Canada national rugby sevens team

Canada
Union Rugby Canada
Emblem(s) The Maple Leaf
Coach(es) Damian McGrath [1]
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 6 (First in 1993)
Best result 5th place, 2001

The Canada national rugby sevens team competes at several international tournaments — the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games.

History

Honours

Current squad

Squad for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Player
 Dubai South Africa Aust­ralia New Zealand USA Canada Hong Kong Sing­apore England France San Francisco
Phil Berna 121212
Luke Bradley 11313443
Connor Braid 26666666
Tevaughn Campbell 77576
Admir Cejvanovic 1322222222
Andrew Coe 11341314
Justin Douglas 88888888888
Jared Douglas 22
Mike Fuailefau 333333333
Lucas Hammond 77777777
Nathan Hirayama 99999999999
Harry Jones 1111111111111111111111
Isaac Kaay 655612121212121212
Pat Kay 1010101010101010101010
Luke McCloskey 6551355555
Josiah Morra 313
John Moonlight 4444444
Matt Mullins 1111311111
Jake Thiel 1312
Liam Underwood 513
  • Italics indicates extra player who may join the squad to replace an injured player.

World Rugby Sevens Series

The principal competition in which the Canada national rugby sevens team regularly competes is the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada is one of the core teams that plays in every Series tournament.

Results by season

Season Final Rank Points Tourn­aments Cups 2nd Places
Silver Medals		 3rd Places
Bronze Medals		 Plates
5th Places		 Bowls
Challenge Trophies		 Shields
13th Places
1999–00 6th 60 10/10 0 0 - New Zealand Wellington 0 0
2000–01 8th 26 9/9 0 0 - 0 China Shanghai 0
2001–02 12th 8 10/11 0 0 - 0 0 Australia Brisbane
2002–03 12th 6 7/7 0 0 - Hong Kong Hong Kong New Zealand Wellington[2] 0
2003–04 9th 22 8/8 0 0 - 0 United Arab Emirates Dubai
Hong Kong Hong Kong[3]		 0
2004–05 12th 2 7/7 0 0 - 0 United States USA France Paris
England London
2005–06 12th 4 8/8 0 0 - 0 0 South Africa South Africa
2006–07 13th 8 8/8 0 0 - 0 0 Australia Adelaide
2007–08 16th 2 8/8 0 0 - 0 0 South Africa South Africa
2008–09 15th 3 5/8 0 0 - 0 0 England London
2009–10 11th 15 5/8 0 0 - 0 Hong Kong Hong Kong
England London		 0
2010–11 15th 5 5/8 0 0 - 0 Hong Kong Hong Kong Scotland Edinburgh
2011–12 13th 33 5/9 0 0 0 0 United States USA Hong Kong Hong Kong
2012–13 12th 69 9/9 0 0 0 United States USA New Zealand Wellington Japan Japan
2013–14 6th 90 9/9 0 Scotland Scotland United States USA 0 England London 0
2014–15 9th 67 9/9 0 0 0 0 South Africa South Africa Australia Gold Coast
United Arab Emirates Dubai
New ZealandWellington
2015–16 13th 40 10/10 0 0 0 0 Australia Sydney
Canada Canada		 United Arab Emirates Dubai
2016–17 8th 98 10/10 Singapore Singapore 0 England London 0 0 United Arab Emirates Dubai
South Africa South Africa
Australia Sydney
2017–18 9th 76 10/10 0 0 0 0 0 Australia Sydney

Third place games/Bronze finals were introduced in the 2011-12 season. Starting in the 2016-17 season, Silver and Bronze medals were introduced, 5th place replaced the Plate, the Challenge Trophy replace the Bowl, and the 13th place replaced the Shield.

Totals

Tournaments Debut Played Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage Points Scored Points Conceded
152Dubai 19998333634551543.58%14,27815,748

Last updated: 11 June 2018.[4]

Individual records

Most matches
Rank Player Matches
1John Moonlight318
2Nathan Hirayama283
3Harry Jones268
4Phil Mack267
5Conor Trainor202
6Sean Duke201
7Mike Fuailefau198
Justin Douglas198
9David Moonlight179
10Ciaran Hearn171
Most points
Rank Player Points
1Nathan Hirayama1,464
2Phil Mack973
3Harry Jones665
4Sean Duke622
5Justin Douglas595
6John Moonlight580
7David Moonlight553
8Mike Danskin480
9Marco di Girolamo392
10Shane Thompson375
Most tries
Rank Player Tries
1Sean Duke124
2Nathan Hirayama120
3Justin Douglas119
4John Moonlight116
5David Moonlight107
6Harry Jones103
7Phil Mack95
8Shane Thompson75
9Fred Asselin63
10Ciaran Hearn56
Marco di Girolamo56
Most conversions
Rank Player Conv
1Nathan Hirayama429
2Phil Mack246
3Mike Danskin135
4Jeff Williams105
5Harry Jones75
6Marco di Girolamo56
7Derek Daypuck42
8Ed Fairhurst37
9Jason Hartley27
Kyle Haley27

Last updated: 11 June 2018.[5]

Note: Bold indicates active in 2017-18 season.

Major quadrennial tournaments

Canada competes to participate in two major global quadrennial tournaments — the Summer Olympics and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Total0 Titles0/1----

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Bowl Semifinals =15th 6 2 4 0
Hong Kong 1997 Bowl Quarterfinals =21st 5 0 5 0
Argentina 2001 Quarterfinals =5th 6 3 3 0
Hong Kong 2005 Group Stage =18th 8 3 5 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Plate Quarterfinals =13th 4 2 2 0
Russia 2013 Plate Champions 9th 6 5 1 0
United States 2018 Challenge Trophy 12th 5 2 2 0
Total0 Titles7/74017230

Other tournaments

Commonwealth Games

Canada playing New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Quarterfinals 5th 5 3 1 1
England 2002 Plate semifinals 7th 5 2 3 0
Australia 2006 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 2 0
India 2010 Bowl finals 10th 6 3 3 0
Scotland 2014 Bowl champions 9th 6 4 2 0
Australia 2018 Pool round =9th 3 1 2 0
Total0 Titles6/62915131

Pan American Games

Pan Am Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Mexico 2011 Finals 1st 6 6 0 0
Canada 2015 Finals 1st 6 5 1 0
Total2 Titles2/2121110

World Games

World Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Japan 2001 Classification matches 6th 6 1 5 0
Germany 2005 Did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009 Did not participate
Colombia 2013 Third Place 3rd 6 4 2 0
Total0 Titles2/412570
  • Rugby sevens was discontinued after the 2013 World Games due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ MIDDLETON CONTRACT TO NOT BE RENEWED, http://www.rugbycanada.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3817&leagueID=0&page=96005
  2. ↑ Match Archive, http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=Canada&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2002-2003&country=&tournament=&submit=Search
  3. ↑ Match Archive, http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=Canada&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=&submit=Search
  4. ↑ SEVENS DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/docs-resources
  5. ↑ World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stats/alltime/players
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