 2 | Back | 4 | – | – | 11 | – |
| Alex Matthews | 5 | Forward | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Sarah McKenna | 3 | Back | – | 5 | – | 12 | 5 |
| Chantelle Miell | 2 | Forward | 9 | – | – | 5 | – |
| Emily Scarratt | 3 | Back | 5 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Emily Scott | 5 | Back | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Lydia Thompson | 4 | Back | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Amy Wilson-Hardy | 4 | Forward | 12 | 12 | 12 | – | 12 |
| Millie Wood | 3 | Back | – | – | 4 | 4 | 3 |

## Fiji

Coach: Iliesa Tanivula
Fiji team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Naina Baleca | 1 | Forward | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Lavena Cavuru | 2 | Back | 5 | – | 11 | – | – |
| Merewai Cumu | 3 | Forward | 1 | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| Raijieli Daveua | 2 | Back | – | – | – | 7 | 7 |
| Rusila Nagasau | 3 | Forward | 10 | 10 | 7 | – | – |
| Ana Maria Naimasi | 5 | Back | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Miriama Naiobasali | 4 | Forward | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Litia Naiqato | 3 | Forward | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Aloessi Nakoci | 1 | Back | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| Timaima Ravisa | 5 | Back | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Viniana Riwai | 5 | Back | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ana Maria Roqica | 5 | Back | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Jiowana Sauto | 2 | Forward | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| Asinate Savu | 2 | Forward | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Pricilla Saivavi Siata | 4 | Forward | 6 | – | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Vasiti Kuma Solikoviti | 2 | Forward | 4 | – | 5 | – | – |
| Lavenia Tinai | 4 | Back | 9 | 9 | 9 | – | 9 |
| Luisa Tisolo | 3 | Back | 7 | – | 10 | 10 | – |
| Mereula Torooti | 1 | Back | – | – | – | 9 | – |
| Vilisi Vakaloloma | 2 | Back | – | 6 | – | – | 10 |

## France

Coach: David Courteix
France team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Montserrat Amedee | 4 | Back | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – |
| Coralie Bertrand | 5 | Back | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Pauline Biscarat | 3 | Back | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | – |
| Anna-Cécile Ciofani | 4 | Forward | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathilde Coutouly | 1 | Forward | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| Caroline Drouin | 4 | Forward | – | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Camille Grassineau | 5 | Back | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Lina Guerin | 4 | Back | – | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Fanny Horta | 5 | Forward | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Shannon Izar | 2 | Back | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| Nassira Konde | 1 | Back | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Jade Le Pesq | 3 | Forward | 10 | – | 9 | 9 | – |
| Marjorie Mayans | 4 | Forward | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Konde Nassira | 2 | Forward | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Carla Niesen | 2 | Back | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Seraphine Okemba | 3 | Back | 2 | 2 | 7 | – | – |
| Chloe Pelle | 5 | Forward | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Joanna Sainlo | 1 | Back | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Charlotte Torres-Duxans | 1 | Back | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Jessy Tremouliere | 2 | Back | – | – | – | 7 | 5 |

## Ireland

Coach: Anthony Eddy
Ireland team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Kathy Baker | 3 | Forward | – | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ashleigh Baxter | 5 | Forward | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Claire Boles | 3 | Forward | 4 | 4 | – | 12 | – |
| Aoife Doyle | 3 | Back | 8 | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| Katie Fitzhenry | 5 | Forward | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Stacey Flood | 5 | Back | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Louise Galvin | 5 | Back | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Katie Heffernan | 3 | Back | – | 2 | 12 | – | 12 |
| Eve Higgins | 3 | Back | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Lucy Mulhall | 3 | Back | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe | 3 | Back | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird | 3 | Forward | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Audrey O'Flynn | 4 | Forward | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Hannah Tyrrell | 4 | Back | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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## Japan

