Australia national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Australia women's national rugby sevens team. For the rugby sevens tournament sometimes called the "Australian Sevens", see Australian Sevens.
Australia
Founded 1973
Coach(es) Andy Friend
Captain(s) Sam Myers
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 6 (First in 1993)
Best result Runner-up (1993, 2001)
Australia vs Spain at the 2013 World Cup 7s

The Australia national rugby sevens team represents Australia at international rugby sevens competitions such as the Sevens World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is Ed Jenkins, and the head coach is Andy Friend.

Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and made its debut in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified for the tournament after winning the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship.

Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including in the Commonwealth Games.

Team name

The national sevens side is known as Australia and, as confirmed by head coach Andy Friend in an interview with Green and Gold Rugby website,[1] does not have a nickname as of 2016. The team is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Aussie Thunderbolts in sections of the media,[2][3] but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side (the second team) rather than the official national team.[1][4]

At the inaugural Hong Kong Sevens tournament in 1976, Australia was represented by a selected team under the name Wallaroos,[5] originally the name of one of the foundation clubs of the Southern Rugby Union in 1874,[6] 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.[7][8]

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia
* asterisk indicates a shared placing

World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup 7s
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 10 7 3 0
Hong Kong 1997 Quarterfinals  5 * 5 3 1 1
Argentina 2001 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 8 7 1 0
Hong Kong 2005 Semifinals  3rd, bronze medalist(s) * 7 5 2 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Plate final 10 6 3 3 0
Russia 2013 Quarterfinals  5 * 4 2 1 1
United States 2018 Schedule to be confirmed
Total0 Titles6/64027112

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 7s
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 [9] Third playoff 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 4 1 0
England 2002 Quarterfinals  5 * 4 3 1 0
Australia 2006 Third playoff 4 6 3 3 0
India 2010 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Scotland 2014 Third playoff 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Australia 2018 Hosts
Total0 Titles5/5271980

World Games

World Games Rugby 7s a
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Japan 2001 [10] Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Germany 2005 Did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009
Colombia 2013
Total0 Titles1/46510

Summer Olympics

Olympic Rugby 7s
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Quarter Finals 8 6240
Total0 Titles1/16240

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Rugby 7s
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Samoa 2008 Did not participate
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010 Final 1st, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Samoa 2011 Third playoff 4 7 4 3 0
Australia 2012 Final 1st, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2013 Third playoff 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Australia 2014 Third playoff 4 6 4 2 0
New Zealand 2015 Final 1st, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2016 Third playoff 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Total3 Titles7/9433490

Sevens World Series

Key to tournament locations
Africa and Middle East
Asia
Americas
Europe
Oceania Australian event 

2000s

2010s

Summary for Series XI to XX 
World Sevens Series
XI
09–10		 XII
10–11		 XIII
11–12		 XIV
12–13		 XV
13–14
 
5th
Dubai		 6th
Dubai		 5th
Dubai		 15th*
Dubai		 9th
Dubai
7th*
George		 7th*
George		 7th*
Port Elizabeth		 9th
Port Elizabeth		 10th
Port Elizabeth
 
5th
Wellington		 3rd, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Wellington		 10th
Wellington		 5th
Wellington		 5th
Wellington
3rd, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Adelaide		 7th*
Adelaide		 4th
Gold Coast		 7th*
Gold Coast		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Gold Coast
 
3rd, bronze medalist(s)rd*
Las Vegas		 7th*
Las Vegas		 10th
Las Vegas		 13th
Las Vegas		 6th
Las Vegas
– – – cancelled†
Mar Del Plata		 –
 
5th
Hong Kong		 6th
Hong Kong		 7th*
Hong Kong		 7th*
Hong Kong		 4th
Hong Kong
– – 1st, gold medalist(s)st
Tokyo		 7th*
Tokyo		 5th
Tokyo
 
2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Edinburgh		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Edinburgh		 5th
Glasgow		 9th
Glasgow		 7th*
Glasgow
1st, gold medalist(s)st
London		 6th
London		 5th
London		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
London		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
London
 
