Canada national rugby sevens team

Summary

The Canada men’s 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.

Canada
UnionRugby Canada
Emblem(s)The Maple Leaf
Coach(es)Sean White
Most capsNathan Hirayama (363)
Top scorerNathan Hirayama (1,859)
Most triesNathan Hirayama (147)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances7 (First in 1993)
Best result5th place, 2001

History edit

Honours edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players have been selected to represent Canada during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023.

Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 Dubai Sevens.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Phil Berna (c) Forward (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 27) 47 Vancouver Rowing
Cody Nhanala Forward (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 22) 3 Pacific Pride
Matt Oworu Forward (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 23) 20 Pacific Pride
Alex Russell Forward (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27) 19 McGill University
Kal Sager Forward (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 23) 12 Trent University
Jack Carson Back (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 22) 7 University of British Columbia
Cooper Coats Back (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 27) 14 Halifax Tars
Thomas Isherwood Back (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 (age 23) 21 Foothills Lions
Lockie Kratz Back (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24) 16 Castaway Wanderers
Josiah Morra Back (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) 32 Castaway Wanderers
David Richard Back (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 23) 17 Mississauga Blues
Max Stewart Back (2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 22) 5 Pacific Pride
Jake Thiel Back (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 26) 34 James Bay

World Rugby Sevens Series edit

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 edit

Season Rank Points Tourn­aments 1st
Cup
2nd
Silver
3rd
Bronze
5th
Plate
9th
Bowl
1999–00 6th 60 10/10 0 - Wellington 0 0
2000–01 8th 26 9/9 0 0 - 0 Shanghai
2001–02 12th 8 10/11 0 0 - 0 0
2002–03 12th 6 7/7 0 0 - Hong Kong Wellington
2003–04 9th 22 8/8 0 0 - 0 Dubai
Hong Kong
2004–05 12th 2 7/7 0 0 - 0 USA
2005–06 12th 4 8/8 0 0 - 0 0
2006–07 13th 8 8/8 0 0 - 0 0
2007–08 16th 2 8/8 0 0 - 0 0
2008–09 15th 3 5/8 0 0 - 0 0
2009–10 11th 15 5/8 0 0 - 0 Hong Kong
London
2010–11 15th 5 5/8 0 0 - 0 Hong Kong
2011–12 13th 33 5/9 0 0 0 0 USA
2012–13 12th 69 9/9 0 0 0 USA Wellington
2013–14 6th 90 9/9 0 Scotland USA 0 London
2014–15 9th 67 9/9 0 0 0 0 South Africa
2015–16 13th 40 10/10 0 0 0 0 Sydney
Canada
2016–17 8th 98 10/10 Singapore 0 London 0 0
2017–18 9th 76 10/10 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 11th 59 10/10 0 0 0 0 Paris
2019–20 8th 67 6/10[1] 0 0 Canada Hamilton 0
2021 4th 24 2/2 0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 14th 34 Ranking
36 Total
9/9 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 14th 39 11/11 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 12th 12 5/8 0 0 0 0 0

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.
Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season.[2] This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.[2]

Totals edit

Tournaments Played Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage Points Scored Points Conceded
194 1,059 440 601 18 41.55% 17,912 20,667

Last updated: 18 March 2024.

Major quadrennial tournaments edit

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

Summer Olympics edit

Olympic Games record
Year Round Pos Pld W L D Qualifying
  2016 Did not qualify Lost in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament
  2020 Quarterfinals 8th 6 1 5 0 Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens
  2024 Qualification ongoing
Total 0 Titles 1/2 6 1 5 0

Rugby World Cup Sevens edit

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  1993 Bowl Semifinals =15th 6 2 4 0
  1997 Bowl Quarterfinals =21st 5 0 5 0
  2001 Quarterfinals =5th 6 3 3 0
  2005 Group Stage =18th 8 3 5 0
  2009 Plate Quarterfinals =13th 4 2 2 0
  2013 Plate Champions 9th 6 5 1 0
  2018 Challenge Trophy 12th 5 2 3 0
  2022 Challenge Trophy 13th 5 3 2 0
Total 0 Titles 8/8 45 20 25 0

Other tournaments edit

Commonwealth Games edit

 
Canada playing New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  1998 Quarterfinals 5th 5 3 1 1
  2002 Plate semifinals 7th 5 2 3 0
  2006 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 2 0
  2010 Bowl finals 10th 6 3 3 0
  2014 Bowl champions 9th 6 4 2 0
  2018 Pool round =9th 3 1 2 0
  2022 Quarterfinals =7th 5 2 3 0
Total 0 Titles 7/7 34 17 16 1

Pan American Games edit

Pan Am Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2011 Finals   6 6 0 0
  2015 Finals   6 5 1 0
  2019 Finals   5 3 2 0
  2023 Finals   5 3 2 0
Total 2 Titles 4/4 22 17 5 0

World Games edit

World Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2001 Quarter-finals 6th 6 1 5 0
  2005 did not participate
  2009 did not participate
  2013 Semi-finals   6 4 2 0
Total 0 Titles 2/4 12 5 7 0
  • Rugby sevens was discontinued after the 2013 World Games due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.

Player records edit

The following shows the Canadian statistical leaders based on World Series play.

Most matches
Rank Player Matches
1 Nathan Hirayama 363
2 Harry Jones 327
3 John Moonlight 318
4 Phil Mack 269
Mike Fuailefau 269
6 Phil Berna 242
7 Justin Douglas 239
8 Conor Trainor 214
9 Pat Kay 209
10 Sean Duke 202
Most points
Rank Player Points
1 Nathan Hirayama 1,859
2 Phil Mack 973
3 Harry Jones 782
4 Justin Douglas 725
5 Sean Duke 622
6 John Moonlight 580
7 David Moonlight 553
8 Mike Danskin 480
9 Marco Di Girolamo 392
10 Shane Thompson 375
Most tries
Rank Player Tries
1 Nathan Hirayama 147
2 Justin Douglas 144
3 Harry Jones 126
4 Sean Duke 124
5 John Moonlight 116
6 David Moonlight 107
7 Phil Mack 95
8 Shane Thompson 75
9 Fred Asselin 63
Mike Fuailefau
Most conversions
Rank Player Conv
1 Nathan Hirayama 559
2 Phil Mack 246
3 Mike Danskin 135
4 Jeff Williams 105
Cooper Coats
6 Harry Jones 76
7 Marco Di Girolamo 56
8 Derek Daypuck 42
9 Ed Fairhurst 37
Pat Kay
Last updated: 11 December 2023. Note: Bold indicates active in 2023-24 season.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". www.world.rugby/. World Rugby. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022". World Rugby. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.