Palefau played for the US national 7s team. He was the team's leading try scorer and points scorer for the 2011-12 IRB Sevens World Series. Palefau debuted for the national 7s team in 2005, playing in the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Since 2005, Palefau was a steady scorer for the US. At the time of his retirement from the 7s national team, he ranked as one of the top active try-scorers for the US 7s team with over 20 tries on the IRB Sevens World Series.