8/8
122 pts

rd [21]

 8/8
80 pts

5th [22]

 9/9
110 pts

6th [23]

 9/9
89 pts

8th [24]

 9/9
116 pts

5th [25]

 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
† World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.
World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI
14–15		 XVII
15–16		 XVIII
16–17		 XIX
17–18		 XX
18–19
 
2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Dubai		 6th
Dubai		 5th
Dubai
3rd, bronze medalist(s)rd
Port Elizabeth		 7th*
Cape Town
Cape Town
 
6th
Wellington		 5th
Wellington
Wellington
7th*
Gold Coast		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Sydney
Sydney
 
5th
Las Vegas		 2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
– 3rd, bronze medalist(s)rd
Vancouver
Vancouver
 
5th
Hong Kong		 4th
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
9th
Tokyo		 7th*
Singapore
Singapore
 
7th*
Glasgow		 6th
Paris
Paris
2nd, silver medalist(s)nd
London		 10th
London
London
 
9/9
120 pts

5th [26]

 10/10
134 pts

4th [27]

 1/10
13 pts

5th


 Notes:
* Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).
:† World 7s component cancelled

Honours

Team

Current squad

TBC

Previous squads

2013–14 Sevens World Series

2010–11 Sevens World Series

2010 Commonwealth Games

Coaches

The current head coach is Andy Friend who was appointed in January 2016.[33]

Name Tenure Ref
Andy Friend 2016–present [33]
Scott Bowen 2015–16 (interim) [34]
Tim Walsh 2015  (interim) [35]
Geraint John 2014–15
Michael O'Connor 2008–14 [36]

Captains

See also

Notes

^a Rugby Sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

References

  1. 1 2 Matt Rowley (10 May 2016). "Podcast 209: 7s Masterclass with Andy Friend". Green and Gold Rugby (Podcast). Event occurs at 18:38 to 19:26. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Aussie men in rugby seven's heaven
  3. ↑ Spiro Zavos (6 February 2012). "How the Australian Sevens side can live up to its 'Aussie Thunderbolts' nickname". The Roar.
  4. ↑ "Aussie Thunderbolts Win Plate Final In Fiji". Australian Rugby. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Thomas in the Wallaroos". The Canberra Times. 11 March 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Football Conference". The Sydney Mail. 27 June 1874. p.182 col.1–2. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Youngsters may get Hong Kong chance". The Canberra Times. 11 March 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Growden, Greg (25 February 1995). "Mix-up in dates presents a poser for Ella". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Match Archive - Kuala Lumpur 1998. UR7s.
  10. ↑ "World Games VI - Akita, Japan.". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "2000 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  12. ↑ "2001 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  13. ↑ "2002 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  14. ↑ "2003 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  15. ↑ "2004 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  16. ↑ "2005 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  17. ↑ "2006 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  18. ↑ "2007 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  19. ↑ "2008 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  20. ↑ "2009 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  21. ↑ "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  22. ↑ "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  23. ↑ "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  24. ↑ "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  25. ↑ "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  26. ↑ "2015 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  27. ↑ "2016 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  28. ↑ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  29. ↑ Payten, Iain (10 August 2016). "Star playmaker Lewis Holland ruled out of remaining games as Aussie campaign derails". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  30. ↑ Qantas Men's Sevens Squad Archived 6 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ↑ "Qantas Men's Sevens Squad". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015.
  32. ↑ IRB (16 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games Sevens squads: Latest". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  33. 1 2 "Andy Friend appointed Qantas Australian Men's Sevens coach". ARU. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  34. ↑ Men's Sevens finish seventh in Cape Town
  35. ↑ Browning, Jennifer (7 September 2015). "Australia's men's rugby sevens coach confident of qualifying for Rio Olympics despite upheaval". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  36. ↑ "ARU appoints Geraint John as new Qantas Men's Sevens Head Coach". Australian Rugby. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  37. ↑ "Men's Sevens: All in the family for Caslicks". Australian Rugby. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.
  38. ↑ "Ed Jenkins relinquishes Australia men's sevens captaincy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.

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