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Canada women's national rugby sevens team

{{For|the men's team|Canada national rugby sevens team}}

{{Infobox rugby team

| country = Canada

| image = Rugby Canada logo.svg

| imagesize = 180

| union = Rugby Canada

| ground =

| coach = Jack Hanratty

| captain = Olivia Apps

| emblem =

| nickname =

| caps = Bianca Farella (241)

| top scorer = Ghislaine Landry (1,356)

| most tries = Bianca Farella (168)

| from =

| pattern_la1 =_Canadaleftrwc

| pattern_b1 =_CanadaRWC

| pattern_ra1 =_Canadarightrwc

| pattern_sh1 =_CanadashortsRWC

| pattern_so1 =_CanadasocksRWC

| pattern_la2 = _Canadaleftrwcb

| pattern_b2 = _CanadaRWCb

| pattern_ra2 = _Canadarightrwcb

| pattern_sh2 =_CanadashortsRWCb

| pattern_so2 =_CanadasocksRWCb

| first =

| bigwin =

| bigloss =

| sevens = yes

| World cup apps = 3

| year = 2009

| best = Runners-up (2013)

}}

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.{{cite press release |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2063752.html#irb+announces+womens+sevens+world+series |title=IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019122715/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid%3D2063752.html#irb+announces+womens+sevens+world+series |archive-date=October 19, 2014 }} Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 33–10.{{Cite web|title=‘Freaking historic’: Canada wins bronze in women’s rugby 7s – Canada Women's Sevens|url=https://www.canadasevens.com/womens/blog/2016/09/23/bronzemedal/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-25|website=www.canadasevens.com|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160517/https://www.canadasevens.com/womens/blog/2016/09/23/bronzemedal/ |archive-date=2021-10-25 }} At the 2020 Olympics, they failed to medal and finished in 9th place.{{Cite news|last=Johnston|first=Patrick|date=2021-07-30|title=Canada's women rugby sevens squad bombs out of medal contention at the Olympics|language=en|work=National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canadas-women-rugby-sevens-squad-is-all-out-of-sorts-at-the-olympics|access-date=2021-10-25}}

They participated at the 2021 Canada Women's Sevens in Vancouver and Edmonton. Canada finished third at both tournaments.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Rob|date=2021-09-21|title=Despite everything, Canada Sevens put on a show in Vancouver again {{!}} Offside|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-sevens-2021-put-on-a-show|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-25|website=dailyhive.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921151319/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-sevens-2021-put-on-a-show |archive-date=2021-09-21 }}{{Cite web|date=2021-09-26|title=Canada's women's team beats Mexico to win bronze at Edmonton rugby 7s tourney|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby/canada-roundup-rugby-sevens-edmonton-1.6190194|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.cbc.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926171550/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby/canada-roundup-rugby-sevens-edmonton-1.6190194 |archive-date=2021-09-26 }}

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Canada won the silver medal after coming from 0–12 behind to defeat Australia by 21–12 in the semi-finals,{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/07/30/team-canada-shocks-australia-will-go-for-gold-in-womens-rugby-sevens/|title=Team Canada shocks Australia, will go for gold in women’s rugby sevens|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=30 July 2024}} before losing the final to New Zealand by 12–19.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics-and-paralympics/canada-wins-silver-in-womens-rugby-sevens-after-narrowly-losing-to-all-blacks-in-olympic/article_d0495410-4e29-11ef-814f-43fae5a005bb.html|title=Canada wins silver in women’s rugby sevens after narrowly losing to All Blacks in Olympic final|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=30 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/07/30/gutsy-team-canada-earns-silver-in-womens-rugby-sevens/|title=Gutsy Team Canada earns silver in women’s rugby sevens|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=30 July 2024}}

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Canada

=Summer Olympics=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10| Olympic Games record
Year

! Round

! Position

! {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

{{flagicon|BRA}} 2016

| Bronze Medal Game

| {{bronze3}}

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

bgcolor=#ddeeff

| {{flagicon|JPN}} 2020

| 9–12th place

| 9th

| 5

| 3

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|FRA}} 2024

| Gold Medal Game

| {{silver2}}

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

Total0 Titles3/3171160

=Rugby World Cup Sevens=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan="10" | World Cup record
Year

