Australia national rugby union team (sevens)

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)

For the rugby sevens tournament sometimes called the "Australian Sevens", see Australian Sevens.

Australia defending against Canada at the Edinburgh 7s in 2011

The Australian 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	02 !	10	7	3	0
1997	Quarterfinals	5 *	5	3	1	1
2001	Final	02 !	8	7	1	0
2005	Semifinals	03 ! *	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	03 !	5	4	1	0
2002	Quarterfinals	5 *	4	3	1	0
2006	Third playoff	4	6	3	3	0
2010	Final	02 !	6	4	2	0
2014	Third playoff	03 !	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	02 !	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	Did not participate
2010	Final	01 !	6	6	0	0
2011	Third playoff	4	7	4	3	0
2012	Final	01 !	6	6	0	0
2013	Third playoff	03 !	6	4	2	0
2014	Third playoff	4	6	4	2	0
2015	Final	01 !	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	03 !rd* Dubai	–	03 !rd* Dubai	6th Dubai
	5th Stellenbosch	03 !rd* Durban	5th Durban	03 !rd* George	7th* George

	03 !rd* Wellington	01 !st Wellington	7th* Wellington	03 !rd* Wellington	10th Wellington
	02 !nd Brisbane	cancelled^‡ Brisbane	01 !st Brisbane	5th Brisbane	–
	03 !rd* Suva	–	–	–	–

	03 !rd* Mar del Plata	–^†	5th Mar del Plata	–	9th Los Angeles
	5th Punta del Este	–	7th* Santiago	–	–

	03 !rd* Hong Kong	03 !rd* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong	5th* Hong Kong
	03 !rd* Tokyo	02 !nd Tokyo	03 !rd* Singapore	cancelled^§ Singapore	7th* Singapore
	–	01 !st Shanghai	03 !rd* Beijing	cancelled^§ Beijing	–
	–	01 !st Kuala Lumpur	03 !rd* Kuala Lumpur	–	–

	–	02 !nd London	5th London	5th London	7th* London
	03 !rd* Paris	02 !nd Cardiff	03 !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	03 !rd* Wellington	11th* Wellington
	–	–	5th Adelaide	7th* Adelaide	6th Adelaide
	–	–	–	–	–

	03 !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	03 !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	03 !rd* Wellington	10th Wellington	5th Wellington	5th Wellington
	03 !rd* Adelaide	7th* Adelaide	4th Gold Coast	7th* Gold Coast	02 !nd Gold Coast

	03 !rd* Los Angeles	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	03 !rd Hong Kong	4th Hong Kong
	–	–	01 !st Tokyo	7th* Tokyo	5th Tokyo

	02 !nd Edinburgh	02 !nd Edinburgh	5th Glasgow	9th Glasgow	7th* Glasgow
	01 !st London	6th London	5th London	02 !nd London	02 !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

	02 !nd Dubai	6th Dubai
	03 !rd Port Elizabeth	7th* Cape Town

	6th Wellington	5th Wellington
	7th* Gold Coast	02 !nd Sydney

	5th* Las Vegas	Las Vegas
	–	Vancouver

	5th Hong Kong	Hong Kong
	9th Tokyo	Singapore

	7th* Glasgow	Paris
	02 !nd London	London

9/9 120 pts 5th ^[20]		4/10 54 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

Qantas 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

2010 Commonwealth Games

Coaches

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

Name	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]

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

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

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

National rugby union teams (sevens)

World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales

Other teams (Tier 1 & 2 nations in bold)	Andorra Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Thailand Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna West Indies Zimbabwe

Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany Ireland West Germany USSR Yugoslavia

National sports teams of Australia

A1 GP Archery Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball M MU-19 W Basketball M MU-19 MU-17 M 3x3 W WU-19 WU-17 W 3x3 Beach handball M W Beach soccer M W Cricket M Aus A MU-19 PM's XI W Cycling Field hockey M W Floorball Futsal M W Indoor Hockey W Goalball M W Golf Gridiron Gymnastics Handball M MU-21 MU-18 W WU-21 WU-18 Ice hockey M MU-20 MU-18 W WU-18 Inline hockey M W International rules M W Korfball Lacrosse M Indoor W Motorcycle Speedway Open U-21 Netball Roller derby M W Roller hockey M W Rowing Rugby league M W PM's XIII Indigenous Junior Schoolboys Rugby union M Aus A MU-21 MU-20 MU-19 Schoolboys M7 W W7 Sailing Soccer M MU-23 MU-20 MU-17 P7 W WU-20 WU-17 Softball M W MU-17 WU-17 Squash M W Swimming Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Volleyball M W Water polo M W Wheelchair basketball M W Wheelchair rugby

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