2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads explained

This is a list of the complete squads for the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Captains for a tournament have their number marked in bold.

Australia

Coach:

• Tim Walsh (to Sydney)
• John Manenti (Kitakyushu onwards)

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	3	Back	–	–	7	10	10
	4	Back	7	7	–	7	7
	5	Back	11	11	11	11	11
	5	Back	4	4	4	4	4
	4	Forward	3	3	12	12	–
	3	Forward	–	–	3	3	3
	3	Back	10	–	–	8	8
	3	Forward	–	–	2	2	2
	2	Forward	8	8	–	–	–
	5	Forward	1	1	1	1	1
	5	Back	6	6	6	6	6
	2	Back	–	10	10	–	–
	4	Forward	12	12	8	–	12
	5	Back	9	9	9	9	9
	5	Back	5	5	5	5	5
	2	Forward	2	2	–	–	–

Canada

Coach: John Tait

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	3		–	6	12	–	12
	4		1	1	1	–	1
	2		–	–	–	1	5
	1			6	–	–	–	–
	5			3	3	3	3	3
	5		10	10	10	10	10
	3		–	–	8	8	8
	4		5	5	5	5	–
	3		–	–	7	7	7
	2		7	7	–	–	–
	4		9	9	–	9	9
	2		8	8	–	–	–
	4		12	12	9	12	–
	5			2	2	2	2	2
	5		4	4	4	4	4
	5		11	11	11	11	11
	3		–	–	6	6	6

England

Coach: James Bailey

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	3	Back	11	11	–	–	11
	3	Back	1	–	1	–	1
	2	Back	–	1	11	–	–
	4	Forward	–	2	2	2	2
	5	Forward	7	7	7	7	7
	3	Back	–	–	10	10	10
	5	Forward	6	6	6	6	6
	1	Back	–	–	5	–	–
	2	Back	10	10	–	–	–
	1	Back	–	–	–	1	–
	2	Back	4	–	–	11	–
	5	Forward	2	9	9	9	9
	3	Back	–	5	–	12	5
	2	Forward	9	–	–	5	–
	3	Back	5	4	–	–	4
	5	Back	8	8	8	8	8
	4	Back	3	3	3	3	–
	4	Forward	12	12	12	–	12
	3	Back	–	–	4	4	3

Fiji

Coach: Iliesa Tanivula

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	1	Forward	–	3	–	–	–
	2	Back	5	–	11	–	–
	3	Forward	1	–	–	5	5
	2	Back	–	–	–	7	7
	3	Forward	10	10	7	–	–
	5	Back	2	2	3	3	3
	4	Forward	–	4	2	2	2
	3	Forward	3	1	1	–	–
	1	Back	–	7	–	–	–
	5	Back	12	12	12	12	12
	5	Back	11	11	4	4	4
	5	Back	8	8	8	8	8
	2	Forward	–	–	–	11	11
	2	Forward	–	5	–	1	1
	4	Forward	6	–	6	6	6
	2	Forward	4	–	5	–	–
	4	Back	9	9	9	–	9
	3	Back	7	–	10	10	–
	1	Back	–	–	–	9	–
	2	Back	–	6	–	–	10

France

Coach: David Courteix

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	4	Back	5	5	5	5	–
	5	Back	12	12	11	11	7
	3	Back	4	4	–	4	–
	4	Forward	7	–	2	2	2
	1	Forward	–	11	–	–	–
	4	Forward	–	1	10	10	10
	5	Back	8	8	8	8	8
	4	Back	–	7	12	12	12
	5	Forward	6	6	6	6	6
	2	Back	11	–	–	–	11
	1	Back	–	–	4	–	–
	3	Forward	10	–	9	9	–
	4	Forward	1	–	1	1	1
	2	Forward	–	10	–	–	–
	2	Back	9	9	–	–	–
	3	Back	2	2	7	–	–
	5	Forward	3	3	3	3	3
	1	Back	–	–	–	–	9
	1	Back	–	–	–	–	4
	2	Back	–	–	–	7	5

Ireland

Coach: Anthony Eddy

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	3	Forward	–	–	4	4	4
	5	Forward	6	6	6	6	6
	3	Forward	4	4	–	12	–
	3	Back	8	8	–	–	8
	5	Forward	7	7	7	7	7
	5	Back	3	3	3	3	3
	5	Back	11	11	11	11	11
	3	Back	–	2	12	–	12
	3	Back	10	10	10	10	10
	3	Back	9	9	9	9	9
	3	Back	5	5	5	5	5
	3	Forward	12	12	8	8	1
	4	Forward	1	1	1	1	–
	4	Back	2	–	2	2	2

Japan

Coach: Hitoshi Inada

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	4	Forward	–	3	3	3	3
	5	Back	10	10	10	10	10
	4	Back	–	11	11	11	11
	4	Forward	7	7	7	7	–
	3	Forward	2	2	–	–	7
	3	Forward	8	–	8	8	8
	1	Forward	–	8	–	–	–
	5	Back	1	1	1	1	1
	3	Forward	9	–	–	4	4
	4	Back	–	5	5	5	5
	1	Back	5	–	–	–	–
	5	Back	6	6	6	6	6
	5	Back	12	12	12	12	12
	3	Forward	–	–	2	2	2
	5	Back	3	9	9	9	9
	1	Back	11	–	–	–	–
	3	Forward	4	4	4	–	–

