Australia’s men’s and women’s sevens teams have fallen short of expectations at the Sydney Sevens.
In their first World Sevens Series games in Sydney in three years,the men’s and women’s sides both scored important wins.
Australia head into the Sydney Sevens after emerging as a new force in world sevens. The problem is,they’re not the only ones.
The Sydney Sevens returns to Allianz Stadium for the first time since 2018,when Australia’s women’s team pulled off an almost impossible feat.
The Sydney Sevens returns after a two-year absence but it has a fight on its hands to remain the Australian host city of a new World Sevens Series.
She is the world’s best women’s sevens player and,according to her coach,one of Australia’s best ever rugby players. And Charlotte Caslick is staying put for the next four years.
The veteran sevens star says she is in good enough physical condition to play at the Paris Olympics as a 36-year-old.
Sprinter-turned-sevens recruit Trae Williams spent a year in the club rugby wilderness after being cut by the Aussie program. But he has won a hard-earned recall.
Australian rugby saw a year of injury,growth,setbacks and success,with dominant sevens teams,Wallaroos fight,revival in NSW and a drama-filled Wallabies season.
After winning every trophy possible last season,the Australian women’s sevens team picked up where they left off with victory in the first tournament of the new season in Dubai.
David Campese remembers being booed by the crowd at the Hong Kong Sevens,the last time Australia won the famous tournament before the class of 2022 broke the drought.