Wales Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
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The Wales Women's National Sevens Team represents
Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
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Rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
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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
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...
. 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 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. They defeated
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19–14 in the seventh place playoff.


Squad

Squad to
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...
Final Qualifier * Caryl James * Elinor Snowsill * Elen Evans * Rachel Rees * Jade Phillips (Knight) * Nia Davies * Laurie Harries * Rachel Taylor * Delyth Davies * Charlotte Murray * Sian Williams * Rebecca De Filippo


Tournament history


Commonwealth Games record


References

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