The Australia men's national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. The current captain of the team is Nick Malouf, and the head coach is John Manenti . Rugby sevens is now recognised as an Olympic sport and made its debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified for the tournament after winning the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship. Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including at the Commonwealth Games. Team name The Australia men's national sevens side, as confirmed by head coach Andy Friend in an interview with Green and Gold Rugby website, does not have a nickname as of 2016. The team is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Aussie Thunderbolts in sections of the media, but that name refers to Australia's developmental sevens side (the second team) rather than the official national team. At the inaugural Hong Kong Sevens tournament in 1976, Australia was represented by a selected team under the name Wallaroos, originally the name of one of the foundation clubs of the Southern Rugby Union in 1874, but now used for the Australian women's team in 15-a-side rugby. Australia has also been represented at international sevens tournaments by the Australian Barbarians club. Honours Australia has won the following: World Rugby Sevens Series Champion: 2021–22 Runner-up: 2000–01 Third place: 1999–2000, 2004–05 World Cup Sevens Silver medal: 2009, 2022 Bronze medal: 2005 Commonwealth Games Sevens Silver medal: 2010 Bronze medal: 1998, 2014 Rugby sevens at the World Games Silver medal: 2001 Major tournament wins Hong Kong Sevens: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2022 Australian Sevens: 1987, 2002, 2018 London Sevens: 2010, 2022 Paris Sevens: 1998 Wellington Sevens: 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens: 2001 Shanghai Sevens: 2001 Tokyo Sevens: 2012 Regional and other tournament wins Oceania Sevens: 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019 Oktoberfest Sevens: 2017 Tournament record A red box around the year indicates a tournament played in Australia. An asterisk (*) indicates a shared placing. Rugby World Cup Sevens World Games Olympic Games Commonwealth Games Oceania Sevens Notes: Rugby Sevens was discontinued at the World Games after 2013 due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016. Australia VII or development team entered World Rugby Sevens Series 2000s 2010s 2020s Players Player records The following shows leading career Australia players based on statistics from the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are