Wallaroos flyer to make Australia Sevens debut in Singapore

All-time Wallaroos try scorer Maya Stewart has been included in the Australia Sevens squad for their HSBC SVNS Series stop in Singapore.

Stewart has been training with the Australia Women’s Sevens squad since she returned from the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

The 25-year-old New South Wales native was a member of the Australia A squad that competed in Dubai’s invitational competition in November.

Tim Walsh has made a total of five changes to the squad that lifted silverware in Cape Town in December.

This includes a return for Sidney Taylor, who missed all of 2025 due to an ACL injury at the Olympic Games in Paris. Tia Hinds, Sariah Paki and Kaitlin Shave have all returned to the squad. The team have been pooled with Fiji, Japan and USA.

Tim Walsh, Australia Women’s Sevens coach, said: “We have a healthy programme full of in form and available players and our performance staff have prepared and treated players to optimise availability.

“We have strong momentum coming off a satisfying tournament win in Cape Town and aim to continue our growth while staying on course with our short, medium and long-term strategy.

“The inclusion of debutant Maya Stewart provides finishing expertise and a mature ruthless edge. Debuts are earned and very special for the whole team.

“We will approach Singapore in moments with a staunch focus on our immediate opposition before switching attention to Perth the following week.”

In the men’s squad there is a debut for 19-year-old Cooper Watters. He joined the sevens squad recently after he moved to Sydney and has experience with the NSW Waratahs, Australian Schoolboys and Australia Under-20s.

Overall it is an inexperienced men’s team, with five players possessing less than four tournaments’ experience.

Ahead of Singapore, Australia are grouped with Argentina, France and New Zealand

Liam Barry, Australia Men’s Sevens coach, said: “It’s exciting to see a young group grow from their Dubai and Cape Town experience.

“We’ve had a longer turnaround ahead of this round and have been able to send some of our guys to the Coral Coast 7s earlier this month in Fiji which was a great opportunity for them.

“Cooper Watters is a hard-working young man who has come through the Under-20s system and could make his debut this weekend which is a fantastic opportunity for him to travel with the group.

“The players have been training really well, we just want to see some consistency in our games and growth overall.”

Australia Women’s Sevens team for Singapore

3. Faith Nathan
5. Teagan Levi
6. Madison Ashby (cc)
8. Kaitlin Shave
9. Tia Hinds
10. Isabella Nasser (cc)
12. Maddison Levi
13. Heidi Dennis
21. Maya Stewart*
22. Bienne Terita
23. Ruby Nicholas
65. Sariah Paki
98. Sidney Taylor

Australia Men’s Sevens team for Singapore

1. Henry Hutchison (c)
2. Ben Dowling
3. James McGregor
4. Dietrich Roache
7. Josh Turner
9. Will Cartwright
10. Ben Dalton
13. Jayden Blake
21. Cooper Watters*
23. Aden Ekanayake
24. Ethan McFarland
33. Harry Wilson
77. Wallace Charlie

Players unavailable for selection

Charlotte Caslick (calf) – Vancouver 7s
Mackenzie Davis (quad) – Perth 7s
Kahli Henwood (ankle) – Perth 7s
Demi Kennewell (knee) – Vancouver 7s
Michael Icely (shoulder) – Vancouver 7s
Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea (shoulder) – Vancouver 7s
Maurice Longbottom (hamstring) – Vancouver 7s
Beau Morrison (knee) – TBC
Henry Paterson (knee) – 2026/2027 season
James Turner (foot) – Vancouver 7s