Australia national rugby sevens team

Aussie Thunderbolts ^a

Coach(es)	Andy Friend
Captain(s)	Ed Jenkins
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	6 (First in 1993)
Best result	Runner-up (1993, 2001)

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
1993	Final		10	7	3	0
1997	Quarterfinals	5 *	5	3	1	1
2001	Final		8	7	1	0
2005	Semifinals	*	7	5	2	0
2009	Plate final	10	6	3	3	0
2013	Quarterfinals	5 *	4	2	1	1
2018	Schedule to be confirmed
Total	0 Titles	6/6	40	27	11	2

Commonwealth Games results

Commonwealth Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998[3]	Third playoff		5	4	1	0
2002	Quarterfinals	5 *	4	3	1	0
2006	Third playoff	4	6	3	3	0
2010	Final		6	4	2	0
2014	Third playoff		6	5	1	0
2018	Hosts
Total	0 Titles	5/5	27	19	8	0

World Games results

World Games ^b
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001 [4]	Final		6	5	1	0
2005	Did not participate
2009
2013
Total	0 Titles	1/4	6	5	1	0

Summer Olympics results

Olympics Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	0/0	-	-	-	-

Oceania Sevens results

Oceania Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2008	Did not participate
2009
2010	Final		6	6	0	0
2011	Third playoff	4	7	4	3	0
2012	Final		6	6	0	0
2013	Third playoff		6	4	2	0
2014	Third playoff	4	6	4	2	0
2015	Final		6	6	0	0
Total	3 Titles	6/8	37	30	7	0

Sevens World Series

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

2000s

Summary for Series I to X 

World Sevens Series
I 99–00		II 00–01	III 01–02	IV 02–03	V 03–04
	5th Dubai	rd* Dubai	–	rd* Dubai	6th Dubai
	5th Stellenbosch	rd* Durban	5th Durban	rd* George	7th* George
	rd* Wellington	st Wellington	7th* Wellington	rd* Wellington	10th Wellington
	nd Brisbane	cancelled^‡ Brisbane	st Brisbane	5th Brisbane	–
	rd* Suva	–	–	–	–
	rd* Mar del Plata	–^†	5th Mar del Plata	–	9th Los Angeles
	5th Punta del Este	–	7th* Santiago	–	–
	rd* Hong Kong	rd* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong
	rd* Tokyo	nd Tokyo	rd* Singapore	cancelled^§ Singapore	7th* Singapore
	–	st Shanghai	rd* Beijing	cancelled^§ Beijing	–
	–	st Kuala Lumpur	rd* Kuala Lumpur	–	–
	–	nd London	5th London	5th London	7th* London
	rd* Paris	nd Cardiff	rd* Cardiff	6th Cardiff	6th Bordeaux
10/10 118 pts rd [5]		9/9 150 pts nd [6]	10/10 108 pts 5th [7]	7/7 66 pts 5th [8]	8/8 34 pts 8th [9]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were eventually introduced in 2012). ^† Mar del Plata hosted the Sevens World Cup instead of a leg in the 2001 series. ^‡ Tournament cancelled by IRB in response to government sanctions against Fiji. ^§ Tournament cancelled due to concerns about the SARS outbreak in Asia in 2002.

IRB Sevens World Series
VI 04–05		VII 05–06	VIII 06–07	IX 07–08	X 08–09
	7th* Dubai	7th* Dubai	7th* Dubai	9th Dubai	7th* Dubai
	9th George	7th* George	9th George	11th* George	10th George
	5th Wellington	7th* Wellington	11th* Wellington	rd* Wellington	11th* Wellington
	–	–	5th Adelaide	7th* Adelaide	6th Adelaide
	–	–	–	–	–
	rd* Los Angeles	7th* Los Angeles	7th* San Diego	12th San Diego	9th San Diego
	–	–	–	–	–
	–^†	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong
	6th Singapore	7th* Singapore	–	–	–
	–	–	–	–	–
	–	–	–	–	–
	6th London	11th* London	6th London	9th London	7th* London
	7th* Paris	rd* Paris	11th* Edinburgh	9th Edinburgh	6th Edinburgh
7/7 42 pts 7th [10]		8/8 40 pts 8th [11]	8/8 32 pts 7th [12]	8/8 30 pts 8th [13]	8/8 30 pts 8th [14]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were eventually introduced in 2012). ^† Hong Kong hosted the Sevens World Cup instead of a leg in the 2005 series.