Coach: Hitoshi Inada
Japan team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Raichierumiyo Bativakalolo | 4 | Forward | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Yume Hirano | 5 | Back | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mifuyu Koide | 4 | Back | – | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Tomomi Kozasa | 4 | Forward | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – |
| Ano Kuwai | 3 | Forward | 2 | 2 | – | – | 7 |
| Iroha Nagata | 3 | Forward | 8 | – | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Aya Nakajima | 1 | Forward | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Chiharu Nakamura | 5 | Back | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yume Okuroda | 3 | Forward | 9 | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Fumiko Otake | 4 | Back | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mayu Shimizu | 1 | Back | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Sayaka Suzuki | 5 | Back | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Emii Tanaka | 5 | Back | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Noriko Taniguchi | 3 | Forward | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Yukari Tateyama | 5 | Back | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Honoka Tsutsumi | 1 | Back | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| Chisato Yoko | 3 | Forward | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – |

## New Zealand

Coach: Allan Bunting
New Zealand team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Shakira Baker | 3 | Forward | – | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Michaela Blyde | 5 | Back | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Kelly Brazier | 4 | Back | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Gayle Broughton | 4 | Back | 8 | 9 | 9 | – | 9 |
| Theresa Fitzpatrick | 5 | Back | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sarah Goss | 5 | Forward | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Huia Harding | 1 | Forward | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Kayla McAlister | 1 | Back | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| Tyla Nathan-Wong | 5 | Back | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Alena Saili | 2 | Forward | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Shiray Kaka | 1 | Forward | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Terina Te Tamaki | 1 | Back | – | – | – | 9 | – |
| Ruby Tui | 4 | Forward | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Stacey Waaka | 5 | Back | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kat Whata-Simpkins | 1 | Forward | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| Niall Williams | 5 | Back | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Tenika Willison | 4 | Forward | – | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Portia Woodman | 5 | Forward | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

## Russia

Coach: Andrey Kuzin
Russia team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Aleksandra Aliseenko | 1 | | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Alina Arterchuk | 1 | | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| Anna Baranchuk | 3 | Forward | – | – | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| Daria Bobkova | 3 | Forward | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Polina Buravleva | 2 | Back | – | 9 | – | 12 | – |
| Arina Bystrova | 4 | Forward | 11 | 11 | 11 | – | 11 |
| Iana Danilova | 2 | Back | – | – | – | 5 | 8 |
| Anna Gavrilyuk | 5 | Forward | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Diana Glushenko | 1 | | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Aleksandra Kazantseva | 1 | | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| Baizat Khamidova | 4 | Forward | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | 5 |
| Marina Kukina | 4 | Back | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | – |
| Snezhanna Kulkova | 3 | Back | 9 | – | 9 | 9 | – |
| Daria Lushina | 4 | Back | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Alena Mikhaltsova | 4 | Back | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Daria Noritsina | 5 | Back | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maria Perestiak | 4 | Back | 12 | 12 | 12 | – | 12 |
| Anastasia Prokudina | 1 | | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| Kristina Seredina | 4 | Forward | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | 7 |
| Elena Zdrokova | 4 | Back | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | 10 |

## Spain

Coach: Pedro de Matías
Spain team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Eva Aguirre | 1 | Forward | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Maria Ahis | 1 | Back | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| Ingrid Algar | 3 | Back | – | 1 | 8 | 6 | – |
| Uri Barrutieta | 5 | Forward | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Marina Bravo | 5 | Forward | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Teresa Bueso | 1 | Back | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Enara Cacho | 1 | Forward | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| María Casado | 5 | Back | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Iera Echebarría | 5 | Back | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Amaia Erbina | 5 | Back | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Anne Fernández de Corres | 2 | Back | 10 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Olivia Fresneda | 1 | Back | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Patricia García | 5 | Back | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sabina Hurtado | 3 | Forward | 8 | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| María Losada | 3 | Back | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Elisabet Martínez | 4 | Forward | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 6 |
| Bárbara Plà | 5 | Back | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| María Ribera | 5 | Forward | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## United States

