Australia national rugby sevens team

Australia national rugby sevens team
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 Nick Malouf, and the head coach is John Manenti .
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
The Australia national sevens side does not have a nickname as of 2016. The team is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Aussie Thunderbolts in sections of the media, but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side (the second team) rather than the official national team.
At the inaugural Hong Kong Sevens tournament in 1976, Australia was represented by a selected team under the name Wallaroos, originally the name of one of the foundation clubs of the Southern Rugby Union in 1874, 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.
Honours
Australia has won the following:
World Rugby Sevens Series
Champion: 2021–22
Runner-up: 2000–01
Third place: 1999–2000, 2004–05
World Cup Sevens
Silver medal: 2009, 2022
Bronze medal: 2005
Commonwealth Games Sevens
Silver medal: 2010
Bronze medal: 1998, 2014
Rugby sevens at the World Games
Silver medal: 2001
Major tournament wins
Hong Kong Sevens: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2022
Australian Sevens: 1987, 2002, 2018
London Sevens: 2010, 2022
Paris Sevens: 1998
Wellington Sevens: 2001
Kuala Lumpur Sevens: 2001
Shanghai Sevens: 2001
Tokyo Sevens: 2012
Regional and other tournament wins
Oceania Sevens: 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019
Oktoberfest Sevens: 2017
Tournament record
A red box around the year indicates a tournament played in Australia. An asterisk (*) indicates a shared placing.
Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Games
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Oceania Sevens
Notes:
Rugby Sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.
Australia VII or development team entered
World Rugby Sevens Series
2000s
2010s
2020s
Players
Player records
The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.
Previous squads
2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
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
Captains
Ed Jenkins 2011–2016
Sam Myers 2016
TBC – 2017
Lewis Holland, James Stannard, Con Foley, Jesse Parahi – 2018
Lewis Holland – 2019
Coaches
See also
National Rugby Sevens Championships
Australia national rugby union team
References
External links
Official website
WorldRugby profile
Australia national rugby union team
National rugby sevens teams
Rugby sevens in Australia
1973 establishments in Australia