! Round

! Position

! {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2009

| Plate Finalists

| 6th

| 6

| 3

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#ddeeff"

| {{flagicon|RUS}} 2013

| Finalists

| {{silver2}}

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 0

{{flagicon|USA}} 2018

| Quarter-finalists

| 7th

| 4

| 2

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#ddeeff"

| {{flagicon|RSA}} 2022

| Quarter-finalists

| 6th

| 4

| 2

| 2

| 0

Total0 Titles4/4201190

=Pan American Games=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan="10" | Pan Am Games record
Year

! Round

! Position

! {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}} 2015

| Finals

| {{gold1}}

| 6

| 6

| 0

| 0

bgcolor="#ddeeff"

| {{flagicon|PER}} 2019

| Finals

| {{gold1}}

| 5

| 5

| 0

| 0

{{flagicon|CHI}} 2023

| Finals

| {{silver2}}

| 5

| 4

| 1

| 0

Total2 Titles3/3161510

=Commonwealth Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan="10" | Commonwealth Games record
Year

! Round

! Position

! {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

{{flagicon|AUS}} 2018

| Bronze medal

| 4th

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#ddeeff"

| {{flagicon|ENG}} 2022

| Bronze medal

| 4th

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 0

colspan="1" | Total0 Titles2/210460

=World Rugby Women's Sevens Series=

==Results by season==

class="wikitable"
Season

!width="80"| Round 1

!width="80"| Round 2

!width="80"| Round 3

!width="80"| Round 4

!width="80"| Round 5

!width="80"| Round 6

!width="80"| Round 7

!width="80"| Round 8

!width="80"| Position

!width="80"| Points

align="left"| 2012–13

|align="center"| {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
6th

|align="center"| {{flagicon|USA}}
Houston
7th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|CHN}}
Guangzhou
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|NED}}
Amsterdam
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{bronze3}}rd

! 52

align="left"| 2013–14

|align="center"| {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
4th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Atlanta
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|BRA}}
São Paulo
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|CHN}}
Guangzhou
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|NED}}
Amsterdam
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{bronze3}}rd

! 80

align="left"| 2014–15

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|BRA}}
São Paulo
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Atlanta
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red"| {{flagicon|CAN}}
Victoria
6th

|align="center" |{{flagicon|ENG}}
London
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|NED}}
Amsterdam
{{gold1}}st

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{silver2}}nd

! 96

align="left"| 2015–16

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|BRA}}
São Paulo
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Atlanta
4th

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red"| {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Clermont-Ferrand
{{gold1}}st

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{bronze3}}rd

! 74

align="left"| 2016–17

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Sydney
{{gold1}}st

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Las Vegas
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|JPN}}
Kitakyushu
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red"| {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Clermont-Ferrand
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{bronze3}}rd

! 98

align="left"| 2017–18

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
4th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Sydney
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|JPN}}
Kitakyushu
11th

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red"| {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Paris
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! 4th

! 60

align="left"| 2018–19

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Glendale (Denver)
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Sydney
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|JPN}}
Kitakyushu
{{gold1}}st

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red"| {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Biarritz
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

! {{bronze3}}rd

! 94

align="left"| 2019–20

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Glendale (Denver)
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|RSA}}
Cape Town
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|NZL}}
Hamilton
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Sydney
{{silver2}}nd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|HKG}}
Hong Kong
cancelled

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
cancelled

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Paris
cancelled

! {{silver2}}nd

! 80

align="left"| 2021
cancelled

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

|align="center"|

!

!

align="left"| 2021–22

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai I
8th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai II
8th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|ESP}}
Málaga
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|ESP}}
Seville
7th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|HKG}}
Hong Kong
cancelled

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}}
Langford
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Toulouse
6th

|align="center"|

! 7th

! 52

align="left"| 2022–23

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
9th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|RSA}}
Cape Town
8th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|NZL}}
Hamilton
11th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Sydney
9th

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}}
Vancouver
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|HKG}}
Hong Kong
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}}
Toulouse
10th

|align="center"|

! 9th

! 39

align="left"| 2023–24

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
4th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|RSA}}
Cape Town
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Perth
7th

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}}
Vancouver
{{bronze3}}rd

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Los Angeles
4th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|HKG}}
Hong Kong
6th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|SGP}}
Singapore
7th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|ESP}}
Madrid
4th

! League: 5th

Grand Finals: 4th

! 80

align="left"| 2024–25

|align="center" | {{flagicon|UAE}}
Dubai
8th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|RSA}}
Cape Town
5th

|align="center" | {{flagicon|AUS}}
Perth
4th

|align="center" style="border: 3px solid red" | {{flagicon|CAN}}
Vancouver

|align="center" | {{flagicon|HKG}}
Hong Kong

|align="center" | {{flagicon|SGP}}
Singapore

|align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}}
Los Angeles

|align="center"|

! League: 5th

Grand Finals:

! 32

==Totals==

class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
Tournaments

! Played

! Won

! Lost

! Drawn

! Win Percentage

! Points Scored

! Points Conceded

63

| 362

| 219

| 136

| 7

| {{#expr:219/362*100 round 2}}%

| 7,071

| 4,870

Last updated: 14 June 2024.