Coach: Richie Walker
United States team members 2017–18 :
| Player | Apps | Position | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number |
| Player | Apps | Position | Dubai | Sydney | Kita­kyushu | Langford | Paris |
| Tia Blythe | 2 | Back | 10 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Sarah Buonopane | 4 | Back | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | – |
| Kayla Canett | 2 | Back | – | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| Ryan Carlyle | 5 | Forward | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Lauren Doyle | 2 | Back | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
| Cheta Emba | 4 | Forward | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Joanne Fa'avesi | 2 | Forward | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| Megan Foster | 1 | Back | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Jordan Gray | 5 | Forward | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Griffin | 1 | Forward | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Abby Gustaitis | 4 | Forward | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 |
| Nicole Heavirland | 5 | Back | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Alev Kelter | 5 | Back | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Natalie Kosko | 1 | Back | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Ilona Maher | 1 | Back | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Saskia Morgan | 2 | Back | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
| Sara Parsons | 1 | Forward | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Neariah Persinger | 1 | Back | – | – | 9 | – | – |
| Hope Rogers | 2 | Forward | – | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Kelsi Stockert | 1 | Forward | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| Naya Tapper | 5 | Back | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| Kristen Thomas | 2 | Back | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| Katherine Zackary | 2 | Back | – | – | 9 | 7 | – |

## Non-core teams

One place in each tournament of the series is allocated to a national team based on performance in the respective continental tournaments within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

### Brazil

Coach: Reuben Samuel
Brazil team for Langford 2018 :
| Number | Player |
| 1 | Eshyllen Cardoso |
| 2 | Haline Scatrut |
| 3 | Rafaela Zanellato |
| 4 | Leila Silva |
| 5 | Júlia Rodrigues |
| 6 | Isadora Cerullo |
| 7 | Amanda Araújo |
| 8 | Isadora Lopes |
| 9 | Milena Mariano |
| 10 | Raquel Kochhann |
| 11 | Bianca Silva |
| 12 | Mariana Nicolau |

### China

Coach: Lu Zhuan
China team for Kitakyushu 2018 :
| Number | Player |
| 1 | Yu Liping |
| 2 | Hu Yu |
| 3 | Lu Yuanyuan |
| 4 | Tong Xueqin |
| 5 | Yan Meiling |
| 6 | Wang Wanyu |
| 7 | Chen Keyi |
| 8 | Gao Yueying |
| 9 | Sun Caihong |
| 10 | Liu Xiaoqian |
| 11 | Yu Xiaoming |
| 12 | Yang Min |

### Papua New Guinea

Coach: Larry John
Papua New Guinea team for Sydney 2018 :
| Number | Player | Position |
| 1 | Gemma Schnaubelt | Back |
| 2 | Chelsea Garesa | Back |
| 3 | Mavis Mitaharo | Back |
| 4 | Taiva Lavai | Back |
| 5 | Marie Biyama | Back |
| 6 | Melanie Kawa | Forward |
| 7 | Fatima Rama | Back |
| 8 | Geua Larry | Forward |
| 9 | Lynette Kwarula | Forward |
| 10 | Debbie Kaore | Forward |
| 11 | Freda Waula | Back |
| 12 | Isi Govea | Forward |

### South Africa

Coach: Renfred Dazel
South Africa team for Dubai 2017 :
| Number | Player | Position |
| 1 | Unathi Mali | Back |
| 2 | Christelene Steinhoebel | Forward |
| 3 | Chane Stadler | Back |
| 4 | Zintle Mpupha | Back |
| 5 | Eloise Webb | Forward |
| 6 | Veroeshka Grain | Back |
| 7 | Phumeza Gadu | Back |
| 8 | Megan Comley | Forward |
| 9 | Nadine Roos | Back |
| 10 | Mathrin Simmers | Back |
| 11 | Jacqueline Kriel | Forward |
| 12 | Marithy Pienaar | Forward |

### Wales

Coach: Nick Wakley
Wales team for Paris 2018 :
| Number | Player |
| 1 | Jasmine Joyce |
| 2 | Lucy Packer |
| 3 | Kayleigh Powell |
| 4 | Elinor Snowsill |
| 5 | Alisha Butchers |
| 6 | Hannah Jones |
| 7 | Bethan Lewis |
| 8 | Jessica Kavanagh-Williams |
| 9 | Alex Callender |
| 10 | Sian Williams |
| 11 | Gemma Rowland |
| 12 | Shona Powell Hughes |