New Zealand women's national rugby union team (sevens)

New Zealand Women's Sevens
Union New Zealand Rugby Union
Coach(es) New Zealand Sean Horan [1]
Captain(s) Sarah Goss
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 2 (First in 2009)
Best result Champions 2013

The New Zealand women's national rugby union sevens team is New Zealand's representative team in rugby sevens for women. They are the reigning women's Rugby World Cup Sevens champions, having won the most recent edition in 2013,[2] and also have been a "core team" that participates in all rounds of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series since that competition's inception in 2012–13.[3][4]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within New Zealand

World Cup Sevens record

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Final 2nd 6 5 1 0
Russia 2013 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
United States 2018 Qualified
Total1 Title2/2121110

Summer Olympics record

Olympics Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Qualified
Total0 Titles1/1----

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

New Zealand won the first leg of the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series in Dubai by defeating South Africa 41 - 0 in the Cup final.[5] In the second leg of the series, (Houston, U.S.), New Zealand finished fourth after losing to the eventual tournament-winners England 12-19 in the semi-final. [6] They then came back for a strong finish to the season by winning the last two tournaments in China (Guangzhou) [7] and the Netherlands (Amsterdam) [8] to win the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series.[9]

Honours

New Zealand did not have any official sevens team for women so they were unofficially represented by the New Zealand Wild Ducks and the Aotearoa Maori New Zealand teams during the years they were playing.

Current Squad

Squad for the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series:

Forwards

  

Backs

Previous Squads

References

  1. ↑ Fred Woodcock (January 10, 2012). "Sean Horan appointed women's sevens coach". Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand are Women's RWC Sevens champions" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Schedule announced for 2013/14 Women's Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  5. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=1/news/newsid=2064598.html#hohepa+perfect+there+tonight
  6. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2065190.html#england+crowned+champions+houston
  7. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=23/news/newsid=2066125.html#new+zealand+china+sevens
  8. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=24/news/newsid=2066818.html#nz+amsterdam+sevens+wsws
  9. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=24/news/newsid=2066818.html#nz+amsterdam+sevens+wsws
  10. ↑ http://wsws.irb.com/destination/edition=4/teams/team=19/index.html

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