Watch every second of the 2026 SVNS World Championship live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nBoth the Women and Men entered the deciding event of the three-leg World Championship with title aspirations after their respective wins in Spain.<\/p>\n
The Men would have their dreams ended by eventual Bordeaux winners France, but bounced back to secure their top-four spot. But the afternoon belonged to Tim Walsh’s champion team as injured superstar Maddison Levi returned to deliver a masterclass.<\/p>\n
Here’s what they had to say after a golden day in France.<\/p>\n
Player of the Final Maddison Levi<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s pretty surreal, I think the girls playing the first four games of the tournament leading up to the final was just a momentum builder.<\/p>\n
“They helped me get back and I wouldn\u2019t be here without them. We spoke before the game that it\u2019s been our most consistent season and we\u2019ve been in every final<\/p>\n
“Win or lose in that game we\u2019re building as a program, creating depth and to go out and beat an amazing New Zealand side.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s always hard when we play them. No matter when we beat them it\u2019s always a tough game.”<\/p>\n
Australia Women\u2019s Sevens co-captain Isabella Nasser <\/p>\n
“We have an amazing squad at home and the depth of our program is unbelievable.<\/p>\n
“We saved the best until last in regards to our performance and to be able to perform at the crunch time in the World Championship is really important to us.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m just really proud of the girls and how they showed up.”<\/p>\n
Australia Women’s Sevens coach Tim Walsh<\/p>\n
“I was glad New Zealand beat Canada in the semi-final so it was a fitting end for both teams and the battles we\u2019ve had throughout the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The two most consistent teams going head-to-head for the title but I thought in the end our big game players all stepped up and the depth in our program means we have more than one player capable of turning a game at any moment.<\/p>\n
“Champions are not stars. Champions are team players that consistently show up and perform even when they don\u2019t feel like it.<\/p>\n
“Being in Bordeaux we themed this tournament as the 2026 vintage. We visited a vineyard for our jersey presentation and wanted the 2026 vintage to be remembered and we\u2019ve done that.<\/p>\n
“It was a collective effort from everyone here and back home who has been part of our squad and our program is only going to get stronger next season.”<\/p>\n
Australia Men\u2019s Sevens coach Liam Barry<\/p>\n
“It wasn\u2019t the performances we were looking for this weekend after last week\u2019s efforts but I couldn\u2019t be prouder of the group for the past fortnight and this season.<\/p>\n
“To walk away from Europe finishing fourth overall, with a title in Valladolid and qualifying for next year\u2019s World Series is a great result for the program and reflection of where we are heading as a squad.<\/p>\n
“There has been a tremendous amount of growth and development from players this season and everyone has contributed in some way throughout the year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia are on top of the Sevens world after a thrilling win over New Zealand in Bordeaux to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,125979,40283,760,178643,85],"class_list":["post-722098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-mens-sevens","tag-australian-womens-sevens","tag-rugby","tag-sevens-world-series","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722098","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=722098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}