Australian Women's Sevens

{{Short description|Annual rugby sevens tournament}} {{For-text|the men's event|Australian Sevens|the teams|Australia rugby sevens team and Australia women's rugby sevens team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox rugby league football competition |current_season = 2024 Australia Sevens |seasontag = Recent tournament  |logo= |pixels = 160px |caption= |sport= Rugby sevens  |inaugural = {{nowrap|2017}} |teams= 12 |champion = {{Ru7w|IRE}} |season = 2024 |most_champs = {{nowrap|{{Ru7w|NZL}} (3)}} |website = }}

The '''Australian Women's Sevens''', currently hosted in Perth, 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.

Originally hosted at the Sydney Football Stadium{{hsp}}<ref name = guardian-2016/> 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,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/05/25/sydney-sevens-sydney-olympic-park |title=Sydney 7s has a new home in 2019 |publisher=Rugby Australia |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> and then to Western Sydney Stadium for 2020.<ref name=west-syd-2019>{{cite web |title=HSBC Sydney 7s heads to Bankwest Stadium |url=https://australia.rugby/news/2019/06/02/sydney-7s-stadium-announcement |website=Rugby Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604130537/https://australia.rugby/news/2019/06/02/sydney-7s-stadium-announcement |archive-date=4 June 2019 |date=3 June 2019}}</ref> Since 2024 the tournament has been played in Perth at Perth Rectangular Stadium.

==History==

==Champions== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;" |- !Year !{{pad|2.4em}}Venue{{pad|2.4em}} !colspan=3|Cup final !colspan=3|Placings !Refs |- bgcolor=lightgrey style="line-height:9px; font-size:85%; padding:0px;" |colspan=2 style="font-weight:bold;" | |width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Winner |width=8% style="font-weight:bold;" | Score |width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Runner-up |width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Third |width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth |width=15% style="font-weight:bold;" | Fifth | |- | 2017 | Sydney Football Stadium | {{ru7w-big|CAN}} | 21–17 | {{ru7w-big|USA}} | {{ru7w-big|NZL}} | {{ru7w-big|AUS}} | {{ru7w-big|FIJ}} |<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada beats United States in Sydney Sevens women's final|url=http://www.foxsports.com/rugby/story/canada-beats-united-states-in-sydney-sevens-women-s-final-020417|website=Fox Sports|access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 | Sydney Football Stadium | {{ru7w-big|AUS}} | 31–0 | {{ru7w-big|NZL}} | {{ru7w-big|CAN}} | {{ru7w-big|RUS}} | {{ru7w-big|FRA}} | |- | 2019 | Sydney Showground | {{ru7w-big|NZL}} | 34–10 | {{ru7w-big|AUS}} | {{ru7w-big|USA}} | {{ru7w-big|IRE}} | {{ru7w-big|CAN}} | |- | 2020 | style="padding:2px;"| Western Sydney Stadium | {{ru7w-big|NZL}} | 35–0 | {{ru7w-big|CAN}} | {{ru7w-big|AUS}} | {{ru7w-big|FRA}} | {{ru7w-big|FIJ}} | |- | colspan=100%| World Series tournaments planned for Sydney were cancelled in 2021{{hsp}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Hamilton, Sydney Sevens cancelled due to COVID-19 |url=https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/29789312/2021-hamilton-sydney-sevens-cancelled-due-covid-19 |website=ESPN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904133538/https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/29789312/2021-hamilton-sydney-sevens-cancelled-due-covid-19 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |date=4 September 2021}}</ref> and 2022,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ekin |first1=Kim |title=Four stages of World Rugby Sevens Series cancelled in space of an hour |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/four-stages-of-world-series-sevens-cancelled-in-space-of-an-hour/ |website=Rugby Pass |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903110133/https://www.rugbypass.com/news/four-stages-of-world-series-sevens-cancelled-in-space-of-an-hour/ |archive-date=3 September 2021 |date=3 September 2021}}</ref> due to COVID-19. |- | 2023 | Sydney Football Stadium | {{ru7w-big|NZL}} | 33–7 | {{ru7w-big|FRA}} | {{ru7w-big|USA}} | {{ru7w-big|IRE}} | {{ru7w-big|AUS}} | |- |2024 |Perth Rectangular Stadium |{{ru7w-big|IRE}} |19–14 |{{ru7w-big|AUS}} |{{ru7w-big|GBR}} |{{ru7w-big|USA}} |{{ru7w-big|NZL}} | |}

==See also== * Australian Sevens (men's tournament)

==References== {{reflist|refs=

<ref name= guardian-2016>{{cite news |date= 26 August 2016 |title= Australia's Olympic champion women to join Sydney Sevens event in 2017 |website= The Guardian |access-date= 30 August 2016 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/26/australias-olympic-champion-women-to-join-sydney-sevens-event-in-2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829011520/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/26/australias-olympic-champion-women-to-join-sydney-sevens-event-in-2017 |archive-date= 29 August 2016}} </ref> }}

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