Tomasi Cama to Vacate All Blacks Sevens Head Coach Role After Bordeaux SVNS Campaign

All Blacks Sevens Head Coach, Tomasi Cama, has announced he will step aside from his executive role when his current contract expires at the conclusion of the 2025/26 World Series SVNS campaign.

The tactical departure brings a conclusion to a 20-year career representing New Zealand high-performance rugby on the global stage as both an elite player and a high-performance administrator.

Cama has been a foundational member of the national sevens coaching structure since 2017, formally ascending to the Head Coach position in 2023. His tactical leadership oversaw significant multi-market success, helping steer the New Zealand program to a Rugby World Cup Sevens title and a Commonwealth Games Gold medal in 2018, consecutive World Sevens Series championships across the 2019-20 and 2022-23 cycles, alongside an Olympic Silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Cama’s Sentiments on his Departure

Commenting on his departure, All Blacks Sevens Head Coach, Cama, said: “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.”

“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,” he said.

The announcement follows the conclusion of the World Rugby Sevens Championship event in Bordeaux, France, where Cama celebrated a personal milestone by marking his 150th international sevens tournament appearance as either a player or coach.

Despite navigating a highly disrupted 2025/26 HSBC World SVNS Series heavily impacted by roster injuries, Cama’s final season delivered a tournament victory at the opening leg in Dubai.

Prior to his tenure in high-performance coaching, Cama established himself as one of the most recognisable and dominant playmakers in the history of the international sevens game.

After making his debut in the black jersey in 2005, Tomasi Cama compiled a decade of unmatched statistical success before retiring from active play in 2015 as New Zealand’s all-time leading point scorer with 2,020 points.

His historical player achievements include capturing a Gold Medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, winning the Sevens Rugby World Cup in 2013, and being named the prestigious World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year in 2012.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) will now initiate a formal structural reset to fill the impending operational vacancy. The national governing body’s high-performance department, led by High Performance Sevens Lead Hannah Porter, has confirmed that the organisation will finalise and announce the complete All Blacks Sevens coaching and management group for the upcoming cycle in July.

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