{"id":355716,"date":"2025-12-18T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355716\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:45:28","slug":"global-youth-sevens-2025-both-japan-and-china-girls-competing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355716\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Youth Sevens 2025 – Both Japan and China Girls Competing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Global Youth Sevens 2025 takes place at Dilworth School in Auckland, New Zealand, from 19\u201321 December, and the Japanese Girls will return to defend their title, while the Chinese Girls will also be attending.<\/p>\n

The organisers said, \u201cThe Global Youth Sevens (est. 2016) is an international U18 boys and girls sevens rugby tournament with 72 boys and girls teams from 9 nations across the globe competing in December 2025. The tournament offers opportunities for New Zealand and internationally based U18 national representative sides, composite sides and academies to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 72 teams from 12 nations with 800 youth Sevens players set to compete over three days. The Japanese Girls<\/a> and Australian Under-18 Boys are the reigning champions.<\/p>\n

2025 Global Youth Sevens Schedule<\/p>\n

Day 1 Field 1<\/p>\n

Japan Girls vs NZ Fijian Girls
\nChina Girls vs Hibiscus Coast (NZ)<\/p>\n

\"2025<\/p>\n

Day 1 Field 2<\/p>\n

\"2025<\/p>\n

Day 1 Field 3<\/p>\n

\"2025
\nGlobal Youth Sevens 2025 Announced Squads (Selected)
\nJapan Girls Squad<\/p>\n

You can see more about the Japanese U18 squad from the JRFU<\/a>. The Head Coach is Shigeaki Nonomura, who selected the 14 members through the Women\u2019s Sevens Youth Academy activities this year. The squad includes four players from Kanto Gakuin Mutsuura High School and four players associated with the MIE Pearls rugby club.<\/p>\n

They will play the NZ Cavaliers before playing three pool games in the Global Youth Sevens to try and defend their title<\/p>\n

Hinako AKAGI
\nNami ASARI
\nYuna IKENAGA
\nAoi ICHINOSE
\nChihiro ITO
\nSo INOUE
\nSatsuki OUCHIDA
\nHiyori KAWACHI
\nHinata KAWABE
\nHonomi SHIMAZU
\nYui TOGASHI
\nAko Nakano
\nYui HARADA
\nYuna HOSOKAWA<\/p>\n

\"Japan<\/p>\n

Photo Credit \u2013 JRFU<\/p>\n

China Girls Squad<\/p>\n

\"China<\/p>\n

The Chinese Girls are coached by former NZ 7s player Rocky Khan, who has been working with the Chinese Rugby Football Union for the past two seasons on the pathway development and senior Women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

\"China<\/p>\n

Photo Credit \u2013 Rocky Khan<\/p>\n

Australia Sevens U18 Boys Squad<\/p>\n

\"Australia<\/p>\n

Former Australian Sevens players Stu Dunbar and Tom Connor will coach the defending Botys Champions with returning players including Tom Hartman, Jarvis Orr and Bailey Roberts-Lintmeijer. Both Roberts-Lintmeijer and Folkes are currently on development contracts with the Australian Men\u2019s Sevens national program, confirmed Rugby Australia.<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia Head of Men\u2019s Sevens Pathways Shannon Fraser said<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve selected a strong team after starting the selection process from 32 players last month, and we believe this group can help us go back-to-back this year.<\/p>\n

The team we\u2019ve selected has great representation across Australia, with players coming from not only the typical strongholds of NSW and Queensland but also from the ACT, Western Australia, and Victoria, further highlighting the strength of rugby sevens nationwide.<\/p>\n

The Global Youth 7s has been a natural pathway for our players to progress through to the Aussie Men\u2019s program, and we anticipate that to continue through to the 2028 Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brody Folkes \u2013 Australia Sevens \u2013 St Ignatius College Riverview
\nChayse Geros \u2013 ACT Brumbies \u2013 St Augustine\u2019s College
\nTom Hartman \u2013 NSW Waratahs \u2013 Sydney University RFC
\nRyder Koia \u2013 Queensland Reds \u2013 Brisbane Boys College
\nIziah Lolohea \u2013 Western Force \u2013 Nedlands RUFC
\nJulian Minto \u2013 NSW Waratahs \u2013 St Josephs College
\nTom O\u2019Hara \u2013 NSW Waratahs \u2013 The Scots College
\nJarvis Orr \u2013 ACT Brumbies \u2013 Knox Grammer School
\nTreyvon Pritchard \u2013 Queensland Reds \u2013 Anglican Church Grammar School
\nMax Prykiel \u2013 NSW Waratahs \u2013 Knox Grammer School
\nBailey Roberts-Lintmeijer \u2013 Australia Sevens \u2013 Newington College
\nWill Trostel \u2013 ACT Brumbies \u2013 Trinity Grammer School
\nIan Tunufa\u2019i \u2013 Rugby Victoria \u2013 Lilydale High School
\nHead Coach: Stu Dunbar
\nAssistant Coach: Tom Connor<\/p>\n

