Australia women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see Australia national rugby sevens team.

The Australia women's national rugby sevens team, are the Australia national rugby sevens team of women. They were champions of the inaugural Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009. The team plays in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as one of the "core teams" on the world tour,^[1] of which they have been crowned Champions three times.^[2][3][4] The team also played in the preceding competition to the current world series, the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup. In 2016, they won the inaugural gold medal at the Rio Summer Olympics.^[5]

Australia vs New Zealand at the Dubai Sevens

Australia

Full name	Australia women's sevens
Union	Rugby Australia
Coach(es)	Tim Walsh
Captain(s)	Charlotte Caslick
Most caps	Sharni Williams (301 matches)
Top scorer	Ellia Green (774)
Most tries	Ellia Green (148)
1st kit 2nd kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	4 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2009 and 2022)
Official website
au7s.rugby

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Team
	2018 Gold Coast	Team

Australia with possession during the women's final at the 2016 Olympic Sevens.

History

Team name

The national sevens side is known as Australia and, as confirmed by captain Sharni Williams, does not have a nickname as of 2015.^[6] The team was sometimes referred to as the Pearls in sections of the media,^[7] but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side rather than the official national team.^[6] As of 2015, the developmental team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.^[8][9]

2022

Australia won the 2021–22 Women's Sevens Series title, they then won the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and were later crowned champions of the Rugby World Cup Sevens completing 2022 with a historic clean sweep of every major tournament.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Honours

Australia has won the following: World Rugby Sevens Series

• Champion: 2016, 2018, 2022
• Runner-up: 2014, 2017, 2020

World Cup Sevens

• Champion: 2009, 2022

Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

• Gold medal: 2016

Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

• Gold medal: 2022
• Silver medal: 2018

Major tournament wins

• Australia Sevens: 2018
• Brazil Sevens: 2014, 2016
• Canada Sevens: 2022
• Dubai Sevens: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021^I, 2021^II, 2022, 2023
• Hong Kong Sevens: 2009
• London Sevens: 2016
• Spain Sevens: 2022^II
• United States Sevens: 2016

Regional tournament wins

• Oceania Sevens: 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
• Asia-Pacific Championship: 2012

In 2016, the Australian women's sevens team was named Team of the Year at the Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.^[14]

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2009	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Plate final	5	6	5	1	0
2018	Third playoff		4	3	1	0
2022	Final		4	4	0	0
Total	2 Titles	4/4	20	17	3	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2018	Final		5	4	1	0
2022	Final		5	4	1	0
Total	1 Title	2/2	10	8	2	0

Pacific Games

Pacific Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2011	Not Eligible
2015a	Final		7	6	1	0
2019a	Final		7	6	1	0
Total	0 Titles	2/3	14	12	2	0

Olympic Games

Olympic Games 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2016	Final		6	5	0	1
2020	Fifth playoff	5	6	4	2	0
2024	Bronze playoff	4	6	4	2	0
Total	1 Title	3/3	18	13	4	1

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's 7s
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	D
2008	Final		6	6	0	0
2012	Final		6	5	1	0
2013	Final		6	6	0	0
2014	Final		8	6	2	0
2015	Did Not Attend
2016	Final		6	6	0	0
2017	Final		5	4	1	0
2018	Final		5	5	0	0
2019	Final		5	5	0	0
2021	Round-robin		6	3	3	0
2022a	Round-robin		6	4	2	0
2023	Final		6	5	0	1
Total	6 Titles	11/12	65	56	9	1

Notes:

^^a Australia VII or development team entered

World Series record

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Season	Rounds	Position	Points
2012–13	4	5th	46
2013–14	5		92
2014–15	6		94
2015–16	5		94
2016–17	6		100
2017–18	5		92
2018–19	6	4th	86
2019–20	5		80
2021	Season was cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22	6		114
2022–23	7		118

Players

Current squad

Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from the 3–5 March.

Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023

Australia Women 7's
# Player Position Height Weight Date of birth Matches Points scored Club 1 Lily Dick Forward 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 62 kg (137 lb) December 26, 1999 69 95 Currumbin Alleygators 3 Faith Nathan Left Wing 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 65 kg (143 lb) July 27, 2000 81 285 Unattached 4 Dominique du Toit Inside Centre 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 56 kg (123 lb) May 19, 1997 138 358 Unattached 5 Teagan Levi No 5 Lock 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) August 14, 2003 36 58 Bond University 6 Madison Ashby Inside Centre 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 65 kg (143 lb) January 22, 2001 87 140 Manly 7 Charlotte Caslick C Fly Half 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 64 kg (141 lb) March 9, 1995 255 732 Unattached 9 Tia Hinds Left Wing 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) May 11, 2002 48 181 Randwick 10 Isabella Nasser 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (150 lb) June 28, 2002 10 0 University of Queensland 12 Maddison Levi Outside Centre 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 67 kg (148 lb) April 27, 2002 58 340 Bond University 22 Bienne Terita Wing 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) May 16, 2003 32 75 Randwick 55 Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea Outside Centre 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 74 kg (163 lb) November 5, 2000 57 55 Canterbury College 65 Sariah Paki Loosehead Prop 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 71 kg (157 lb) October 12, 2001 104 75 Manly
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Olympic squads

Captains

Name	Years	Refs
Maddison Levi	2024
Shannon Parry	2018

Player records

The following shows leading career Australian players based on performance in the Women's SVNS. Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored No. Player Tries 1 Charlotte Caslick 186 2 Maddison Levi 180 3 Ellia Green 141 4 Emilee Cherry 131 5 Emma Tonegato 125

Points scored No. Player Points 1 Charlotte Caslick 932 2 Maddison Levi 900 3 Ellia Green 739 4 Emilee Cherry 719 5 Sharni Williams 677

Matches played No. Player Matches 1 Charlotte Caslick 328 2 Sharni Williams 275 3 Dominique du Toit 188 4 Shannon Parry 187 5 Alicia Lucas 186

Award winners

The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:^[15][16]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2014 Charlotte Caslick Emilee Cherry Emilee Cherry 2015 Charlotte Caslick (2) — 2016 Charlotte Caslick (3) Charlotte Caslick 2022 Charlotte Caslick (4) Charlotte Caslick (2) Maddison Levi Faith Nathan 2023 Maddison Levi (2) — 2024 Maddison Levi (3) Maddison Levi

World Rugby Women's 7s Dream Team Year No. Player 2024 4. Maddison Levi

Coaches

Name	Tenure	Refs
Chris Lane	2011–2013	[17]
Tim Walsh	2013–2018	[18]
John Manenti	2018–2021	[19]
Tim Walsh	2022–present	[20]

See also

• Australia portal
• Sports portal

• Australia women's national rugby union team
• National Rugby Sevens Championships
• National Women's Rugby Championship
• Super W