Canada women's national rugby league team

The Canada national women's rugby league team, also known as the Canadian Ravens represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments. Canada have qualified for, and will be competing in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup (to be held in November 2022 following a delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic) and the 2025 Women's Rugby League World Cup. Canada previously competed in the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[1][2][3]

For the men's team, see Canada national rugby league team.

Canada
Team information
NicknameRavens
Governing bodyCanada Rugby League
RegionThe Americas
Head coachMike Castle
CaptainMacKenzie Fane
Home stadiumLamport Stadium
IRL ranking5th
Uniforms
First colours
Second colours
Team results
First international
Canada 4 — 50 New Zealand 
(Sydney, Australia, 16 November 2017)
Biggest win
Canada 42 — 10 United States 
(Burnaby, Canada, 16 April 2022)
Biggest defeat
Canada 0 — 88 Australia 
(Belgrade, Serbia, 14 September November 2019)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first time in 2017)
Best resultSemi-finalist

Current squad

The following players participated in the Ravens' Test Match on Saturday, 16 April 2022. The team was coached by Mike Castle[4]
Note: The tally of tries, goals and points in the table below excludes the point-scorers in the 2nd Test Match against Serbia in 2019, as this information is unknown to the contributor.

J# Player Pos. Province Debut Matches Tries Goals Points
1Alanna Fittes AlbertaFullback20221000
2Brittany Jones AlbertaWing20221208
3Ferris Sandboe AlbertaCentre20221000
4Candace Scholten OntarioCentre20221104
5Petra Woods OntarioWing202213012
6Natasha Naismith OntarioFive-eighth201931412
7Sabrina McDaid OntarioHalfback201762518
8Kristy Sargent AlbertaProp20221000
9Natalie Tam OntarioHooker20173000
10Elizabeth Steele AlbertaProp20174000
11Gabrielle Hindley British ColumbiaSecond-row20193104
12Sarah Maguire AlbertaSecond-row20221000
13Megan Pakulis OntarioLock201753012
14Christina Burnham British Columbiainterchange, Hooker20174000
15Ada Okonkwo British Columbiainterchange, Prop20221000
16Demi Swann Ontariointerchange, Prop20221000
17Zoey Siciliano Ontariointerchange, Prop20221104

Select/extended squad

The following players participated in a development, or "Select" team match that was held on 16 April, 2022, prior to the Test Match.

  • Ashley Holt (Alberta)
  • Miriama Naibosali
  • Megan Buchanan (British Columbia)
  • Savannah Bacchas
  • Brittany Douglas
  • Steph Hovdestad (Ontario)
  • Krista Kent
  • Alix Evans
  • Tamisha Toussaint
  • Maddy Aberg
  • Valerie Wideski
  • Katie Grudzinski

There were four players that played in both the "Select" match and the Test match, namely: Brittany Jones, Zoey Siciliano, Demi Swann and Christina Burnham.

Results

Full internationals
DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueVideoReport(s)
16 Nov 2017 New Zealand
4–50
2017 WRLWC Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney[5]
19 Nov 2017 Papua New Guinea
22–8
[6][7]
22 Nov 2017 Australia
0–88
[8]
26 Nov 2017 Australia
6–58
[9]
14 Sep 2019 Serbia
34–6
2 Test Series Belgrade—[10]
21 Sep 2019 Serbia
26–4
Belgrade—[11]
16 Apr 2022 United States
42–10
Test Match Burnaby Lake Regional Park[12]

Warm-Up Matches
DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueReport(s)
6 Oct 2017 Corrimal Cougars
26–20
Warm-Up Match King George Park, Richmond, British Columbia[13]
8 Oct 2017 Corrimal Cougars
18–20
Warm-Up Match King George Park, Richmond, British Columbia[14]
10 Nov 2017 Queensland Nga Hau e Wha Māori
12–38
Warm-Up Match Owen Park, Southport, Queensland[15]

Nines
DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueVideoReport(s)
23 Feb 2018 Tonga
4–8
2018 Commonwealth Championship Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane[16][17]
23 Feb 2018 Cook Islands
12–20
[18]
24 Feb 2018 Fiji
16–12
[19][20]
18 May 2019 Jamaica
26–0
Americas 9s Lamport Stadium, Toronto—[21]

Past squads

2017 World Cup
Main article: 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squads

Squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup:[22] Maira Acevedo (British Columbia), Gillian Boag (British Columbia), Nina Bui (Ontario), Andrea Burk (British Columbia), Christina Burnham (British Columbia), Mackenzie Fane (Ontario), Kathleen Grudzinski (British Columbia), Janai Haupapa (Alberta), Michelle Helmeczi (Alberta), Natalie King (British Columbia), Kelcey Leavitt (Alberta), Mandy Marchak (British Columbia), Sabrina McDaid (Ontario), Wealtha Jade Menin Naglis (Alberta), Fedelia Omoghan (Ontario), Megan Pakulis (Ontario), Irene Patrinos (Ontario), Stevi Schnoor (British Columbia), Natasha Smith (British Columbia), Elizabeth Steele (Alberta), Natalie Tam (Ontario), Tiera Thomas-Reynolds (Ontario), Barbara Waddell (Forrestville Ferrets), and Petra Woods (Ontario).
The team was coached by Mike Castle.

Tour of Serbia

The following players participated in the two Test Match tour of Serbia in September 2019: Chantalle Bracken (Jersey number 11), Tanya Dordevic (12), Brittany Douglas (16), Sarah Duncan (6), MacKenzie Fane (13) (Captain), Jennifer Garford (10), Simran Gillar (17), Megean Gosselin (3), Gabrielle Hindley (15), Hailey Karoum (9), Krista Kent (8), Sabrina McDaid (2), Lea Milošević (4), Natasha Naismith (7), Kaila Pickering (1), Melissa Šešelja (5), and Ben Skinner (14).
The team was coached by Ben Fleming.[23]

See also

References
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  2. "HISTORIC DAY FOR WOMENS RUGBY LEAGUE: CANADA WINS PLACE IN 2017 WOMENS RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP – Canada Rugby League". canadarugbyleague.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "No Cookies | Daily Telegraph". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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  10. Lowe, Brian (16 September 2019). "Canada opens historic dual tour of Serbia with dual wins". Rugby League Planet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. Lowe, Brian (23 September 2019). "Split results for Canada men & women in Serbia". Rugby League Planet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. "Canada Ravens vs USA Redtails - April 16th 2022". Canada Ravens. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  13. Clarkstone, Julian (10 October 2017). "Canada Ravens Win Historic First Match". Canada Rugby League. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  14. Davidson, Neil (14 November 2017). "Canada Ravens learning quickly ahead of Women's Rugby League World Cup debut". Toronto Star. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  15. Johnston, Patrick (12 November 2017). "Andrea Burk: Rugby League 'is something we've never done before'". The Province. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  16. "2018 Commonwealth Championships: Canada Ravens vs. Tonga". YouTube. Canada Rugby League. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  17. "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". QRL. Commonwealth Championship Media. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. "2018 Commonwealth Championships: Canada Ravens vs. Cook Islands". YouTube. Canada Rugby League. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  19. "2018 Commonwealth Championships: Canada Ravens vs. Fiji". YouTube. Canada Rugby League. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  20. "Commonwealth Championships Results - Day Two". Love Rugby League. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  21. "America's Nines". facebook. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  22. "Canada Ravens Women's Squad Named for World Cup". Rugby League World Cup. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  23. Issa, Muad (24 September 2019). "Naismith Shines In Serbia For Team Canada". York University. Retrieved 18 April 2022.


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