Canada women's national rugby sevens team

For the men's team, see Canada 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]

Canada

Union	Rugby Canada
Coach(es)	Jack Hanratty
Captain(s)	Olivia Apps
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Runners-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
2024	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	2/2	11	7	4	0

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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 5th	Toulouse 6th		7th	52
2022–23	Dubai 9th	Cape Town 8th	Hamilton 11th	Sydney 9th	Vancouver 6th	Hong Kong 6th	Toulouse 10th		9th	39
2023–24	Dubai 4th	Cape Town 6th	Perth 7th	Vancouver  rd	Los Angeles 4th	Hong Kong	Singapore	Madrid	5th	62

Totals

Tournaments	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win Percentage	Points Scored	Points Conceded
60	347	212	128	7	61.1%	6,851	4,631

Last updated: 4 March 2024.

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	Quarterfinalists	6th	4	2	2	0
Total	0 Titles	4/4	20	11	9	0

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
2023	Finals		5	4	1	0
Total	2 Titles	3/3	16	15	1	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2018	Bronze medal	4th	5	2	3	0
2022	Bronze medal	4th	5	2	3	0
Total	0 Titles	2/2	10	4	6	0

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	11	11		11	11
Olivia Apps	4	4	5	5	2	2
Fancy Bermudez Chavez	10	10	10	10	10	10
Pamphinette Buisa	3	3	3	3	3
Emma Chown	6	6	6	6		6
Alysha Corrigan			2	2
Chloe Daniels	12	12	12	12
Olivia De Couvreur	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bianca Farella					8	8
Paige Farries			9	9
Renee Gonzalez	2	2			6	6
Asia Hogan-Rochester	9	9			9	9
Nakisa Levale	8	8	8	8	5	5
Breanne Nicholas	5	5	4	4	4	4
Ella O'Regan						11
Karen Paquin			13
Sabrina Poulin	7	7	7	7
Krissy Scurfield	13	13			13	13
Florence Symonds					7	7
Alexandra Tessier			11	13
Keyara Wardley					12	12

Sevens Series player records

Most matches

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Bianca Farella	241
2	Kayla Moleschi	219
3	Ghislaine Landry	208
4	Charity Williams	168
5	Karen Paquin	152
6	Brittany Benn	150
7	Breanne Nicholas	147
8	Jen Kish	134
9	Olivia Apps	133
10	Julia Greenshields	130

Most points

Rank	Player	Points
1	Ghislaine Landry	1,356
2	Bianca Farella	840
3	Charity Williams	467
4	Brittany Benn	335
	Karen Paquin
6	Julia Greenshields	294
7	Olivia Apps	265
8	Kayla Moleschi	253
9	Breanne Nicholas	248
10	Ashley Steacy	206

Most tries

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Bianca Farella	168
2	Ghislaine Landry	143
3	Charity Williams	93
4	Brittany Benn	67
	Karen Paquin
6	Julia Greenshields	52
7	Kayla Moleschi	49
8	Jen Kish	34
9	Krissy Scurfield	28
10	Magali Harvey	24
	Hannah Darling

Most conversions

Rank	Player	Conv
1	Ghislaine Landry	319
2	Olivia Apps	80
3	Breanne Nicholas	69
4	Ashley Steacy	53
5	Magali Harvey	40
6	Mandy Marchak	29
7	Chloe Daniels	27
8	Kelly Russell	23
9	Julia Greenshields	17
10	Asia Hogan-Rochester	10

Last updated: 6 December 2023.^[6]

Note: Bold indicates active in 2023-24 season.

References

1. (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. 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. 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. from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
6. World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• WorldRugby profile