LIVE: Australia Sevens out for success maiden New York event

Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 1:23 PM
Nathan Williamson
by Nathan Williamson
Jayden Blake finishes off a lovely team try in Australia Sevens Men's opening match of Vancouver

The Australian Sevens teams are looking for success as the SVNS World Series heads to New York for the first time ever.

The event will conclude the regular season before the three-leg World Championship, which sees the competition expand back to 12 teams.

Watch the 2025-2026 HSBC SVNS Series live and on demand via Stan Sport.

The Men kick off their tournament against France (1:44 am AEDT), coming off another semi-final appearance in Vancouver as they name an unchanged squad.

For the Women, they will open their campaign against Japan (3:12 am) after finishing as runners-up last week.

Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea makes an emotional return after almost two years out due to injury.

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Follow a recap of all the action, game by game, below

Australia Women’s Sevens team for 2025/2026 HSBC SVNS New York:

2. Amahli Hala – 6 events

3. Faith Nathan – 37 events

5. Teagan Levi – 29 events

6. Madison Ashby (c) – 30 events

8. Kaitlin Shave – 11 events

9. Tia Hinds – 26 events

10. Isabella Nasser (c) – 22 events

11. Demi Kennewell – 29 events

12. Maddison Levi – 32 events

13. Heidi Dennis – 11 events

15. Kahli Henwood – 10 events

55. Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea – 15 events

65. Sariah Paki – 40 events

Australia Men's Sevens team for 2025/2026 HSBC SVNS New York:

1. Henry Hutchison (c) – 64 events

2. Ben Dowling – 25 events

4. Dietrich Roache – 32 events

7. Josh Turner – 42 events

10. Ben Dalton – 14 events

11. Maurice Longbottom – 50 events

13. Jayden Blake – 11 events

14. James Turner – 23 events

23. Aden Ekanayake – 12 events

24. Ethan McFarland – 5 events

33. Harry Wilson – 5 events

49. Archie Saunders – 1 event

77. Wallace Charlie – 6 events

HSBC SVNS WORLD SERIES NEW YORK SCHEDULE

AUSTRALIA MEN

  • Sunday March 15: Australia v France (1:44am AEDT)
  • Sunday March 15: Australia v New Zealand (4:40am AEDT)
  • Sunday March 15: Australia v South Africa (7:58am AEDT)

AUSTRALIA WOMEN

  • Sunday March 15: Australia v Japan (3:12am AEDT)
  • Sunday March 15: Australia v Canada (6:08am AEDT)
  • Sunday March 15: Australia v USA (9:26am AEDT)

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