Australia national rugby union team (sevens)

Australia

Union	Australian Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	The Thunderbolts[1][2][3][4][5]
Emblem(s)	Wallaby
Coach(es)	Geraint John
Captain(s)	Ed Jenkins
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	6 (First in 1993)
Best result	Runner-up (1993, 2001)

The Australian national rugby union sevens team competes in the Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Commonwealth Games and Oceania Sevens.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Not Qualified Yet
Total	0 Titles	0/0	-	-	-	-

World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Runners-Up	2nd	10	7	3	0
1997	Quarterfinals	7th	5	3	1	1
2001	Runners-Up	2nd	8	7	1	0
2005	Semifinals	4th	7	5	2	0
2009	Group Stages	10th	6	3	3	0
2013	Quarterfinals	6th	4	2	1	1
Total	0 Titles	6/6	40	27	11	2

Sevens World Series

2000s

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
1999-00	Dubai	Stellenbosch	Uruguay	Argentina	Wellington	Fiji	Brisbane	Hong Kong	Tokyo	Paris		3rd	118
2000–01	Durban	Dubai	Wellington	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Malaysia	Tokyo	London	Cardiff			2nd	150
2001–02	Durban	Chile	Argentina	Brisbane	Wellington	Beijing	Hong Kong	Singapore	Malaysia	Cardiff	London	5th	108
2002–03	Dubai	George	Brisbane	Wellington	Hong Kong	Cardiff	London					5th	66
2003–04	Dubai	George	Wellington	Carson	Hong Kong	Singapore	Bordeaux	London				8th	34

2010s

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
2009–10	Dubai 5th	George =7th	Wellington 5th	Las Vegas =3rd	Adelaide =3rd	Hong Kong 5th	London 1st	Edinburgh 2nd		3rd	122
2010–11	Dubai 6th	George =7th	Wellington =3rd	Las Vegas =7th	Hong Kong 6th	Adelaide =7th	London 6th	Edinburgh 2nd		6th	80
2011–12	Gold Coast 3rd	Dubai 5th	Port Elizabeth 7th	Wellington 10th	Las Vegas 10th	Hong Kong 7th	Tokyo 1st	Glasgow 3rd	London 5th	6th	112
2012–13	Gold Coast 7th	Dubai 15th	Port Elizabeth 9th	Wellington 5th	Las Vegas 13th	Hong Kong 7th	Tokyo 3rd	Glasgow 9th	London 2nd	8th	89
2013–14	Gold Coast 2nd	Dubai 9th	Port Elizabeth 10th	Las Vegas 6th	Wellington 5th	Tokyo 5th	Hong Kong 4th	Glasgow =7th	London 2nd	5th	116
2014–15	Gold Coast =7th	Dubai 2nd	Port Elizabeth 3rd	Wellington 6th	Las Vegas 5th	Hong Kong 5th	Tokyo 12th	Glasgow	London	5th	91

World Games

World Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001	Runners-Up	2nd	–	–	–	–
2005	Did not participate
2009
2013
Total	0 Titles	1/4	-	-	-	-

• Rugby Sevens will be discontinued at the World Games from 2013 onward due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998[6]	Third Place	3rd	5	4	1	0
2002	Quarterfinals	5th	4	3	1	0
2006	Semifinals	4th	6	3	3	0
2010	Runners-Up	2nd	6	4	2	0
2014	Third Place	3rd	6	5	1	0
2018	Hosts
Total	0 Titles	5/5	27	19	8	0

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2008	Did not participate
2009
2010	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2011	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	0
2012	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2013	Third place	3rd	6	4	2	0
2014	Semifinals	4th	6	4	2	0
2015	Not held yet
Total	2 Titles	5/7	31	24	7	0

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

Squad to 2014 Commonwealth Games:^[7]

Previous Squads

Coaches

The current head coach is Geraint John who was appointed in 2014 to take charge of the team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, following the retirement of Michael O'Connor after six years in the job.^[8]

Name	Nationality	Tenure
Geraint John		2014–
Michael O'Connor		2008–13

See also

• World Sevens Series
• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• Commonwealth Games
• Oceania Sevens
• Australian Rugby Sevens Championships
• Australian national rugby union team

References

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