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

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and

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. The current captain of the team is Nick Malouf, 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

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and made its debut at the

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. 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

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Team name

The Australia men's national sevens side, as confirmed by head coach

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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 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 ...

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 Australian Barbarians 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: 2009,

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* Bronze medal:

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* Silver medal:

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* Bronze medal: 1998, 2014 Rugby sevens at the World Games * Silver medal: 2001 Major tournament wins *

: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2022 *

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: 1987, 2002, 2018 *

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 ...

: 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 Seve ...

: 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

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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, Con Foley, Jesse Parahi – 2018 *

– 2019

Previous squads

* 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series 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 ...

* Con Foley *

* 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 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 ...

* Nicholas Phipps *

* 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 Jono Lance (born 27 June 1990) is a professional rugby union footballer who previously played for Western Force in the Super Rugby AU competition. He usually plays at full-back, fly-half or centre. Early life Lance was born in Canberra, A ...

* Daniel Yakopo 2010 Commonwealth Games *

*Brian Sefanaia * James Stannard * Kimami Sitauti *

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 loose forward. Family and early life McCutche ...

* Robbie Coleman

Coaches

Notes

References

External links

Official website

WorldRugby profile
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