Australia women's national rugby sevens team

Australia

Union

Australian Rugby Union

Nickname(s)

The Pearls

Coach(es)

Tim Walsh

Captain(s)

Sharni Williams

Team kit

World Cup Sevens

Appearances

2 (First in 2009)

Best result

Champions, 2009

Australia vs New Zealand at Dubai Women's 7s

The Australia women's national rugby sevens team represents Australia at a national level. 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] and also played in the preceding competition to the current world series, the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup.

As of 2015, the team also competes in the Pacific Games Sevens.^[2]^[3]

Tournament record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens results

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Final	01 !	6	5	1	0
2013	Plate final	5	6	5	1	0
2018	Schedule to be confirmed
Total	1 Title	2/2	12	10	2	0

Olympic Games results

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	0/0	–	–	–	–

Commonwealth Games results

Commonwealth Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2018	Hosts
Total	0 Titles	0/0	–	–	–	–

Pacific Games results

Pacific Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Not invited
2015	Final	02 !	7	6	1	0
Total	0 Titles	1/2	7	6	1	0

Oceania Women's Sevens results

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2008	Final	01 !	6	6	0	0
2012	Final	02 !	6	5	1	0
2013	Final	01 !	6	6	0	0
2014	Final	02 !	8	6	2	0
2015	Did not attend
Total	2 Titles	4/5	26	23	3	0

World Series record

2010s

Summary for Series I to VIII


	Challenge 11–12	I 12–13	II 13–14	III 14–15

Middle East	03 !rd Dubai	4th Dubai	01 !st Dubai	02 !nd Dubai

Americas	–	–	01 !st São Paulo	02 !nd São Paulo
	–	03 !rd Houston	03 !rd Atlanta	5th Atlanta
	–	–	–	7th Victoria B.C.

Asia	02 !nd Hong Kong	7th Guangzhou	02 !nd Guangzhou	–

Europe	4th London	–	–	01 !st London
Europe	–	7th Amsterdam	02 !nd Amsterdam	02 !nd Amsterdam

	3/3	4/4 46 pts 5th ^[4]	5/5 92 pts nd ^[5]	6/6 94 pts rd

Women's Sevens Series
IV 15–16		V 16–17	VI 17–18	VII 18–19	VIII 19–20

	01 !st Dubai

	01 !st São Paulo
	01 !st Atlanta
	03 !rd Victoria B.C.

	–

	–
	Clermont

3/5 76 pts 1st

Current squad

Qantas Women's Sevens Squad^[6]

Player	Position	Club	Caps
Sharni Williams (c)	Forward	Canberra Royals	16
Emilee Cherry	Back	Toowoomba Bears	14
Shannon Parry	Forward	Redlands	13
Charlotte Caslick	Back	The Tribe	13
Ellia Green	Back	Warringah	13
Alicia Quirk	Back	The Tribe	13
Emma Tonegato	Back	The Tribe	12
Tiana Penitani	Utility	Maroubra	11
Amy Turner	Back	Sunnybank	11
Gemma Etheridge	Utility	The Tribe	9
Chloe Dalton	Utility	Warringah	7
Nicole Beck	Utility	The Tribe	6
Evania Pelite	Back		6
Brooke Walker	Back	The Tribe	1
Brooke Anderson	Utility		1
Shenae Ciesiolka	Back	Toowoomba
Dominique Du Toit	Back
Laura Waldie	Back
Taleena Simon	Back	Lloyd McDermott Rugby

Previous Squads

Squad at the 2015 Pacific Games^[7]
Nicole Beck (c) Brooke Anderson Dom Du Toit Nikki Etheridge Georgie Friedrichs Mollie Gray Sarah Halvorsen Mahalia Murphy Taleena Simon Tanisha Stanton Laura Waldie Brooke Walker

2014 Qantas Women's Squad
Brooke Anderson Katrina Barker Nicole Beck Charlotte Caslick Emilee Cherry Rachel Crothers Maddison Elliot Cobie-Jane Morgan Shannon Parry Nikki Etheridge Gemma Etheridge Ellia Green Evania Perlite Tiana Penitani Alica Quirk Saofaiga Saemo Kirby Sefo Emma Tonegato Amy Turner Sharni Williams (c)

Honours

Coaches

Name	Nationality	Tenure	Refs
Tim Walsh		2013–	^[8]
Chris Lane		2011–13	^[9]

References

↑ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ "Australia and New Zealand to compete in Pacific Games". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
↑ Chand, Shalveen (30 April 2015). "History for 2015 Pacific Games". The Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
↑ "2013 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
↑ "2014 IRB Women's Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
↑ http://www.rugby.com.au/sevens/Teams/QantasWomensSevensSquad.aspx
↑ "Beck Named Captain Of Australian Women's Sevens Squad For Pacific Games". ARU Media Unit. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
↑ "Former Australian Sevens rep named new Women's coach". Australian Rugby. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
↑ "Qantas Women's Sevens coach resigns". Australian Rugby. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

External links

Official Site

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Australian Rugby Union

States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7's U-20 Schoolboys (Former: A U-21 U-19 )

Women's	Wallaroos 7's

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship National U20 Championship National Women's Championship

Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield

Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens

Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship

Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

Women's national rugby sevens teams

WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Spain United States

Other teams	Arabian Gulf Argentina Austria Barbados Belgium Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Finland Germany Ghana Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong India Iran Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Moldova Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Scotland Senegal Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

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