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The Australia women's national rugby sevens team, are the
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national rugby sevens team of women. They were champions of the inaugural
Women's Sevens World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...
in 2009. The team plays in the
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ...
as one of the "core teams" on the world tour, of which they have been crowned Champions three times. The team also played in the preceding competition to the current world series, the
IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup The IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup was a series of three tournaments run by the International Rugby Board for women's rugby sevens held for the 2011-12 season. England finished as the holders of the Cup and won two of the three tournaments. Th ...
. In 2016, they won the inaugural gold medal at the Rio Summer Olympics.


Team name

The national sevens side is known as Australia and, as confirmed by captain
Sharni Williams Sharni Maree Williams (born 2 March 1988) is a female Australian rugby union player. She has played in the centre position for Australia, the Brumbies, and from 2008 to 2012 for the Canberra Royals. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer ...
, 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.


Honours

Australia has won the following:
World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
* Champion: 2016, 2018,
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* Runner-up: 2014, 2017,
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World Cup Sevens * Champion: 2009,
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Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics was played for the first time at the 2016 Summer Olympics with both men's and women's contests. Rugby sevens was added to the Olympics following the decision of the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen in October ...
* Gold medal: 2016
Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens has been played at every Commonwealth Games since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rugby sevens was an optional sport that was included for 2002 and 2006; it was then made a 'Core' sport by ...
* Gold medal:
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* Silver medal: 2018 Major tournament wins * Australia Sevens: 2018 * Brazil Sevens: 2014, 2016 *
Canada Sevens The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the ten stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event ...
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Dubai Sevens The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1970, the event is the longest running sports event in the Middle East. Events The Dubai Sevens has four competitions each year ...
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Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens () is an rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the s ...
: 2009 *
London Sevens The London Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held at Twickenham Stadium in London. It is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. London was added to the World Series for the first time in 2001. For many years the London Sevens was the ...
: 2016 * Spain Sevens: 2022II * United States Sevens: 2016 Regional tournament wins * Oceania Sevens: 2008,
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In 2016 the Australian women's sevens team was named Team of the Year at the Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.


Tournament record

''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia''


World Cup Sevens


Commonwealth Games


Pacific Games


Olympic Games


Oceania Women's Sevens

Notes:
Australia VII or development team entered


World Series record


2010s


2020s


Team


Current squad

* Madison Ashby * Lauren Brown * Rhiannon Byers * Charlotte Caslick *
Ellia Green Ellia Tiriseyani Green (born 20 February 1993) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. He was formerly a member of the Australia rugby sevens team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also played for ...
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Yasmin Meakes Yasmin Clydsdale (''née'' Meakes; born 25 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her positions are and . She previously ...
* Sariah Paki *
Shannon Parry Shannon Michelle Parry (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian female rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Parry plays for and was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished ...
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Evania Pelite Evania Faaea Pelite (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Pelite made her debut for the Australian women's national rugby sevens team at the age of ...
* Alicia Lucas * Cassie Staples *
Emma Tonegato Emma Kate Tonegato (born 20 March 1995) is a professional Australian rugby footballer. She has represented Australia in rugby sevens and rugby league. Born in Wollongong, New South Wales and playing for The Tribe at rugby union club level, ...
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Sharni Williams Sharni Maree Williams (born 2 March 1988) is a female Australian rugby union player. She has played in the centre position for Australia, the Brumbies, and from 2008 to 2012 for the Canberra Royals. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer ...
* Lily Dick


Previous squads

The following is the Australia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2015 Pacific Games: *
Nicole Beck Nicole Elise Beck (born 28 May 1988) is a female Australian rugby union player who plays as a wing for Australia, Sydney and Sydney University. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Life A former Australian touch foot ...
(c) * Brooke Anderson * Dominique "Dom" Du Toit * Nikki Etheridge * Georgie Friedrichs * Mollie Gray * Sarah Halvorsen * Mahalia Murphy * Taleena Simon * Tanisha Stanton * Laura Waldie * Brooke Walker * Brooke Anderson * Katrina Barker *
Nicole Beck Nicole Elise Beck (born 28 May 1988) is a female Australian rugby union player who plays as a wing for Australia, Sydney and Sydney University. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Life A former Australian touch foot ...
* Charlotte Caslick *
Emilee Cherry Emilee Jane Cherry (born 2 November 1992) is a former Australian Rugby Union player. She represented Australia in Sevens Rugby and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Born in Roma, Queensland and playing for Toowoomba Bears ...
* Rachel Crothers * Maddison Elliot *
Cobie-Jane Morgan Cobie-Jane Morgan (born 29 June 1989) is a female rugby union player. She plays for . She was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place. She has been named in 's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup The ...
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Shannon Parry Shannon Michelle Parry (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian female rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Parry plays for and was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished ...
* Nikki Etheridge * Gemma Etheridge *
Ellia Green Ellia Tiriseyani Green (born 20 February 1993) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. He was formerly a member of the Australia rugby sevens team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also played for ...
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Evania Pelite Evania Faaea Pelite (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Pelite made her debut for the Australian women's national rugby sevens team at the age of ...
* Tiana Penitani *
Alicia Quirk Alicia Jane Lucas (née Quirk; born 28 March 1992) is a former professional Australian rugby union player. She represented in international rugby sevens and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Biography Lucas was born in ...
* Saofaiga Saemo * Kirby Sefo *
Emma Tonegato Emma Kate Tonegato (born 20 March 1995) is a professional Australian rugby footballer. She has represented Australia in rugby sevens and rugby league. Born in Wollongong, New South Wales and playing for The Tribe at rugby union club level, ...
* Amy Turner *
Sharni Williams Sharni Maree Williams (born 2 March 1988) is a female Australian rugby union player. She has played in the centre position for Australia, the Brumbies, and from 2008 to 2012 for the Canberra Royals. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer ...
(c)


Coaches


Captains

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Shannon Parry Shannon Michelle Parry (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian female rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Parry plays for and was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished ...
– (2018)


See also

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Australia women's national rugby union team The Australia women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, has competed at all Women's Rugby World Cups since 1998, with their best result finishing in third place in 2010. Australian women have been playing rugby since the ...
* National Rugby Sevens Championships *
National Women's Rugby Championship The National Women's Championship was the highest-tier competition of women's rugby union in Australia through the 2017 season. It was superseded as the top level of the women's sport by the new Super W competition from the 2018 season forward. ...
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Super W The Super W is a women's rugby union competition held in Australia. The inaugural season was in 2018, when it replaced the former National Women's Rugby Championship. The are the most successful team so far, . Teams Six women's rugby teams c ...
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Women's rugby union in Australia A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardle ...


References


External links


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