New Zealand national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team.
New Zealand
Nickname(s) All Blacks Sevens
Emblem Silver fern
Union New Zealand Rugby Union
Head coach Clark Laidlaw
Captain Scott Curry
Top scorer Tomasi Cama (2026)
Top try scorer Tim Mikkelson (168)
Home stadium Westpac Stadium
First colours
Second colours
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Appearances 6 (First in 1993)
Best result Champions (2001, 2013)

The New Zealand national rugby sevens team represents New Zealand in rugby sevens and competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.

The team has been officially known as the All Blacks Sevens since 1 June 2012.[1]

The team played for the first time at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament. In 1983 it first entered the Hong Kong Sevens, where it has been champion 10 times and runner-up another 10 times.

History

IRB Sevens

The team has won twelve of the fifteen IRB Sevens World Series events. Since 2000 when the series first started, the only times they have not won the series were in 2006 when Fiji were crowned champions, 2009 won by South Africa, 2010 when they came second to Samoa and 2015/2016 when Fiji won the series back to back.The team has won 47 tournaments out of 122 held.

2007

In the 2006–07 series, it was left until the last round at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, to find out who would win. If Fiji had won their quarter-final against Wales then they would have won the series but they lost 21–14. This meant that New Zealand needed to win the final against Samoa to win the title. With a convincing six tries to one, 34–5 scoreline, they did just that and were crowned champions.[2]

2008

The 2007–08 series saw New Zealand set several records. They became the first team in the nine-year history of the IRB Sevens to have won the first four events of a season, having won the Dubai, South Africa, Wellington and USA tournaments. During the USA Sevens, they broke their own record, set in 2001 and 2002, for most consecutive match wins in the IRB Sevens. The team extended their streak of tournaments won to the first five of the season, and a record seven overall, by defeating South Africa in the final of the 2008 Hong Kong Sevens.[3]

Their record streaks of tournaments won (7) and match wins (47) ended in the final of the Adelaide Sevens with a 15–7 defeat to South Africa.[4] Although they would lose to England in the Cup quarterfinals of the next event, the London Sevens, they won the second-level Plate final, giving them enough points to secure the 2007–08 series crown with one round to spare.[5]

Honours

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

Oceania Sevens

Global tournaments

World Rugby Sevens Series

New Zealand has won the World Rugby Sevens Series a record 12 times. No other county has won more than twice. New Zealand were particularly dominant in the early years of the Series, winning the first six series.

New Zealand national rugby sevens team at the 2009 Hong Kong Sevens
World Series record
Season Round Position
1999–00 Champions 1st
2000–01 Champions 1st
2001–02 Champions 1st
2002–03 Champions 1st
2003–04 Champions 1st
2004–05 Champions 1st
2005–06 Fourth Place 4th
2006–07 Champions 1st
2007–08 Champions 1st
2008–09 Fourth Place 4th
2009–10 Runners-Up 2nd
2010–11 Champions 1st
2011–12 Champions 1st
2012–13 Champions 1st
2013–14 Champions 1st
2014–15 Third Place 3rd
2015–16 Third Place 3rd
Total12 Titles16/16

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Quarter Finals5th6330
Total0 Titles1/16330

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Quarterfinals 7th 8 6 2 0
Hong Kong 1997 Semifinals 3rd 4 3 1 0
Argentina 2001 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0
Hong Kong 2005 Runners-Up 2nd 8 7 1 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 1 0
Russia 2013 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
United States 2018 Qualified
Total1 Title6/6383350

Other international tournaments

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
England 2002 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Australia 2006 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
India 2010 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Scotland 2014 Runners-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
Total4 Titles5/5302910

Oceania Sevens

Oceania record
Year Round Position
Samoa 2008 None
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010
Samoa 2011
Australia 2012
Fiji 2013
Australia 2014 Runners-up 2nd
New Zealand 2015 None
Total0 Titles1/8

Win summaries

Event Venue Cup Plate Bowl Shield
Winner Final Score Runner-up Winner Winner Winner
2014 Wellington Sevens Westpac Stadium
New Zealand
21–0
South Africa

Australia

Kenya

United States
2013 Gold Coast Sevens Robina Stadium
New Zealand
40–19
Australia

Fiji

France

United States
2013 London Sevens Twickenham Stadium
New Zealand
47–12
Australia

Fiji

Wales
2012 South Africa Sevens Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
New Zealand
47–12
France

