{"id":457943,"date":"2026-02-04T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457943\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:00:08","slug":"australia-skippers-hotly-anticipating-home-series-outing-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457943\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia skippers hotly anticipating home Series outing in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australia\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s sevens teams are relishing the opportunity to be back on home soil this weekend in Perth.<\/p>\n

At the captain\u2019s photo Madison Ashby and Henry Hutchinson posed on Scarborough Beach ahead of what promises to be a weekend of high-octane action at the HSBC SVNS<\/a> Series stop in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

After their runners-up finish in Singapore<\/a> last weekend, Australia\u2019s women are second overall in the standings.<\/p>\n

Two points adrift of New Zealand, who they have met in the final of every stop so far, the host nation are hoping to retain their Perth title from 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love playing in Perth and the girls did a great job last year winning the title,\u201d Madison Ashby, captain of the Australian women\u2019s team, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we\u2019re looking to go back-to-back. You can\u2019t beat a home crowd, and we\u2019re fortunate to be one of only a couple of nations to play on home soil each year.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far the 2025\/26 season has been one of ups and downs for Australia\u2019s men. After a second-place finish in Dubai the side have finished seventh and fifth in Cape Town and Singapore.<\/p>\n

Getting back on home soil and a weekend at HBF Park can offer a source of comfort for the side, and an opportunity to get back on the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be back in Perth on home soil,\u201d Henry Hutchison<\/a>, captain of the Australian men\u2019s team, said. \u201cWe\u2019re ready to put in a good performance in front of our local fans and family who are travelling from all parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were pleased with how we played on the second day in Singapore and want to carry that momentum into this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s sevens teams are relishing the opportunity to be back on home soil this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-457943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457943","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=457943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}