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Union

Australian Rugby Union

Nickname(s)

The Thunderbolts ^a

Coach(es)

Tim Walsh

(interim)

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.

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

1 Tournament results
2 Honours
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Previous Squads
4 Coaches
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References

Tournament results[edit]

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

World Cup Sevens[edit]

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Final	02 !	10	7	3	0
1997	Quarterfinals	7	5	3	1	1
2001	Final	02 !	8	7	1	0
2005	Semifinals	4	7	5	2	0
2009	Group Stages	10	6	3	3	0
2013	Quarterfinals	6	4	2	1	1
2018	schedule to be confirmed
Total	0 Titles	6/6	40	27	11	2

Summer Olympics[edit]

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

World Games[edit]

World Games record ^b
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001 ^[1]	Final	02 !	6	5	1	0
2005	Did not participate
2009
2013
Total	0 Titles	1/4	6	5	1	0

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998^[2]	Third Place	03 !	5	4	1	0
2002	Quarterfinals	5	4	3	1	0
2006	Semifinals	4	6	3	3	0
2010	Final	02 !	6	4	2	0
2014	Third Place	03 !	6	5	1	0
2018	Hosts
Total	0 Titles	5/5	27	19	8	0

Oceania Sevens[edit]

Oceania Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2008	Did not participate
2009	Did not participate
2010	Champions	01 !	6	6	0	0
2011	Semifinals	4	7	4	3	0
2012	Champions	01 !	6	6	0	0
2013	Third place	03 !	6	4	2	0
2014	Semifinals	4	6	4	2	0
2015	Not held yet
Total	2 Titles	5/7	31	24	7	0

Sevens World Series[edit]

2000s[edit]

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 ^[3]		9/9 150 pts nd ^[1]	10/10 108 pts 5th ^[4]	7/7 66 pts 5th ^[5]	8/8 34 pts 8th ^[6]
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 ^[7]		8/8 40 pts 8th ^[8]	8/8 32 pts 7th ^[9]	8/8 30 pts 8th ^[10]	8/8 30 pts 8th ^[11]
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[edit]

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	–

	–	–	01 !st Tokyo	7th* Tokyo	4th Tokyo
	5th Hong Kong	6th Hong Kong	7th* Hong Kong	03 !rd Hong Kong	5th Hong Kong

	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 ^[12]		8/8 80 pts 5th ^[13]	9/9 110 pts 6th ^[14]	9/9 89 pts 8th ^[15]	9/9 116 pts 5th ^[16]
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
	03 !rd Port Elizabeth	Cape Town

	6th Wellington
	7th* Gold Coast	Sydney

	5th* Las Vegas
	–	Vancouver

	9th Tokyo	Singapore
	5th Hong Kong

	7th* Glasgow	Paris
	02 !nd London

9/9 120 pts 5th ^[17]		0/10 0 pts
Notes: * Shared placing (play-off matches for third were introduced in 2012).

Honours[edit]

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[edit]

Squad to 2014 Commonwealth Games:^[18]

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

Previous Squads[edit]

2010 Commonwealth Games:

2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series:

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

2013–14 Sevens World Series:

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

Coaches[edit]

The current (interim) head coach is Tim Walsh who was appointed in September 2015 to oversee the teams Olympic qualification campaign following the resignation of Geraint John.^[19] The previous coach, Michael O'Connor, was six years in the job from 2008.^[20]

Name	Nationality	Tenure
Tim Walsh		2015
Geraint John		2014–15
Michael O'Connor		2008–13

Notes[edit]

^a The ARU adopted the name Aussie Thunderbolts for the men's sevens team.^[21]

^b Rugby Sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "World Games VI - Akita, Japan.". Rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ Match Archive - KL 1998. UR7s.
^ "2000 IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby7.
^ "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.
^ IRB (16 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games Sevens squads: Latest". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^ 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 Mens Sevens Head Coach". Australian Rugby. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ Spiro Zavos (6 February 2012). "How the Australian Sevens side can live up to its ‘Aussie Thunderbolts’ nickname". The Roar.

National sports teams of Australia

A1 GP Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball M MU-19 W Basketball M MU-19 MU-17 W WU-19 WU-17 Beach handball M W Beach soccer M W Cricket M Aus A MU-19 W Cycling Field hockey M W Floorball Futsal M W Goalball M W Golf Gridiron Gymnastics Handball M W 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 Rugby union M MU-20 M7 W W7 Sailing Association football 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 M W Hopman Cup Volleyball M W Water polo M W Wheelchair basketball M W Wheelchair rugby

Summer Olympics Winter Olympics Summer Paralympics Winter Paralympics Commonwealth Games Universiade

National rugby union teams (sevens)

Sevens World 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

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Australian Rugby Union

States	ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union New South Wales Rugby Union Northern Territory Rugby Union Queensland Rugby Union South Australia Rugby Union Tasmanian Rugby Union Victorian Rugby Union RugbyWA

National teams

Men's	Wallabies A 7's U-21 U-20 U-19 Schoolboys

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

World Rugby Sevens Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 events	Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore France London

Former events	Beijing Cardiff Japan Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata Punta del Este Scotland Shanghai Suva

Current stadiums	Allianz Stadium BC Place The Sevens Stade Jean-Bouin Hong Kong Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Singapore National Stadium Cape Town Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

source: https://web.archive.org/web/20151128095257/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team_(sevens)

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