OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020: WOMEN’S TEAM PROFILES AND BIOGRAPHIES AUSTRALIA Head coach: John Manenti Co-captains: Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry Olympic record: 2016 – Champions Tokyo 2020 seeding: 3 World Rugby Sevens Series record: 2012-13 – Fifth / 2013-14 – Runners-up / 2014-15 – Third / 2015-16 – Champions / 2016-17 – Runners-up / 2018 – Champions / 2019 – Fourth / 2020 – Runners-up Did you know…? • Australia won the first Olympic rugby sevens gold medal at Rio 2016, beating New Zealand 24-17 in the gold medal match • Sharni Williams, Shannon Parry, Charlotte Caslick, Emma Tonegato and Evania Pelite are gold medallists returning for a second Olympic Games • Australia qualified for Tokyo 2020 by finishing fourth in the World Rugby Sevens Series 2019, claiming the last direct place Shirt Full name DOB Height Weight Events Points Tries Notes # (Age) (cm) (kg) John Manenti 29/03/71 - Third full season as head coach (50) - Assistant coach to Tim Walsh for Rio 2016 - Took over in April 2018 after Commonwealth Games as interim coach - Officially handed role in June 2018 - Former Australia women’s 15s head coach and Australia U20 assistant coach 1 Shannon 27/10/89 170 72 34 105 21 - Rio 2016 Olympic Games gold-medal winning co-captain Parry (co- (31) - Joint second-most capped Australian player with Alicia Lucas (behind Sharni captain) Williams, 35) - Led Australia to second World Rugby Sevens Series title in 2018 - Made Australia debut on Series in Amsterdam in 2013 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 - Captained Australia at women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 and 2017 (15s) - Played 19 tests for Australia (15s) - Mother is American, father New Zealander - Qualified secondary school teacher 2 Sharni 02/03/88 165 79 35 438 48 - Rio 2016 Olympic Games gold-medal winning co-captain Williams (co- (33) - Received the Shawn Mackay Award (Women’s Sevens Player of the Year) for captain) 2020 Page 2 of 38 - Australia’s most-capped player in Series history - Named in Dream Team for the 2020 Series - Led Australia to second World Rugby Sevens Series title in 2018 - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2012 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 - Captained Australia at women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 (15s) - Played 12 tests for Australia (15s) - Former car mechanic 3 Faith Nathan 27/07/00 164 62 4 35 7 - Turned 21 earlier this week (21) - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2019 Sevens Series 4 Dominique 19/05/97 167 56 15 150 30 - Unused travelling reserve for Rio 2016 du Toit (24) - Gold medallist at Youth Olympic Games 2014 in Nanjing - Two-time World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champion - Made Australia debut on Series in Atlanta in 2016 - Scored two tries in Dubai 2017 final defeat of USA - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 - Missed RWC Sevens with broken collarbone 5 Emma 20/03/95 165 66 31 625 125 - Won gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, scoring try in gold medal match Tonegato (26) - One of seven Australians to play 30 events on World Series - Third highest Australian try-scorer on World Series behind Ellia Green (141) and Emilee Cherry (131) - Two-time World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champion - Named in Dream Team for 2018 Series - Joint third-highest try scorer on 2018 Series with 26 - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2013 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 6 Evania Pelite 12/07/95 169 67 26 320 64 - Won gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, scoring try in the gold medal match (26) - Two-time World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champion - Named in Dream Team for 2018 Series - Made Australia debut on Series in Amsterdam in 2013 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 - Named Rugby Australia Women’s Sevens Player of the Year 2018 - Ambassador for Wheelchair Rugby World Championship 2018 in Sydney 7 Charlotte 09/03/95 170 64 33 487 97 - Gold medallist at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Caslick (26) - First Australian to play in 30 events on Series in Langford in 2019 Page 3 of 38 - Two-time World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champion - World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of Year 2016 - Made Australia debut on Series in Amsterdam in 2013 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Brother Sam played for Australia in two Series events in 2016-17 - Engaged to Australia men’s sevens player Lewis Holland 8 Madison 22/01/01 165 65 5 20 4 - Made Australia debut on Series in Glendale in 2018 Ashby (20) - Caught eye playing for University of Technology Sydney in Aon University Sevens Series 9 Tia Hinds 11/05/02 168 66 0 0 0 - Yet to play on World Series (19) - Youngest player in the Australia sevens squad - Switched to rugby sevens after watching Rio 2016 success 10 Sariah Paki 12/10/01 172 65 10 25 5 - Made Australia debut on Series in Dubai in 2018 (19) 11 Demi Hayes 25/05/98 172 63 12 75 15 - Two-time World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series champion (23) - Made debut for Australia on Series in Langford in 2016 - Bronze