From Olympic gold medal, Order of Australia’s to World Player of the Year, there isn’t much that Sevens co-captain Charlotte Caslick hasn’t achieved. Except for two.
Caslick is only 27 but is one of the most decorated players on the Sevens circuit, set to lead Australia at the Commonwealth Games alongside Demi Hayes in Birmingham.
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However, a two-month stretch of hallmark tournaments will allow her to do something no Australian has done; completing an Olympic, Comm Games, World Cup, World Series and World Rugby Player of the Year five-peat.
New Zealand duo Portia Woodman and Ruby Tui completed it with Olympic success in 2021, with Woodman holding the unique record of tasting Sevens and 15’s World Cup success.
Caslick and Sevens legend and assistant coach Emilee Cherry nearly completed the Olympic/Comm/World Series/POTY quadruple in 2018, before an extra-time try to Kelly Brazier broke Australian hearts in the gold medal match in Gold Coast.
With Birmingham just 23 days away, Australia enters as the team to beat following their World Series success before the action heads to South Africa for the World Cup in September.
The expectation remains the same for Tim Walsh’s side according to Caslick.
“I haven’t won a World Cup or a Comm Games so I’m keen to tick both of those off in the next few months which would be awesome,” Caslick told Rugby.com.au.
“The process remains the same and preparing like we would for any tournament.
“With every tournament we enter, we always like to come away with the gold medal and we have those expectations on ourselves that we can do so.”
Caslick is one of four left from Gold Coast in the 13-player squad, joined by co-captain Hayes, Dom Du Toit and Sharni Williams.
The defending Shawn MacKay Medalist has fond but hazy memories of the packed-out Final, forced off early after a nasty head knock trying to make a tackle in the first half.
“I got concussed in that first three minutes so I don’t really remember a whole lot of the game,” she laughed.
“Singing the anthem in front of a home crowd in a full stadium, I think it was one of the greatest match-ups we’ve ever ahead.
“It was a pretty cool spectacle that I know a lot of people have said has changed their perception around Women’s Rugby and coverted them to being long-term fans.”
Caslick knows better than most the power of success at events like this - one of the key heroes from the 2016 Olympic triumphs.
She believes a similar success in Birmingham can help reaffirm Sevens as the premier elite women’s team in Australia.
“Winning our gold medal in Rio really kick-started a whole movement for women’s sport in Australia,” she explained
“At times, Rugby may have fallen out of eyes so these tournaments give us the opportunity to be on free-to-air television and be back out there and people are exposed to our play which is great for the game and growing the game.
“We have the challenges of playing overseas for the majority of our season so that sometimes isn’t as available as other sporting codes that have that access right now.
“The opportunity to play at Commonwealth Games, Olympics, World Cups and travel is a massive drawcard for girls in our sport and I know that if you ask the Levi sisters what’s keeping them around in Rugby, it’s definitely that.”
