National Rugby Sevens Championships

The National Rugby Sevens Championship is an annual rugby sevens competition hosted by the Australian Rugby Union. Tournaments are held for senior men's and women's teams, as well as for junior men's and women's teams with an under-18 age requirement. It is contested by teams from Australian states and territories,[1][2] and National Indigenous representative sides,[3] as well as teams from the Australian Armed Services,[4] and Australian Universities.[5]

National Rugby Sevens Championships

Sport	Rugby sevens
Inaugural season	2012
Country	Australia

The national women's tournament was launched in its present format in 2012,[6] The inaugural national men's tournament was held in 2015.

Teams

The teams competing at the National Sevens Championships (as at 2015) are:[7]

Men

• Australian Capital Territory
• Australian Universities
• National Indigenous
• New South Wales Blue
• New South Wales White
• Northern Territory
• Queensland Red
• Queensland White
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Women

• Australian Capital Territory
• Australian Services
• Australian Universities
• National Indigenous
• New South Wales Blue
• New South Wales White
• Northern Territory
• Queensland Red
• Queensland White
• South Australia
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Championship winners

Men's 7s

Year	Winner	Tournament location	Refs
2018	Queensland Red	Ballymore, Brisbane	[8][9]
2017	Queensland Red	Epsom, Bendigo	[10][11]
2016	Queensland Red	West Beach, Adelaide	[12][13]
2015	NSW Blue	Narrabeen, Sydney	[14]

Women's 7s

Year	Winner	Tournament location	Refs
2018	not held		[9]
2017	NSW Blue	Epsom, Bendigo	[15][16]
2016	Queensland Red	West Beach, Adelaide	[13][17]
2015	NSW Blue	Narrabeen, Sydney	[18]
2014	Queensland Red	AIS, Canberra	[19]
2013	ACT	Riverview, Sydney	[20]
2012	Queensland Red	Riverview, Sydney	[21]

Men's Youth 7s

Year	Winner	Tournament location	Refs
2019	NSW I	Sunshine Coast	[22][23]
2018	NSW Blue	Ballymore, Brisbane	[9][24]
2017	NSW Blue	Ballymore, Brisbane	[25][26]
2016	NSW Blue	McGillvray Oval, Perth	[27][28]
2015	NSW Blue	Narrabeen, Sydney	[29]
2014	not held
2013	replaced by AYOF 7s		[30]
National Schoolboy Rugby 7s
2012	Keebra Park SHS	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	[31]

Women's Youth 7s

Year	Winner	Tournament location	Refs
2019	Queensland I	Sunshine Coast	[22][32]
2018	NSW Blue	Ballymore, Brisbane	[9][33]
2017	Queensland Red	Ballymore, Brisbane	[34][35]
2016	Queensland Red	McGillvray Oval, Perth	[27][28]
2015	NSW Blue	Narrabeen, Sydney	[36]
2014	not held
2013	replaced by AYOF 7s		[37]
National Schoolgirl Rugby 7s
2012	Queensland Red	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	[38]

See also

• Australia national rugby sevens team
• Australia women's national rugby sevens team
• Oceania Sevens
• Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

References

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External links

• Australian Sevens official ARU homepage