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
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Inaugural season2012
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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

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

  •   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

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  •   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

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Men's 7s

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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

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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

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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 KeebraParkSHS SkilledPark,GoldCoast [31]

Women's Youth 7s

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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 SkilledPark,GoldCoast [38]

See also

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References

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  3. ^ "Indigenous team wins plate at women's sevens". Koori Mail. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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  30. ^ Results. ARU. 2013.
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  37. ^ Results. ARU 2013.
  38. ^ Results. ARU. 2012.
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