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

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 ...

and

Rugby World Cup Sevens 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 ...

. The current captain of the team is Nick Malouf, and the head coach is John Manenti . Rugby sevens is now recognised as an

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and made its debut at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. 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 on 14–15 November 2015. As well as determining the regional championship, the tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2016 Oly ...

. 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 Andrew Friend (born 24 April 1969) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Irish province Connacht. He was previously head coach of the Australia Sevens team, the Brumbies in Super Rugby, English c ...

in an interview with Green and Gold Rugby 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 Southern Rugby Union 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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, 2022 * 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 *

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

Australian Sevens The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...

: 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 The Malaysia Sevens is an annual rugby sevens#Rugby union sevens, rugby union sevens tournament contested by national teams. The event was first hosted as a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series, IRB World Sevens Series in 2000-01 World Sevens Serie ...

: 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 Sevens World Series, IRB World Sevens Series in 2001-02 World ...

: 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: 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 201 ...

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 w ...

, Con Foley, Jesse Parahi – 2018 *

– 2019

Previous squads

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World ...

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 Sevens Rugby. Born in Sydney, NSW and playing for Sydney University at a club level, he debuted for Australia in November 2010. As of Decembe ...

* Con Foley *

* 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 ...

*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 the ...

*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 Rug ...

Nicholas Phipps William Nicholas Foskett Phipps (23 June 1913 – 11 April 1980) was a British actor and writer who appeared in stage roles between 1932 and 1967 and more than thirty films between 1940 and 1970. He wrote West End plays, songs and sketches for ...

* 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. Kuridr ...

* Jono Lance * Daniel Yakopo 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 i ...

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 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 Spar ...

* Pat McCabe * Pat McCutcheon *

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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