Players

=Current squad=

Squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="red" style="width:150px; color:white;"| Player

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Dubai I

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Dubai II

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Málaga

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Seville

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Langford

| bgcolor="red" style="width:75px;color:white;"| Toulouse

Elissa Alarie

|11

111111
Olivia Apps

|4

45522
Fancy Bermudez

|10

1010101010
Pamphinette Buisa

|3

3333
Emma Chown

|6

6666
Alysha Corrigan

|

22
Chloe Daniels

|12

121212
Olivia De Couvreur

|1

11111
Bianca Farella

|

88
Paige Farries

|

99
Renee Gonzalez

|2

266
Asia Hogan-Rochester

|9

999
Nakisa Levale

|8

88855
Breanne Nicholas

|5

54444
Ella O'Regan

|

11
Karen Paquin

|

13
Sabrina Poulin

|7

777
Krissy Scurfield

|13

131313
Florence Symonds

|

77
Alexandra Tessier

|

1113
Keyara Wardley

|

1212

=Sevens Series player records=

{{col-float}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

|+ Most matches

style="width:25px;"| Rank

! style="width:162px;"| Player

! style="width:35px;"| Matches

1Bianca Farella241
2Kayla Moleschi219
3Ghislaine Landry208
4Breanne Nicholas199
5Charity Williams176
6Karen Paquin152
7Brittany Benn150
8Olivia Apps143
9Jen Kish134
10Caroline Crossley131

{{col-float-break}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

|+ Most points

style="width:25px;"| Rank

! style="width:162px;"| Player

! style="width:35px;"| Points

1Ghislaine Landry1,356
2Bianca Farella840
3Charity Williams497
rowspan=2| 4Brittany Bennrowspan=2 | 335
Karen Paquin
6Olivia Apps330
7Julia Greenshields294
8Breanne Nicholas293
9Kayla Moleschi253
10Ashley Steacy206

{{col-float-end}}

{{col-float}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

|+ Most tries

style="width:25px;"| Rank

! style="width:162px;"| Player

! style="width:35px;"| Tries

1Bianca Farella168
2Ghislaine Landry143
3Charity Williams99
rowspan=2| 4Brittany Bennrowspan=2| 67
Karen Paquin
6Julia Greenshields52
7Kayla Moleschi49
8Krissy Scurfield35
9Jen Kish34
10Olivia Apps30

{{col-float-break}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"

|+ Most conversions

style="width:25px;"| Rank

! style="width:162px;"| Player

! style="width:35px;"| {{tooltip|Conv|Conversions}}

1Ghislaine Landry319
2Olivia Apps80
3Breanne Nicholas69
4Ashley Steacy53
5Magali Harvey40
6Mandy Marchak29
7Chloe Daniels27
8Kelly Russell23
9Julia Greenshields17
10Asia Hogan-Rochester10

{{col-float-end}}

{{refbegin}}Last updated: 9 June 2024.World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815235826/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stats/alltime/players |date=2016-08-15 }}{{refend}}

Note: Bold indicates active in the 2024–25 season.

=Award winners=

The following Canada Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:{{cite news | url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/awards/past-winners | title=Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby | website=www.world.rugby | access-date=16 March 2024 | language=en}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable"

|+ World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year

width=40| Year

!width=170| Nominees

!width=170| Winners

align=center| 2013

| Jen Kish

|align=center rowspan=2| —

align=center| 2017

| Ghislaine Landry

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable"

|+ World Rugby Women's 7s Dream Team

width=40| Year

!width=40| {{abbr|No.|Number}}

!width=170| Player

align=center rowspan=2| 2024

|align=center| 1.

| Olivia Apps

{{col-end}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.rugbycanada.ca Official website]
  • [http://www.worldrugby.org/member-unions/92 WorldRugby profile]

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