Canada women's national rugby sevens team

The Canada women's national rugby sevens team was one of six "core teams" that competed in all four rounds of the inaugural World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13.[1] Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 33-10.[2] At the 2020 Olympics they failed to medal and finished in 9th place.[3]

For the men's team, see Canada national rugby sevens team.
Canada
UnionRugby Canada
Coach(es)Mick Byrne
Captain(s)Ghislaine Landry
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances3 (First in 2009)
Best resultRunners-up (2013)

They participated at the 2021 Canada Women's Sevens in Vancouver and Edmonton. Canada finished third at both tournaments.[4][5]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Canada

Summer Olympics
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2016 Bronze Medal Game 6 4 2 0
2020 9–12th place 9th 5 3 2 0
Total0 Titles2/211740

Results by season
Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Position Points
2012–13
Dubai
6th
Houston
7th
Guangzhou
rd
Amsterdam
nd		 rd 52
2013–14
Dubai
4th
Atlanta
nd
São Paulo
rd
Guangzhou
rd
Amsterdam
rd		 rd 80
2014–15
Dubai
rd
São Paulo
rd
Atlanta
rd
Victoria
6th
London
nd
Amsterdam
st		 nd 96
2015–16
Dubai
6th
São Paulo
nd
Atlanta
4th
Langford
5th
Clermont-Ferrand
st		 rd 74
2016–17
Dubai
6th
Sydney
st
Las Vegas
rd
Kitakyushu
nd
Langford
nd
Clermont-Ferrand
rd		 rd 98
2017–18
Dubai
4th
Sydney
rd
Kitakyushu
11th
Langford
5th
Paris
rd		 4th 60
2018–19
Glendale (Denver)
rd
Dubai
nd
Sydney
5th
Kitakyushu
st
Langford
5th
Biarritz
rd		 rd 94
2019–20
Glendale (Denver)
6th
Dubai
nd
Cape Town
rd
Hamilton
nd
Sydney
nd
Hong Kong
cancelled
Langford
cancelled
Paris
cancelled		 nd 80
2021
cancelled
2021–22
Dubai I
8th
Dubai II
8th
Málaga
6th
Seville
7th
Hong Kong
cancelled
Langford
Toulouse
 8th 30

Totals
Tournaments Played Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage Points Scored Points Conceded
4526417684566.67%5,6143,274

Last updated: 1 February 2022.[6]

Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2009 Plate Finalists 6th 6 3 3 0
2013 Finalists 6 4 2 0
2018 Quarterfinalists 7th 4 2 2 0
2022 Not yet qualified
Total0 Titles3/316970

Pan American Games
Sevens athletes for the 2015 Pan American Games pose with a fan.
Pan Am Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2015 Finals 6 6 0 0
2019 Finals 5 5 0 0
Total1 Title2/2111100

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2018 Bronze medal4th5230
2022 Qualified
Total0 Titles1/15230

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Player
 Dubai I Dubai II Málaga Seville Langford Toulouse
Elissa Alarie 111111
Olivia Apps 4455
Fancy Bermudez Chavez 10101010
Pamphinette Buisa 3333
Emma Chown 6666
Alysha Corrigan 22
Chloe Daniels 12121212
Olivia De Couvreur 1111
Paige Farries 99
Renee Gonzalez 22
Asia Hogan-Rochester 99
Nakisa Levale 8888
Breanne Nicholas 5544
Karen Paquin 13
Sabrina Poulin 7777
Krissy Scurfield 1313
Alexandra Tessier 1113

Sevens Series player records
Most matches
Rank Player Matches
1Kayla Moleschi219
2Ghislaine Landry208
Bianca Farella208
4Karen Paquin152
5Brittany Benn150
6Jen Kish134
7Julia Greenshields124
Charity Williams124
9Breanne Nicholas121
10Ashley Steacy105
Most points
Rank Player Points
1Ghislaine Landry1,356
2Bianca Farella765
3Charity Williams350
4Brittany Benn335
Karen Paquin335
6Julia Greenshields292
7Kayla Moleschi253
8Breanne Nicholas212
9Ashley Steacy206
10Magali Harvey200
Most tries
Rank Player Tries
1Bianca Farella153
2Ghislaine Landry143
3Charity Williams70
4Brittany Benn67
Karen Paquin67
6Julia Greenshields52
7Kayla Moleschi49
8Jen Kish34
9Magali Harvey24
Hannah Darling24
Most conversions
Rank Player Conv
1Ghislaine Landry319
2Breanne Nicholas56
3Ashley Steacy53
4Magali Harvey40
5Mandy Marchak29
6Kelly Russell23
7Julia Greenshields16
8Olivia Apps10
9Kayla Moleschi4
10Cheryl Phillips3
Last updated: 7 February 2022.[7]

Note: Bold indicates active in 2021-22 season.

References
  1. "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. "'Freaking historic': Canada wins bronze in women's rugby 7s – Canada Women's Sevens". www.canadasevens.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  3. Johnston, Patrick (2021-07-30). "Canada's women rugby sevens squad bombs out of medal contention at the Olympics". National Post. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  4. Williams, Rob (2021-09-21). "Despite everything, Canada Sevens put on a show in Vancouver again | Offside". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  5. "Canada's women's team beats Mexico to win bronze at Edmonton rugby 7s tourney". www.cbc.ca. 2021-09-26. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  6. SEVENS DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/docs-resources Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
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