Australia national rugby sevens team


The Australia national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is Jesse Parahi, and the head coach is Tim Walsh.
Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and made its debut at 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 at 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, 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 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.

Tournament record

Australia has played in all of the World Cup tournaments to date with their best result being in 1993 and 2001 when they finished with silver medals. The team has qualified for the only Olympic competition to date with the sport returning to the Olympic scene for the first time since 1924.
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Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Games

Olympic Games

Commonwealth Games

Oceania Sevens

World Rugby Sevens Series

2000s

2010s

Honours

Previous teams and coaches

Player records

The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.
No.PlayerTries
1'114
2109
3107
4'87
580

Captains

2013–14 Sevens World Series
2010–11 Sevens World Series
2010 Commonwealth Games
The current head coach is Tim Walsh, who took charge in April 2018.
NameTenureRef
Tim Walsh2018–present
Jarred Hodges2018
Andy Friend2016–2018
Scott Bowen2015–16
Tim Walsh2015
Geraint John2014–15
Michael O'Connor2008–14