Paris Olympians Kahli Henwood and Tia Hinds are the most recent gamers to re-sign with the Australia Sevens program, whereas two rising stars from the boys’s group have additionally penned recent offers forward of subsequent month’s HSBC SVNS Collection opener.
Australia Sevens have been steadily saying participant updates on Instagram, earlier than the brand new season will get underway in Dubai on November 29-30. The circuit may also head to Cape City’s DHL Stadium earlier than the New 12 months.
Rugby Australia’s Junior Ladies’s Participant of the 12 months Mackenzie Davis just lately re-committed to this system for 2026, together with children Amahli Hala and Piper Simons. All three made their SVNS Collection debuts through the 2025 season.
Because the Australian Ladies’s Sevens aspect seems to defend their title in Dubai but once more, there’s extra excellent news, with Henwood and Hinds returning. Henwood represented Australia on the Paris Olympics earlier than debuting on the SVNS Collection, shortly changing into a mainstay of that squad.
Hinds will likely be again on the sevens circuit in 2025/26 after lacking final season’s World Championship occasion in Los Angeles. After captaining Australia at SVNS Singapore, Hinds switched to 15s in a bid to play for the Wallaroos on the 2025 Ladies’s Rugby World Cup.
Wallaroos coach Jo Yapp began Hinds at fly-half in opposition to the Black Ferns in Newcastle earlier this yr, with the playmaker occurring to play an vital position within the group’s World Cup marketing campaign, together with an look off the bench within the quarter-final defeat to Canada.
“The usual of our taking part in group is unbelievable. Now we have Olympians amongst our group however they put a lot effort and time into ensuring that we’re all prepared,” Davis informed RugbyPass and Rugby.com.au on the 2025 Rugby Australia Awards.
“Our teaching workers and our taking part in group simply give a lot confidence in each other and we assist one another. I believe it’s simple simply to go on the market and again your self whenever you’re supported by such an unbelievable group of ladies.”
Australia Sevens additionally revealed final week that James McGregor and Jayden Blake are within the squad this season. McGregor debuted below former coach John Manenti and can put on the No. 13 for the Australia Males’s aspect through the upcoming marketing campaign.
Blake is presently in Tauranga, New Zealand, with the group forward of Ignite7 at Blake Park. The All Blacks Sevens and Fiji will play the Aussies twice every in warm-up matches forward of the primary two stops of the SVNS Collection in a matter of weeks.
“Taking part in sevens, you’re continually working 10 [kilometres] a day, getting flogged however I suppose we adore it, we’re a bit sick within the head,” Australia Males’s Participant of the 12 months James Turner informed RugbyPass and Rugby.com.au on the Rugby Australia Awards.
“I adore it, I like the boys and I’ll fortunately run 10 [kilometres] with them day by day.
“I believe we’re in a extremely great spot in comparison with final yr. We’ve acquired a extremely good, gelled group, actually good core group that’s carried on from final yr. I believe we’re on to larger and higher issues.
“We’re form of a little bit of a roller-coaster final yr as a result of we had a little bit of inexperience, however coming into this yr, I believe the boys are flying. That is my fourth yr and it’s getting fairly laborious and coaching as a result of all of the boys are fairly good.”
