Australia national rugby sevens team

Aussie Thunderboltsa
Coach(es) Andy Friend
Captain(s) Ed Jenkins
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 6 (First in 1993)
Best result Runner-up (1993, 2001)
For the rugby sevens tournament sometimes called the "Australian Sevens", see Australian Sevens.
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 team is nicknamed the Aussie Thunderbolts.[1][2] 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 will make its debut in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia has 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.

Tournament record

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

Rugby World Cup Sevens results

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Final 2nd 10 7 3 0
Hong Kong 1997 Quarterfinals  5* 5 3 1 1
Argentina 2001 Final 2nd 8 7 1 0
Hong Kong 2005 Semifinals  3rd* 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
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Commonwealth Games results

Commonwealth Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998[3] Third playoff 3rd 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 6 4 2 0
Scotland 2014 Third playoff 3rd 6 5 1 0
Australia 2018 Hosts
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World Games results

World Gamesb
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Japan 2001[4] Final 2nd 6 5 1 0
Germany 2005 Did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009
Colombia 2013
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Summer Olympics results

Olympics Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Qualified
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Oceania Sevens results

Oceania Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Samoa 2008 Did not participate
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
Samoa 2011 Third playoff 4 7 4 3 0
Australia 2012 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
Fiji 2013 Third playoff 3rd 6 4 2 0
Australia 2014 Third playoff 4 6 4 2 0
New Zealand 2015 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
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Sevens World Series

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

2000s

2010s

Honours

Current squad

Men's Sevens Squad[21]

Player Position Club Caps
Ed Jenkins (c) Forward Sydney University 41
Nick Malouf Forward University of Queensland 22
Sam Myers Forward Northern Suburbs 17
Tom Cusack Forward Canberra Royals 13
Pat McCutcheon Forward Sydney University 10
Boyd Killingworth Forward Warringah Rats 1
Simon Kennewell Forward
Con Foley Back University of Queensland 36
Greg Jeloudev Back Sydney University 32
Lewis Holland Back Queanbeyan Whites 28
Cameron Clark Back Northern Suburbs 26
James Stannard Back Souths 25
Pama Fou Back Souths 25
Allan Fa’alava’au Back Endeavour Hills 21
Tom Lucas Back Sunnybank 13
Tom Kingston Back Sydney University 2
Henry Hutchison Back Randwick 1
Stephan van der Walt Utility Souths 2
Henry Speight Utility Gunghalin 1

Previous squads

2014–15 Sevens World Series

Squad as at February 2015:[22]

Player Position
Ed Jenkins (c) Forward
Tom Cusack Forward
Nick Malouf Forward
Sam Myers Forward
Jesse Parahi Forward
Michael Wells Forward
Shannon Walker Back
Paul Asquith Back
Cameron Clark Back
Allan Fa'alava'au Back
Con Foley Back
Pama Fou Back
Alex Gibbon Back
Lewis Holland Back
Greg Jeloudev Back
Tom Lucas Back
Afa Pakalani Back
Peter Schuster Back
James Stannard Back

2014 Commonwealth Games

Squad announced July 2014:[23]

Player Position Club
Ed Jenkins Forward Sydney University
Tom Cusack Forward Canberra Royals
Jesse Parahi Forward Northern Suburbs
Sean McMahon Forward Endeavour Hills
Sam Myers Forward Northern Suburbs
Liam Gill Forward Sunnybank
Con Foley Back University of Queensland
Tom Lucas Back Sunnybank
James Stannard Back Souths
Cameron Clark Back Northern Suburbs
Pama Fou Back Souths
Greg Jeloudev Back Sydney University

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.[24]

Name Nationality Tenure Ref
Andy Friend Australia 2016– [24]
Scott Bowen Australia 2015–16 (interim) [25]
Tim Walsh Australia 2015  (interim) [26]
Geraint John Wales 2014–15
Michael O'Connor Australia 2008–13 [27]

See also

Notes

^a The ARU adopted the name Aussie Thunderbolts for the men's sevens team.[2]

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

References

  1. Aussie men in rugby seven's heaven
  2. 1 2 Spiro Zavos (6 February 2012). "How the Australian Sevens side can live up to its ‘Aussie Thunderbolts’ nickname". The Roar.
  3. Match Archive - Kuala Lumpur 1998. UR7s.
  4. "World Games VI - Akita, Japan.". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. "2000 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  6. "2001 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  7. "2002 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  8. "2003 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  9. "2004 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  10. "2005 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  11. "2006 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  12. "2007 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  13. "2008 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  14. "2009 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  15. "2010 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  16. "2011 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  17. "2012 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  18. "2013 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  19. "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  20. "2014 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
  21. Qantas Men's Sevens Squad
  22. "Qantas Men's Sevens Squad". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015.
  23. IRB (16 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games Sevens squads: Latest". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  24. 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.
  25. Men's Sevens finish seventh in Cape Town
  26. 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.
  27. "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.
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