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The Australia men's national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the

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and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is

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, and the head coach is

John Manenti John Manenti (born 1972) is an Australian rugby union coach. He is currently head coach of the Australian sevens team. Career As a rugby player, Manenti was a prop for Sydney clubs Western Suburbs and Sydney University in the 1990s. Manent ...

. Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and made its debut at the

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. Australia qualified for the tournament after winning the

2015 Oceania Sevens Championship The 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eighth Oceania Sevens. It was held in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland, New Zealand on 14–15 November 2015. As well as determining the regional championship, the tournament was also a qualifyi ...

. Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including at the

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Team name

The Australia men's national sevens side, as confirmed by head coach Andy Friend in an interview with

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website, 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

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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

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club.

Honours

Australia has won the following:

* Champion: 2021–22 * Runner-up: 2000–01 * Third place: 1999–2000, 2004–05 World Cup Sevens * Silver medal:

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* Bronze medal:

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Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games * Silver medal:

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* Bronze medal:

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Rugby sevens at the World Games Rugby sevens was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. No women's rugby has been played at the World Games. The 2013 World Games was the last to feature the sport, with rugby sevens becoming a full Olympi ...

* Silver medal:

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Major tournament wins * Hong Kong Sevens: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2022 *

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: 1987, 2002, 2018 * London Sevens: 2010, 2022 *

Paris Sevens The France Sevens, also called the Paris Sevens, is an annual international rugby sevens tournament that is one of ten competitions on the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. The France Sevens is generally held in May or June on the weekend foll ...

: 1998 *

Wellington Sevens The New Zealand Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament currently held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. For the first eighteen years of its history the event was held in Wellington. The event is the third on the World Rugby Seven ...

: 2001 * Kuala Lumpur Sevens: 2001 *

Shanghai Sevens The China Sevens, most recently hosted in Huizhou, is an international rugby sevens tournament contested by national teams. The inaugural event, held in Shanghai, was a leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2001. The tournament moved to Beijing ...

: 2001 * Tokyo Sevens: 2012 Regional and other tournament wins *

Oceania Sevens The Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Oceania Rugby. It has been held regularly since 2008 to select the best men's national team in Oceania. Participating teams Men's teams competi ...

: 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019 *

Oktoberfest Sevens The Oktoberfest Rugby 7s is a rugby sevens tournament held in Munich, Germany, during the Oktoberfest event. In the first edition in 2017, Australia won the title in the final against Fiji, the Olympic champion from Rio. In 2019, South Africa wo ...

: 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

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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

Current squad

Previous teams and coaches

Player records

The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Captains

* Ed Jenkins 2011–2016 *

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2016 * TBC – 2017 *

Lewis Holland Lewis Holland (born 14 January 1993) is a professional rugby union player who represents Australia in rugby sevens. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales and playing for Queanbeyan Whites at a club level, he debuted for Australia in February 2 ...

James Stannard James Stannard (born 21 February 1983) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He can operate as a scrum-half or fly-half. He previously played for the Western Force and Brumbies Super Rugby. Stannard was an Australia sevens player and was a ...

Con Foley Con Foley (born 19 September 1992) is a professional rugby union player. He is currently signed to the New Orleans Gold team in the United States and previously played for Australian sides North Harbour and Brisbane City. His usual position i ...

Jesse Parahi Jesse Parahi (born 29 July 1989) is an Australian rugby union player. He plays rugby sevens for . He made his international debut at the 2010 Edinburgh Sevens. In November 2015 Parahi briefly left the Australian sevens team to play for Wests ...

– 2018 *

– 2019

Previous squads

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2013–14 Sevens World Series *James Stannard *

Greg Jeloudev Greg Jeloudev (born 24 March 1990) is a professional Rugby Union player. He represents Australia in Rugby sevens, Sevens Rugby. Born in Sydney, NSW and playing for Sydney University at a club level, he debuted for Personal lubricant, Australia ...

* Ed Jenkins *

Sean McMahon Sean McMahon (born 18 June 1994) is an Australian rugby union player for Suntory Sungoliath in the Japanese Top League. His regular playing position is Flanker. Career McMahon was born and raised in Brisbane and took his first steps in senior r ...

*Jesse Parahi *Paul Asquith *

Tom Lucas Tom Lucas (born 23 November 1993) is a professional rugby union player. He represents Australia in sevens rugby. Born in Rockhampton, Queensland and playing for Sunnybank Rugby at a senior level, he debuted for Australia in October 2013. As of ...

*Luke Morahan *Shannon Walker 2010–11 Sevens World Series *Hamish Angus *Trent Dyer *

Bernard Foley Bernard Foley (born 8 September 1989) is an Australian rugby player of Irish descent. He plays professionally for the Australia national rugby team and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both fullback and fly-half a ...

Shaun Foley Shaun Foley (born 29 August 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former professinoal rugby union player and a former member of the National Rugby League's (NRL) Sydney Roosters squad. Playing career Foley played in th ...

*John Grant *

Michael Hodge Michael Hodge (born 27 May 1989) is a former rugby union player. His regular playing position was either wing or centre. He has represented Australia national rugby sevens team and was named in the Waratahs squad ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby ...

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* Ed Jenkins *

Tevita Kuridrani Tevita Kuridrani (born 31 March 1991) is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player. His usual position is outside-centre. He is currently with French club Biarritz and previously played for the Brumbies and Western Force in Super Rugby. Kur ...

* Jono Lance *

Daniel Yakopo Daniel Rudolph Yakopo (born 29 June 1988), known as “Dan”, is an Australian rugby union player. He played for the n sevens team and made his debut at the 2010 England Sevens where Australia defeated in the final 19-14. Yakopo returned from ...

2010 Commonwealth Games *

*Brian Sefanaia *

Kimami Sitauti Kimami Sitauti (born 12 April 1991) is an Australian rugby union player. He plans to join the for the 2013 Super Rugby season. His playing position is right-winger. He is of Tongan heritage. Move from New Zealand & early career Sitauti is ...

Lachie Turner Lachlan 'Lachie' David Turner (born 11 May 1987) is an Australian professional rugby union player who retired at the end of 2018 season. In his usual position of wing. He has a strong kicking game, which allows him to also play at fullback. ...

* Liam Gill *

Luke Morahan Luke Morahan (born 13 April 1990) is an Australian rugby player currently playing for the Bristol Bears in the Premiership Rugby, English Premiership since 2017. Morahan's main position is on the Wing (rugby union), wing, however, he does also p ...

*Luke Phipps *

Nick Cummins Nicholas Mark Cummins (born 5 October 1987), known by his nickname The Honey Badger, is an Australian former professional rugby union player and television personality. He played for the Western Force in Super Rugby and for Coca-Cola Red Spa ...

* Pat McCabe *

Pat McCutcheon Patrick "Pat" McCutcheon (born 24 June 1987) is an Australia professional rugby union footballer. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition, and his usual position is Rugby union positions#7. Flanker, loose forward ...

Robbie Coleman Robert "Robbie" Coleman (born 3 August 1990) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR). Coleman left the Brumbies after being granted a release at the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season. His p ...

Coaches

Notes

References

External links

Official website

WorldRugby profile
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