Wales women's national rugby sevens team
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The Wales Women's National Sevens Team represents Wales in Rugby sevens.
History
In 2006 Wales won the European Women Sevens Championship after beating England 10–7 in the final.
In 2012 they competed in round 2 of the European Women's Sevens Series which also acted as a qualifier for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. They failed to qualify after finishing in 11th place overall.{{cite web |date=2 July 2012 |title=England lead Euro women to RWC Sevens 2013 |url=http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2063198.html#england+lead+euro+women+rwc+sevens+2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008224352/http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2063198.html#england+lead+euro+women+rwc+sevens+2013 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |website=irb.com |access-date=3 November 2017}}
Wales finished in fifth place at the 2017 Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series and qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-09 |title=Wales sevens qualify for Commonwealths |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/40548787 |access-date=2022-04-17}}{{Cite web |date=2017-12-14 |title=Wales women's 7s secure place at Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-12-14/wales-women-7s-qualify-for-first-commonwealth-games |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=ITV News |language=en}} They defeated South Africa 19–14 in the seventh place playoff.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-15 |title=Final day tries for Harries and Joyce as Wales Women finish 7s campaign with a win over South Africa |url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/sport/16160249.wales-women-finish-seventh-commonwealth-games/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Western Telegraph |language=en}}
Squad
Squad to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Final Qualifier {{Cite web |url=http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/match-1985.htm |title=FIRA-AER official website |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706012016/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/match-1985.htm |url-status=dead }}
- Caryl James
- Elinor Snowsill
- Elen Evans
- Rachel Rees
- Jade Phillips (Knight)
- Nia Davies
- Laurie Harries
- Rachel Taylor
- Delyth Davies
- Charlotte Murray
- Sian Williams
- Rebecca De Filippo
Tournament history
= Commonwealth Games record =
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! colspan="10" |Commonwealth Games |
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
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|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} 2018 |7th Place Playoff |7th |5 |1 |4 |0 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} 2022
| colspan="6" |TBC |
| Total
!0 Titles !1/1 !5 !1 !4 !0 |
References
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{{European Sevens Women's Championship}}
{{Rugby union in Wales}}
{{National sports teams of Wales}}
{{Women's national rugby union sevens teams}}