All Blacks Sevens face coaching reset as Tomasi Cama exits

All Blacks Sevens head coach and HSBC SVNS Series legend Tomasi Cama has left his role with New Zealand Rugby, bringing a close to a career spanning over 15o tournaments.

The 45-year-old will depart the role at the end of the 2025-26 World Series SVNS campaign, having originally joined the coaching staff in 2017 and becoming head coach in 2023.

Cama made his debut in 2005 for the All Blacks Sevens side, retiring in 2015 as the team’s leading point scorer of all time with 2,020 points.

The livewire playmaker won World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award in 2012, before becoming a Sevens Rugby World Cup champion in 2013.

Cama also played a key role in helping New Zealand win a Gold Medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.

The head coach believes this is the right time to step away, and thanks a number of former coaches who have helped along his journey.

“I’ve had some incredible opportunities through Sevens and feel privileged to have represented the black jersey both as a player and a coach for more than 20 years,” Cama said.

“I care deeply about the players and the black jersey will forever be in my heart, but it’s time for somebody else to take the reins.

“I want to acknowledge everyone who has supported me over the years including coaches like Dave Rennie, Gordon Tietjens, and Clark Laidlaw, who gave me so much of their time and knowledge.

“And most of all, I want to thank all the players that wore the jersey before our time and how they inspire us, I want to thank all the players that I had the honour to go to battle with in the black jersey and the connections we had through those years, and I can’t wait to see the growth of all the young players coming through this team in the future.”

“We would like to thank Tomasi for his service to the All Blacks Sevens. He has put an immense amount of time and care into the jersey.

“He has written himself into the history books on the world stage as both a player and a coach inspired a generation of players with his on-field performances and then shared his mana and knowledge as a coach with the next generation of young Sevens stars.

“Now Tomasi has decided it’s time to move onto a new challenge and we wish him all the best for whatever comes next.”

“NZR would confirm the full All Blacks Sevens coaching and management group to take the team forward in July,” Porter said.