Australia national rugby sevens team

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The Australia national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including at the Commonwealth Games. The current captain of the team is Nick Malouf, and the head coach is John Manenti. Rugby sevens is an Olympic sport and made its debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified for the tournament after winning the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship.

Team name

The Australia national sevens side 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 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 Australian Barbarians club.

Honours

Australia has won the following: World Rugby Sevens Series World Cup Sevens Commonwealth Games Sevens Rugby sevens at the World Games Major tournament wins Regional and other tournament wins

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 World Games 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

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected to represent Australia during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023. Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 Dubai Sevens.

Records and statistics

Player records

The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

Award winners

The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2004:

Olympic squads

Captains

Coaches

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