2010s

Summary for Series XI to XX 

World Sevens Series
XI 09–10		XII 10–11	XIII 11–12	XIV 12–13	XV 13–14
	5th Dubai	6th Dubai	5th Dubai	15th Dubai	9th Dubai
	7th* George	7th* George	7th* Port Elizabeth	9th Port Elizabeth	10th Port Elizabeth
	5th Wellington	rd* Wellington	10th Wellington	5th Wellington	5th Wellington
	rd* Adelaide	7th* Adelaide	4th Gold Coast	7th* Gold Coast	nd Gold Coast
	rd* Las Vegas	7th* Las Vegas	10th Las Vegas	13th Las Vegas	6th Las Vegas
	–	–	–	cancelled^† Mar Del Plata	–
	5th Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	7th* Hong Kong	rd Hong Kong	4th Hong Kong
	–	–	st Tokyo	7th* Tokyo	5th Tokyo
	nd Edinburgh	nd Edinburgh	5th Glasgow	9th Glasgow	7th* Glasgow
	st London	6th London	5th London	nd London	nd London
8/8 122 pts rd [15]		8/8 80 pts 5th [16]	9/9 110 pts 6th [17]	9/9 89 pts 8th [18]	9/9 116 pts 5th [19]
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). ^† World 7s component cancelled due to demands on UAR joining The Rugby Championship.

World Rugby Sevens Series
XVI 14–15		XVII 15–16	XVIII 16–17	XIX 17–18	XX 18–19
	nd Dubai	6th Dubai
	rd Port Elizabeth	7th* Cape Town
	6th Wellington	5th Wellington
	7th* Gold Coast	nd Sydney
	5th Las Vegas	nd Las Vegas
	–	rd Vancouver
	5th Hong Kong	4th Hong Kong
	9th Tokyo	7th* Singapore
	7th* Glasgow	Paris
	nd London	London
9/9 120 pts 5th [20]		7/10 115 pts 4th
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012). :^† World 7s component cancelled

Honours

• Hong Kong Sevens Winners 1979
• Hong Kong Sevens Winners 1982
• Hong Kong Sevens Winners 1983
• Hong Kong Sevens Winners 1985
• Hong Kong Sevens Winners 1988
• France Sevens Winners 1998
• Wellington Sevens Winners 2001
• Kuala Lumpur Sevens Winners 2001
• Shanghai Sevens Winners 2001
• Australian Sevens Winners 2002
• London Sevens Winners 2010
• Japan Sevens Winners 2012

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

• James Stannard
• Greg Jeloudev
• Con Foley
• Sam Myers
• Ed Jenkins
• Sean McMahon
• Jesse Parahi
• Paul Asquith
• Nick Malouf
• Tom Lucas
• Luke Morahan
• Shannon Walker

2010–11 Sevens World Series

• Hamish Angus
• Trent Dyer
• Bernard Foley
• Shaun Foley
• John Grant
• Michael Hodge
• Nicholas Phipps
• Greg Jeloudev
• Ed Jenkins
• Tevita Kuridrani
• Jono Lance
• Daniel Yakopo

2010 Commonwealth Games

• Bernard Foley
• Brian Sefanaia
• James Stannard
• Kimami Sitauti
• Lachie Turner
• Liam Gill
• Luke Morahan
• Luke Phipps
• Nick Cummins
• Pat McCabe
• Pat McCutcheon
• Robbie Coleman

Coaches

The current head coach is Andy Friend who was appointed in January 2016.^[24]

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

See also

• World Sevens Series
• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• Commonwealth Games
• Oceania Sevens
• Australian Rugby Sevens Championships
• Australian national rugby union team
• Australia women's national rugby union team (sevens)

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

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