Australia women's 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, of which they have been crowned Champions three times. 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.

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. The team was sometimes referred to as the Pearls in sections of the media, but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side rather than the official national team. As of 2015, the developmental team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.

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.

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, 2021I, 2021II, 2022, 2023 Hong Kong Sevens: 2009 London Sevens: 2016 Spain Sevens: 2022II 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.

Tournament record A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup 7sYearRoundPosition 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 0Total2 Titles4/4201730

Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games 7sYearRoundPosition 2018 Final 5 4 1 0 2022 Final 5 4 1 0Total1 Title2/210820

Pacific Games Pacific Games 7sYearRoundPosition 2011Not Eligible2015 Final 7 6 1 0 2019 Final 7 6 1 0 Total0 Titles2/3141220

Olympic Games Olympic Games 7sYearRoundPosition 2016 Final 6 5 0 1 2020 Fifth playoff 5 6 4 2 0 2024 Bronze playoff 4 6 4 2 0Total1 Title3/3181341

Oceania Women's Sevens Oceania Women's 7sYearRoundPosition 2008 Final 6 6 0 0 2012 Final 6 5 1 0 2013 Final 6 6 0 0 2014 Final 8 6 2 0 2015Did 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 2022 Round-robin 6 4 2 0 2023 Final 6 5 0 1 Total6 Titles11/12655691

Notes: Australia VII or development team entered

World Series record World Rugby Women's Sevens SeriesSeasonRoundsPositionPoints2012–1345th462013–145922014–156942015–165942016–1761002017–185922018–1964th862019–205802021Season was cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.2021–2261142022–23 7118

Players

Current squad

The contracted squad for the 2025–26 SVNS.

Australia Women 7's # Player Date of birth Club1Piper Simons 27 July 2005 Seaforth Raiders2Amahli Hala 28 February 2006 Unattached3Faith Nathan 27 July 2000 Unattached4Mackenzie Davis 3 January 2005 Unattached 5Teagan Levi 14 August 2003 Unattached 6Madison Ashby (C) 22 January 2001 Unattached7Charlotte Caslick 9 March 1995 Unattached 8Kaitlin Shave 29 January 2001 University of Queensland9Tia Hinds 5 November 2002 Unattached 10Isabella Nasser (C) 28 August 2002 University of Queensland11Demi Kennewell 25 March 1998 Unattached 12Maddison Levi 27 April 2002 Unattached 13Heidi Dennis 24 March 2005 Unattached 14Bridget Clark 16 January 2003 Unattached15Kahli Henwood 1 October 1999 Unattached21Maya Stewart 14 March 2000 NSW Waratahs Women22Bienne Terita 16 May 2003 Unattached 23Ruby Nicholas 9 August 2004 Unattached28Kiiahla Duff 28 August 2003 Unattached 55Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea 5 November 2000 Unattached 65Sariah Paki 12 October 2001 Unattached 98Sidney Taylor 22 August 2002 Unattached TBDRhani Hagan Unattached 2025–26 SVNS

Olympic squads

Captains Name Years RefsMaddison Levi2024Shannon 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 scoredNo.PlayerTries1Maddison Levi2042Charlotte Caslick1873Ellia Green1414Emilee Cherry1315Faith Nathan126

+Points scoredNo.PlayerPoints1Maddison Levi1,0202Charlotte Caslick9373Ellia Green7394Emilee Cherry7195Sharni Williams677

+Matches playedNo.PlayerMatches1Charlotte Caslick3292Sharni Williams2753Dominique du Toit1884Shannon Parry1875Alicia Lucas186

Award winners The following Australia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:

+ 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 Player 2024 4. Maddison Levi 2025 4. Maddison Levi (2) 6. Isabella Nasser

Coaches Name Tenure Refs Chris Lane 2011–2013 Tim Walsh 2013–2018 John Manenti 2018–2021 Tim Walsh 2022–2026 Reg Tayler 2026–present

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