Teamname: | Australia |
Fullname: | Australia women's sevens |
Coach: | Tim Walsh |
Captain: | Charlotte Caslick |
Caps: | Sharni Williams (301 matches) |
Top Scorer: | Ellia Green (774) |
Most Tries: | Ellia Green (148) |
Sevens: | yes |
Women: | yes |
World Cup Apps: | 4 |
Year: | 2009 |
Best: | Champions (2009 and 2022) |
Url: | https://au7s.rugby/ |
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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, of which they have been crowned Champions three times.[1] 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.[2]
The national sevens side is known as Australia and, as confirmed by captain Sharni Williams, does not have a nickname as of 2015. The team was sometimes referred to as the Pearls in sections of the media, but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side rather than the official national team. As of 2015, the developmental team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.
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.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Australia has won the following:World Rugby Sevens Series
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.[7]
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia
Rugby World Cup 7s | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
2009 | Final | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Plate final | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
![]() | Third playoff | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2022 | Final | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 2 Titles | 4/4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
Commonwealth Games 7s | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
align=left style="border: 3px solid red" | ![]() | Final | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
2022 | Final | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Qualified as host | ||||||||
Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Pacific Games 7s | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | |||||||
![]() | Not Eligible | ||||||||
![]() | Final | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2019 | Final | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Olympic Games 7s | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | |||||||
![]() | Final | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
![]() | Fifth playoff | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
![]() | Bronze playoff | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 Title | 3/3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
Oceania Women's 7s | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
2008 | Final | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2012 | Final | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Final | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Final | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Did Not Attend | ||||||||
2016 | Final | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2017 | Final | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2018 | Final | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019 | Final | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Round-robin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Round-robin | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Final | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 6 Titles | 11/12 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 1 |
Australia VII or development team entered
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | ||||
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Season | Rounds | Position | Points | |
2012–13 | 4 | 5th | 46 | |
2013–14 | 5 | 92 | ||
2014–15 | 6 | 94 | ||
2015–16 | 5 | 94 | ||
2016–17 | 6 | 100 | ||
2017–18 | 5 | 92 | ||
2018–19 | 6 | 4th | 86 | |
2019–20 | 5 | 80 | ||
2021 | Season was cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
2021–22 | 6 | 114 | ||
2022–23 | 7 | 118 |
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
Name | Years | Refs | |
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Maddison Levi | 2024 | ||
2018 |
The following shows leading career Australian players based on performance in the Women's SVNS. Players in bold are still active.
Tries | |||
1 | Charlotte Caslick | 178 | |
2 | Maddison Levi | 150 | |
3 | Ellia Green | 141 | |
4 | Emilee Cherry | 131 | |
5 | Emma Tonegato | 125 |
Points | |||
1 | Charlotte Caslick | 892 | |
2 | Maddison Levi | 750 | |
3 | Ellia Green | 739 | |
4 | Emilee Cherry | 719 | |
5 | Sharni Williams | 677 |
Matches | |||
1 | Charlotte Caslick | 308 | |
2 | Sharni Williams | 275 | |
3 | Dominique du Toit | 188 | |
4 | Shannon Parry | 187 | |
5 | Alicia Lucas | 186 |
The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[8] [9]
width=40 | Year | width=170 | Nominees | width=170 | Winners |
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align=center rowspan=2 | 2014 | Charlotte Caslick | align=center rowspan=2 | Emilee Cherry | |
Emilee Cherry | |||||
2015 | Charlotte Caslick (2) | — | |||
2016 | Charlotte Caslick (3) | Charlotte Caslick | |||
align=center rowspan=3 | 2022 | Charlotte Caslick (4) | align=center rowspan=3 | Charlotte Caslick (2) | |
Maddison Levi | |||||
Faith Nathan | |||||
2023 | Maddison Levi (2) | — | |||
2024 | Maddison Levi (3) | Maddison Levi | |||
width=40 | Year | width=40 | width=170 | Player | |
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align=center rowspan=2 | 2024 | 4. | Maddison Levi | ||
Name | Tenure | Refs | |
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Chris Lane | 2011–2013 | [10] | |
Tim Walsh | 2013–2018 | [11] | |
2018–2021 | [12] | ||
2022–present | [13] |