New Zealand

Coach: Allan Bunting

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	3	Forward	–	–	2	2	–
	5	Back	6	6	6	6	6
	4	Back	–	8	8	8	8
	4	Back	8	9	9	–	9
	5	Back	10	10	10	10	10
	5	Forward	5	5	5	5	5
	1	Forward	–	–	1	–	–
	1	Back	12	–	–	–	–
	5	Back	7	7	7	7	7
	2	Forward	2	2	–	–	–
	1	Forward	–	–	–	–	2
	1	Back	–	–	–	9	–
	4	Forward	1	1	–	1	1
	5	Back	3	3	3	3	3
	1	Forward	9	–	–	–	–
	5	Back	4	4	4	4	4
	4	Forward	–	12	12	12	12
	5	Forward	11	11	11	11	11

Russia

Coach: Andrey Kuzin

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	1			–	–	–	3	–
	1		–	–	–	4	–
	3	Forward	–	–	3	11	9
	3	Forward	3	3	–	–	3
	2	Back	–	9	–	12	–
	4	Forward	11	11	11	–	11
	2	Back	–	–	–	5	8
	5	Forward	6	6	6	6	6
	1		–	–	–	2	–
	1		–	–	–	7	–
	4	Forward	5	5	5	–	5
	4	Back	8	8	8	8	–
	3	Back	9	–	9	9	–
	4	Back	2	2	2	–	2
	4	Back	4	4	4	–	4
	5	Back	1	1	1	1	1
	4	Back	12	12	12	–	12
	1			–	–	–	10	–
	4	Forward	7	7	7	–	7
	4	Back	10	10	10	–	10

Spain

Coach: Pedro de Matías

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
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	1	Forward	–	8	–	–	–
	1	Back	–	–	10	–	–
	3	Back	–	1	8	6	–
	5	Forward	2	2	2	2	2
	5	Forward	5	5	5	5	5
	1	Back	–	–	–	–	10
	1	Forward	–	–	–	10	–
	5	Back	9	9	9	9	9
	5	Back	11	11	11	11	11
	5	Back	3	3	3	3	3
	2	Back	10	10	–	–	–
	1	Back	–	–	–	–	1
	5	Back	4	4	4	4	4
	3	Forward	8	–	–	8	8
	3	Back	1	–	1	1	–
	4	Forward	6	6	6	–	6
	5	Back	7	7	7	7	7
	5	Forward	12	12	12	12	12

United States

Coach: Richie Walker

team members 2017–18

Player		Position	Number
			Dubai	Sydney	Kitakyushu	Langford	Paris
			data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:0;"		data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:0;"		data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:0;"		data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:0;"		data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:0;"
	2	Back	10	10	–	–	–
	4	Back	11	11	12	11	–
	2	Back	–	–	–	8	8
	5	Forward	2	2	5	4	4
	2	Back	–	–	–	9	9
	4	Forward	–	5	3	2	2
	2	Forward	–	–	–	5	5
	1	Back	5	–	–	–	–
	5	Forward	1	1	1	1	1
	1	Forward	–	–	2	–	–
	4	Forward	3	3	–	3	3
	5	Back	4	4	4	6	6
	5	Back	6	6	6	10	10
	1	Back	–	9	–	–	–
	1	Back	–	–	–	–	7
	2	Back	12	12	–	–	–
	1	Forward	8	–	–	–	–
	1	Back	–	–	9	–	–
	2	Forward	–	8	8	–	–
	1	Forward	9	–	–	–	–
	5	Back	7	7	7	12	12
	2	Back	–	–	11	–	11
	2	Back	–	–	9	7	–

Non-core teams

One place in each tournament of the series is allocated to a national team based on performance in the respective continental tournaments within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.

Brazil

Coach: Reuben Samuel

team for Langford 2018

Number	Player	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

China

Coach: Lu Zhuan

team for Kitakyushu 2018

Number	Player	Position
1	Yu Liping
2	Hu Yu
3
4	Tong Xueqin
5	Yan Meiling
6	Wang Wanyu
7	Chen Keyi
8	Gao Yueying
9	Sun Caihong
10	Liu Xiaoqian
11	Yu Xiaoming
12	Yang Min

Papua New Guinea

Coach: Larry John

team for Sydney 2018

Number	Player	Position
1		Back
2		Back
3		Back
4		Back
5		Back
6		Forward
7		Back
8		Forward
9		Forward
10		Forward
11		Back
12		Forward

South Africa

Coach: Renfred Dazel

team for Dubai 2017

Number	Player	Position
1		Back
2		Forward
3		Back
4		Back
5		Forward
6		Back
7		Back
8		Forward
9		Back
10		Back
11		Forward
12		Forward

Wales

Coach: Nick Wakley

team for Paris 2018

Number	Player	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

See also

• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series squads (for men)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dubai Squad Lists with Career Totals. World Rugby. 29 November 2017. 29 November 2017.
2. Web site: Sydney Squad Lists with Career Totals. World Rugby. 24 January 2018. 26 January 2018.
3. Web site: Kitakyushu Squad Lists with Career Totals. World Rugby. 20 April 2018. 21 April 2018.
4. Web site: Langford Squad Lists with Career Totals. World Rugby. 11 May 2018. 12 May 2018.
5. Web site: Paris Squad Lists with Career Totals. World Rugby. 8 June 2018. 9 June 2018.