Josh Coward

Fast Facts

Sport: Rugby Sevens
Event: Men's Rugby Sevens
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Highlights: Debuting in front of my friends and family
Year Born: 1997
State Born: QLD

About Josh

Josh Coward made his World Rugby Sevens debut against Wales in January 2019 during the Hamilton, NZ, leg of the series. The next month he unfortunately injured his ankle in the Sydney Sevens, which wiped him out of the Las Vegas and Vancouver legs of the 2018-19 tour.

He returned in May 2019 for the London leg of the 2019-20 World Sevens and became a YouTube sensation after weaving an 80-metre run to score against Kenya in the Paris leg.

After earning five caps in the World Rugby Sevens, Josh was part of the Australian Sevens side named for the Olympic qualifying games in Fiji during the Oceania Sevens championship in December 2019.

With the Covid pandemic hitting international rugby hard, Josh swapped to the 15-man game in 2020 taking up a contract with the West Harbour Pirates in the NSW Shute Shield. 

In 2021, Josh was back with the sevens and was selected to play at the Oceania Sevens Challenge. He made his Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games with the Australian Men's Rugby 7s squad. Coward would contribute 4 points through conversions during the tournament, helping Australia out of the group stage of the competition. Australia was then faced with a quarter-final matchup against Fiji which they lost 19-0 knocking the squad out of medal contention. In their final game of the games, Australia would earn a 7th-placed overall finish, after beating Canada 26-7.