The Australian Schoolgirls Sevens team are the Global Youth Sevens Champions.
The inaugural Australian Schoolgirls Sevens team are the Global Youth Sevens winners, defeating RugbyVault Invitational from New Zealand 27-12 in the final.
The team was outstanding, showing strength, speed, agility, great ball handling and turnover skills, with a power, grit and cohesiveness not often seen. The field commentators exhausted their list of superlatives in describing this team, their spectacular end-to-end tries and never-say-die defence.
They dominated all areas of the field with a power and speed that was often simply too strong for the opposition.
Shalom Sauaso was awarded Player of the Tournament, with three Australian Schoolgirls selected in the All-Star team: Shalom Sauaso, Lili Boyle, Waiaria Ellis.
The Global Youth Sevens was held at Bond University, Gold Coast, 9-10 Dec 2023.
Results:
39-0 vs Dragons (Queensland)
75-0 vs Cook Islands (Cook Islands)
56-0 vs Tonga (Tonga)
29-0 vs BC Bears (Canada)
22-17 vs Renegades 32 U18G (Gold Coast) – Semi-Final
27-12 vs RugbyVault Invitational (New Zealand) – Final
Lili Boyle, Captain, and Charlize Ratu, Vice Captain, hold the winners’ trophy.
Cobie-Jane Morgan (Assistant Manager), Sarah Ridgewell (Head of Girls Sevens for the ASRU), Ashley Mewburn (Head Coach), Shayne Hayes (Manager) and Loa Nimarota (Team Physiotherapist)
Celebration time