medallist at RWC Sevens 2018 - Silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2018 on home soil - Gold medallist at Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 12 Maddison 27/04/02 186 72 0 0 0 - Yet to play on World Series Levi (19) - Put her AFLW dreams on hold to chase Olympic gold – has clause in contract with Suns that allows her to take break to focus on Olympics, Commonwealth Games and RWC Sevens over next year - Went to watch Australia train and shown gold medal by Ellia Green 13 Alysia Lefau- 05/11/00 170 73 0 0 0 - Yet to play on World Series Fakaosilea (19) - Made test debut for Australia at 18, playing twice against Japan and twice against New Zealand in 2019 (15s) - Niece of former Wallaby Will Skelton (18 tests 2014-16) - Born in New Zealand but moved to Australia Page 4 of 38 BRAZIL Head coach: Will Broderick (GBR) Captain: Raquel Kochhann Olympic record: 2016 – Ninth Tokyo 2020 seeding: 11 World Series record: 2012-13 – 10th / 2013-14 – Ninth / 2014-15 – 10th / 2015-16 – 10th (non-core team) / 2016-17 – 11th / 2018 – 14th (non-core team) / 2019 – 15th (non-core team) / 2020 – 12th Did you know…? • Brazil qualified for Tokyo 2020 by winning the South America qualifier, beating Colombia 28-15 in the final • Four players return from Brazil’s squad at Rio 2016 in Luiza Campos, Raquel Kochhann, Isadora Cerullo and Haline Scatrut • By finishing ninth at Rio 2016, Brazil claimed a core team place on the World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 as the highest ranked non-core team in the Games Shirt Full name DOB (Age) Height Weight Events Points Tries Notes # (cm) (kg) Will 17/09/92 - First global tournament as head coach Broderick (28) - Played six tests for Brazil in 2017-18 as scrum-half (15s) (Head coach) - Performance coach for team at World Rugby U20 Trophy 2019 (15s) 1 Mariana 16/11/97 160 70 12 25 5 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2016 Nicolau (23) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Introduced to rugby in 2012 through social project at Sao Jose RC 2 Luiza 30/07/90 165 68 23 40 8 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Campos (30) - Turns 31 on day two of the women’s competition at Tokyo 2020 - One of only two Brazil players to take part in more than 20 Series events - Made Brazil debut on Series in Dubai in 2012 - Played at RWC Sevens 2013 and 2018 - Started playing rugby in 2010 after girl in a skate park in Porto Alegre invited her to a practice 3 Rafaela 25/11/99 162 70 5 5 1 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2018 Zanellato (21) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Started playing rugby in 2015 in Curitiba - Named Best Young Player by Brazilian union in 2017 - Made her Brazil debut in Sudamérica Rugby Sevens 2017 aged 17 Page 5 of 38 4 Leila dos 23/10/96 160 56 6 5 1 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Clermont-Ferrand in 2017 Santos Silva (24) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 5 Thalia da 30/05/97 153 54 6 55 11 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2019 Silva Costa (24) - Scored a last-gasp try in the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens final against Argentina in 2018 to secure a 14th regional title for Brazil - Twin sister Thalita da Silva Costa is also in the squad 6 Isadora 24/03/91 158 61 14 49 5 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Cerullo (30) - Her now wife Marjorie proposed to her in the Deodoro Stadium after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2015 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Born in USA to Brazilian parents - Started playing rugby at Columbia University - Moved to Brazil in 2014 to join Olympic rugby programme 7 Aline Furtado 02/10/95 162 59 2 0 0 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2017 (25) - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Started playing rugby in 2013 at University in Sao Paulo - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2017 8 Mariana 06/10/93 66 0 0 0 - Yet to play on World Series Fioravanti (27) 9 Haline Leme 09/08/92 169 66 17 57 11 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games (28) - Made Brazil debut on Series in Amsterdam in 2014 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 10 Raquel 06/10/92 172 72 25 220 20 - Played at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Kochhann (28) - Brazil’s most experienced player in Series history (captain) - Made Brazil debut on Series in Dubai in 2013 - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Started playing rugby in 2011 aged 19 - Made Brazil debut at University Games in Russia in 2013 11 Bianca Silva 22/07/98 174 63 15 130 26 - One of the Unstoppables in World Rugby’s ‘Women in Rugby’ @Try (23) and Stop Us’ campaign in May 2019 - Made Brazil debut on Series in 2015 in Dubai - Played at RWC Sevens 2018 - Started playing rugby aged 11 through the Rugby Para Todos (Rugby for all) social project in Paraisopolis 12 Thalita da 30/05/97 158 64 0 0 0 - Yet to make Brazil debut on Series Silva Costa (24) - Twin sister Thalia Costa i salso in the squad Page 6 of 38 13 Eshyllen 18/08/00 175 69 5 0 0 - Made Brazil debut on Series in Langford in 2018 Coimbra (20) - Inspired to take rugby seriously by Rio 2016 Information correct at time of publication.