Wales

Australia

Spain
2012 Scotland Sevens Scotstoun Stadium
New Zealand
29–14
England

Samoa

Russia

Kenya
2012 Wellington Sevens Westpac Stadium
New Zealand
24–7
Fiji

South Africa

Kenya

Scotland
2011 South Africa Sevens Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
New Zealand
31–26
South Africa

Wales

Scotland

Zimbabwe
2011 Adelaide Sevens Adelaide Oval
New Zealand
28–20
South Africa

Wales

United States

Japan
2011 Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Stadium
New Zealand
29–17
England

South Africa

Canada

Kenya
2011 New Zealand Sevens Westpac Stadium
New Zealand
29–14
England

Fiji

Kenya

United States
2010 South Africa Sevens Outeniqua Park
New Zealand
22–19
England

South Africa

Scotland

Zimbabwe
2009 South Africa Sevens Outeniqua Park
New Zealand
21 – 12
Fiji

England

Wales

Scotland
2009 Dubai Sevens The Sevens
New Zealand
24 – 12
Samoa

Australia

Wales

Russia
2008 Edinburgh Sevens Murrayfield
New Zealand
24 – 14
England

South Africa

Australia

Portugal
2008 Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong Stadium
New Zealand
26 – 12
South Africa

France

Russia
2008 USA Sevens Petco Park
New Zealand
27 – 12
South Africa

Fiji

Wales

Australia
2008 USA Sevens Petco Park
New Zealand
27 – 12
South Africa

Fiji

Wales

Australia
2008 Wellington Sevens Westpac Stadium
New Zealand
22 – 7
Samoa

South Africa

England

United States
2007 South Africa Sevens Outeniqua Park
New Zealand
34 – 7
Fiji

Kenya

Wales

Canada
2007 Dubai Sevens Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
New Zealand
31 – 21
Fiji

Argentina

Australia

Zimbabwe
2007 Edinburgh Sevens Murrayfield
New Zealand
34 – 5
Samoa

Fiji

England

France
2007 London Sevens Twickenham
New Zealand
29 – 7
Fiji

South Africa

England

Kenya
2006 South Africa Sevens Outeniqua Park
New Zealand
24 – 17
South Africa

Wales

Australia

Portugal
2005 Singapore Sevens National Stadium, Singapore
New Zealand
26–5
England

Samoa

France

Chinese Taipei
2005 USA Sevens Petco Park
New Zealand
34–5
Argentina

Fiji

Canada

Tonga
2005 New Zealand Sevens Westpac Stadium
New Zealand
31–7
Argentina

Australia

Kenya

Niue
2004 South Africa Sevens Outeniqua Park
New Zealand
33–19
Fiji

South Africa

Australia

Portugal

There are no fixtures available for 1999–2004

Team

Current squad

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

Head coach: Gordon Tietjens

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Events Points Union
1 FW Scott Curry (c) (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 28) 31 360 New Zealand Bay of Plenty
2 BK Tim Mikkelson (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 29) 62 882 New Zealand Waikato
3 FW Akira Ioane (1995-06-16)16 June 1995 (aged 21) 9 77 New Zealand Blues
4 FW DJ Forbes (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 33) 79 687 New Zealand Counties Manukau
5 BK Lewis Ormond (1994-02-05)05 February 1994 (aged 22) 8 82 New Zealand Taranaki
6 BK Augustine Pulu (1990-01-04)04 January 1990 (aged 26) 6 45 New Zealand Blues
7 FW Sam Dickson (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 26) 29 232 New Zealand Canterbury
8 BK Gillies Kaka (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26) 30 721 New Zealand Hawke's Bay
9 BK Regan Ware (1994-08-07)07 August 1994 (aged 21) 9 85 New Zealand Bay of Plenty
10 BK Rieko Ioane (1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 19) 10 265 New Zealand Blues
11 BK Joe Webber (1993-08-27)27 August 1993 (aged 22) 23 357 New Zealand Bay of Plenty
12 BK Sonny Bill Williams (1985-08-03)03 August 1985 (aged 31) 6 20 New Zealand Blues
13 BK Sione Molia (1993-09-05)05 September 1993 (aged 22) 6 35 New Zealand Counties Manukau

Coaches

See also

References

  1. allblacks.com (1 June 2012). "AllBlacks name extended to NZSevens and NZMaori". Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "NZ Sevens on top of the world". Television New Zealand. Newstalk ZB. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. "New Zealand maintain Series dominance in USA" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  4. "South Africa halt kiwi winning streak" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  5. "Samoa win London Sevens as NZ clinch Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  6. "Historic first for Rugby Sevens as 24 athletes named for Olympic Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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