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The Australian Men’s and Women’s Sevens programs have today confirmed their travelling squads for both the Malaga and Seville legs of the HSBC Sevens

The rugby season finished on near a perfect note, with the Aussie sevens women taking out back-to-back Dubai tournaments and the men runner-up to the South Africa Blitzbok juggernaut in a close match. However, just as one would hope a great story or two could be spread all about rugby success, the lead story is […]

South Africa’s men’s team got their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series campaign off to a flier as they won the Dubai leg for the eighth time, while Australia’s women’s side also dominated the opening event of the season.

Date Time Australian Sevens confirmed for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Rugby Australia has today welcomed the Australian Olympic Committee confirmation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic sides. The Australian Olympic Committee announced 24 athletes to the Australian Olympic team for Tokyo for Rugby Sevens. With 205 World Series caps, the women’s side sees Rio Olympians Shannon Parry, Sharni Williams, Emma Tonegato, Evania Pelite and Charlotte Caslick return for their second Games, while Demi Hayes, Dominique Du Toit, Sariah Paki, Faith Nathan and Maddison Ashby make their Olympic debut. Boasting 174 caps of ...

Hard lessons for Aussie Sevens pre-Tokyo AAP 11 hrs ago Fraser Barton © Andrew Cornaga/AAP PHOTOS Australia's men's rugby sevens side have had a tough time of it results-wise in Townsville. Australia's men's side have failed to register a win over their Olympics counterparts New Zealand and Fiji at the Oceania Sevens tournament but insist there were lessons to be learned. Australia started strong in their final hit-out against New Zealand, but endured an ill-disciplined slide late in the game to allow the Kiwis to run away with victory 17-5 in Townsville on Sunday. Their ...