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🇦🇺 NINE RENEGADES SELECTED FOR AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS 7s 💙🖤

What an incredible achievement following the National School Girls Rugby 7s Championships on the Sunshine Coast!

We are so proud to celebrate 9 Renegades athletes who have earned selection in the Australian Schools Rugby 7s Teams.

⭐ U16 Australian Schools
Meleane Hala
Lilli-Ava Ioane
Te Ana Walton
Nat Starzynski
Villa Ritossa-Wanoa
Kaleah Graham

⭐ U18 Australian Schools
Nylah Goble-Lote
Billie Backus
Amiee Henry

To have nine athletes selected across the two national teams is an outstanding achievement and a true reflection of their hard work, commitment, resilience and love for the game.

These girls have continued to show what is possible when talent is matched with effort, attitude and belief. They have represented their schools, families, clubs and the Renegades community with pride, and we could not be prouder.

Congratulations girls — this is a huge milestone, and we are so excited to watch you continue to grow, lead and chase what comes next. 💙💛🇦🇺

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Ava the best from Saturday's clash at Ballymore

Celebrating our Players’ Player in 2026 thanks to VPA

A huge shout out to Tamarni Kelly, Ivy O'Brien and Leison Malu as they represent Queensland at the National Schools Rugby League Championships in Coffs Harbour! 👏🔥

Over the next seven days, the nation's best 15–18-year-old boys and girls will go head-to-head, representing their regions and battling it out to be crowned the best in Australia. 🇦🇺

We're incredibly proud of your hard work, dedication and the opportunity you've earned. Go out there, enjoy every moment, make lifelong memories and give it everything you've got!

Best of luck, Tamarni, Ivy and Leison! 💪🏽🏆

🇦🇺➡️🇯🇵 From the Gold Coast to Japan – what an incredible full-circle moment! 💙🤍

A massive congratulations to Amahli Hala, who has returned to the Nagato Blue Angels in Japan on contract during her season break from the Australian Women's Sevens team.

This marks a special return for Amahli, who first played with Nagato straight out of school in 2023. Now, three years later, she's back wearing the Blue Angels colours once again—this time under the leadership of Renegades founder, Lawrence Faifua, who begins his first season as Head Coach of the club.

Lawrence arrives in Japan following an outstanding tenure with Bond University Women's Rugby, where he led the program to an incredible four consecutive premierships across the Women's Premier XVs and Women's Premier 7s competitions. His appointment is another example of how rugby creates opportunities that extend well beyond the playing field.

One of rugby's greatest strengths is the pathway it provides—not only for players, but also for coaches, managers, referees, medical staff and performance professionals. Very few sports offer the same level of international opportunity, allowing talented people to travel the world while pursuing the game they love.

Japan's Taiyo Seimei Women's Sevens Series is regarded as one of the premier domestic women's sevens competitions in the world. Featuring numerous current and former World Rugby SVNS players representing countries across the globe, it provides an elite, professional environment and has become one of the best off-season competitions for international athletes.

For our young athletes, this is exactly what we hope they see.

With dedication, hard work and the right people around you, rugby can open doors all over the world. Whether your dream is to represent your country, coach professionally, or build a career within the game, the opportunities are endless.

We couldn't be prouder to see both Amahli and Lawrence representing the Renegades family on the international stage.

From the Gold Coast to Japan—your Renegades family is cheering you on every step of the way. 💙🤍🇦🇺🇯🇵

Last month 27 Renegades girls represented their regions at the QLD State 7s Champs. Nearly 80% of the 3 South Coast teams were Renegades athletes! This weekend, 16 of those athletes will put on the QLD jersey at the School National Champs on the Sunshine Coast. They have been in camp the past few days before they hit the field on 5 & 6 July. To say we are proud is an understatement & we wish them all the best of luck for the tournament. 🐨🏉❤️🤍
A big congrats goes to the following athletes

U18
TJ Murray
Grace Buchanan
Nylah Goble-Lote
Aimee Henry
Billie Backus
Abby Smith

U16
Kaleah Graham
Lilli-Ava Ioane
Layla Rotunno
Te Ana Walton
Shakaye Matheson-Johnson
Nat Starzynski
Meleane Hala
Villa Ritossa-Wanoa
Anika Lemusu
Aria Haami-Makisi

🔥 U16 GIRLS TOOK HONG KONG BY STORM 🇭🇰🏆

And wow… this group was next level.😍

They played with skill, composure and ex*****on well beyond their years. Fast, fierce and incredibly skillful, these girls lit up every field they stepped on.

Before the HK Youth 10s even kicked off, they played two exhibition matches against the Hong Kong U18 girls. With only 9 players old enough to compete in the older age group and then losing a player in the warm-up, most teams would’ve been under pressure.

Not this team.

Their ball movement was elite, their defence relentless, and their ex*****on was next level as they dominated both matches to come away with two impressive wins.

The following day they cruised through pool play at the HK Youth 10s before facing a combined team of top Hong Kong players in the grand final.

Once again, they delivered.

🏆 Undefeated champions
🚫 Zero points scored against them all tournament

And they still weren’t done.

Four days later they backed it up in another 7s tournament against an U18 school team and put on an absolute clinic, running in another crazy score and 0 points against .

But what made this tour truly special wasn’t just what they did on the field.

Off the field, these girls represented Renegades with class — showing incredible sportsmanship, embracing a new culture, building new friendships and completely falling in love with the opportunities that overseas sport can create.

This is what international tours are all about 🌏❤️

A huge thank you to our incredible coaches, managers, families, supporters and sponsors who helped make this opportunity possible. These experiences don’t happen without the people behind the scenes who invest their time, energy and support into our athletes.

The future is incredibly bright for this group, and we can’t wait to watch their journey unfold.

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Awesome first preseason game for Renegades Alumni Ava Wereta. After debuting for the Wallaroos earlier this year we are looking forward to her stamping her mark in the Super W when the season kicks off in a couple of weeks. Also playing in the Reds team over the weekend, was fellow Renes Evie Sampson & Kaelyn Passi who contributed to the 52-12 thrashing of the Brumbies in Canberra. 😍💪🐨

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