USA Falcons Boys
\n\"USA<\/p>\n

USA Girls
\n\"USA<\/p>\n

NZ Boys
\n\"NZ<\/p>\n

NZ Girls<\/p>\n

\"NZ<\/p>\n

Australia Sevens U18 Girls Squad<\/p>\n

\"Australia
Wallaroos winger\u00a0Waiaria Ellis is among those selected. A report suggested that as many as 90 per cent of the full-time Australia Sevens program played in Global Youth Sevens before competing on the SNVS Series.<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia Head of Women\u2019s Pathways, Lachlan Parkinson said via the union<\/a>, \u201cThe Australian Under 18s team will be looking to go one better than last year after losing the final to Japan. This has become a great rivalry with the Japanese girls after they won in 2022, before we regained the title in 2023, and they won it back in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aimee Henry \u2013 Queensland
\nCharli Nikola \u2013 Queensland
\nCobi Ryan-Last \u2013 NSW
\nDarci Turinui \u2013 NSW
\nDarcie Prosser-Shaw \u2013 NSW
\nKaelyn Passi \u2013 Queensland
\nLacey Cross \u2013 NSW
\nLayne Prince \u2013 Queensland
\nLogan Lemusu \u2013 NSW
\nMaddi Pomerenke \u2013 Queensland
\nPeyton Lefau-Fakaosilea \u2013 Queensland
\nTahlia O\u2019Brien \u2013 NSW
\nWaiaria Ellis \u2013 NSW
\nHead Coach \u2013 Shannon Parry
\nManager \u2013 Ryan Webster
\nAthletic Performance \u2013 Katelyn Murray
\nPhysiotherapist\u00a0\u2013 Emma Craig<\/p>\n

Australian Schoolgirls Squad<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia Head of Women\u2019s Pathways, Lachlan Parkinson, said, \u201cThe Australian Schoolgirls Under 18s program is also a major part of the 7s pathway in Australia, providing additional opportunities for our elite youth players to participate in an international tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billie Backus \u2013 King\u2019s Christian College, Queensland
\nChloe Sivewright \u2013 Richmond River High School, NSW
\nEllazae Elers \u2013 Hunter Sports High School, NSW
\nGeorgina Hayes \u2013 Mater Dei Catholic College, NSW
\nKeira Callaghan \u2013 Hunter Sports High School, NSW
\nLusiana Vesikula \u2013 Kingsgrove High School, NSW
\nMatilda Vial \u2013 Keebra Park State High School, Queensland
\nMatilda Richards \u2013 Mt. St Michael\u2019s College, Queensland
\nMia Byrnes \u2013 The Glennie School, Queensland
\nPoppy Gibbons \u2013 The Glennie School, Queensland
\nReese Orcher \u2013 Clayfield College, Queensland
\nTiki Calliste \u2013 King\u2019s Christian College, Queensland
\nTJ Murray \u2013 King\u2019s Christian College, Queensland
\nJenna Aiono \u2013 Copperfield College, Victoria (Shadow player)
\nLaura-May McGovern \u2013 Siena Catholic College, Queensland (Shadow player)
\nHead Coach \u2013 Luke Zeremes \u2013 St John\u2019s College
\nAssistant Coach \u2013 Kieran Smith \u2013 Dubbo College Senior Campus
\nManager \u2013 Sophie Shadlow \u2013 The Glennie School
\nASRU Executive \u2013 Sarah Ridgewell \u2013 Matthew Flinders Anglican College<\/p>\n

2025 Global Youth Sevens Tickets and Streaming<\/p>\n

The organisers said the 2025 tournament will be streamed via their web app and every game will be streamed LIVE on the platform<\/a>, but at a fee \u2013 a Weekend Pass for $19.99 or a Day Pass for $9.99.<\/p>\n

See here for Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Global<\/p>\n

Rugby Sevens News 2025-2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Global Youth Sevens 2025 takes place at Dilworth School in Auckland, New Zealand, from 19\u201321 December, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-355716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}