The Wales Women's National Sevens Team represents

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in Rugby sevens.

History

In 2006 Wales won the European Women Sevens Championship after beating

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10–7 in the final. In 2012 they competed in round 2 of the European Women's Sevens Series which also acted as a qualifier for the

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. They failed to qualify after finishing in 11th place overall. Wales finished in fifth place at the 2017 Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series and qualified for the

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in Australia. They defeated

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19–14 in the seventh place playoff.

Squad

Squad to

Final Qualifier * Caryl James * Elinor Snowsill * Elen Evans * Rachel Rees * Jade Phillips (Knight) * Nia Davies * Laurie Harries * Rachel Taylor * Delyth Davies * Charlotte Murray *

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* Rebecca De Filippo

Tournament history

Commonwealth Games record

References

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