Australian Women's Sevens

The Australian Women's Sevens, currently hosted in Sydney, is an annual rugby sevens tournament and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Australia joined the women's circuit in 2017 for the fifth edition of the series.

Australian Women's Sevens
Recent tournament
2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Inaugural season2017
Number of teams12
Holders New Zealand (2020)
Most titles New Zealand (2nd title)

Originally hosted at the Sydney Football Stadium[1] prior to its demolition and rebuilding, both the men's and women's events for the Sydney Sevens tournament were moved to the Sydney Showground Stadium in 2019,[2] and then to Western Sydney Stadium for 2020.[3]

Champions

Year  Venue  Cup final Placings Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Third Fourth Fifth
2017 Sydney Football Stadium
Canada
21–17
United States

New Zealand

Australia

Fiji
[4]
2018 Sydney Football Stadium
Australia
31–0
New Zealand

Canada

Russia

France
2019 Sydney Showground
New Zealand
34–10
Australia

United States

Ireland

Canada
2020 Western Sydney Stadium
New Zealand
33–7
Canada

Australia

France

Fiji

See also

References

  1. "Australia's Olympic champion women to join Sydney Sevens event in 2017". The Guardian. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. "Sydney 7s has a new home in 2019" (Press release). Rugby Australia. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. "HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium". Rugby Australia. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019.
  4. "Canada beats United States in Sydney Sevens women's final". Fox Sports. Retrieved 7 March 2017.


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