Canada national rugby sevens team
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.
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| Union | Rugby Canada | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem(s) | The Maple Leaf | ||
| Coach(es) | Sean White | ||
| Most caps | Nathan Hirayama (363) | ||
| Top scorer | Nathan Hirayama (1,859) | ||
| Most tries | Nathan Hirayama (147) | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 5th place, 2001 | ||
History
Honours
- 2011 Pan American Games Gold medal
- 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Plate Champions
- 2013 World Games Bronze medal
- 2015 Pan American Games Gold medal
- 2017 Singapore Sevens Cup Champions
Current squad
Squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[1]
- Head coach: Henry Paul
| No. | Player | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anton Ngongo | 22 July 1997 (aged 25) |
| 2 | Jake Thiel | 2 June 1997 (aged 25) |
| 3 | Thomas Isherwood | 23 August 2000 (aged 22) |
| 4 | Phil Berna | 7 April 1996 (aged 26) |
| 5 | Alex Russell | 22 June 1996 (aged 26) |
| 6 | Josiah Morra | 7 February 1998 (aged 24) |
| 7 | Brock Webster | 21 August 2000 (aged 22) |
| 8 | Matthew Oworu | 29 July 2000 (aged 22) |
| 9 | D’Shawn Bowen | 12 September 1996 (aged 25) |
| 10 | Lachlan Kratz | 27 March 2000 (aged 22) |
| 11 | Elias Ergas | 28 January 1998 (aged 24) |
| 12 | Ciaran Breen | 19 April 2001 (aged 21) |
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 | 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[2] | 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 |
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.[3] 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.[3]
Totals
| Tournaments | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win Percentage | Points Scored | Points Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 991 | 422 | 551 | 18 | 42.58% | 16,988 | 19,230 |
Last updated: 5 January 2023.
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 | 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 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993 |
Bowl Semifinals | =15th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
Commonwealth Games
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 | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| Pan Am Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2011 |
Finals | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2015 |
Finals | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
 2019 |
Finals | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
 2023 |
qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 3/3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |||
World Games
| 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 | 3rd | 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
The following shows the Canadian statistical leaders based on World Series play.
| Rank | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Hirayama | 363 |
| 2 | Harry Jones | 327 |
| 3 | John Moonlight | 318 |
| 4 | Phil Mack | 269 |
| Mike Fuailefau | 269 | |
| 6 | Justin Douglas | 239 |
| 7 | Conor Trainor | 214 |
| 8 | Pat Kay | 209 |
| 9 | Sean Duke | 202 |
| 10 | Phil Berma | 189 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 63 |
| Rank | Player | Conv |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Hirayama | 559 |
| 2 | Phil Mack | 246 |
| 3 | Mike Danskin | 135 |
| 4 | Jeff Williams | 105 |
| 5 | Harry Jones | 76 |
| 6 | Cooper Coats | 62 |
| 7 | Marco di Girolamo | 56 |
| 8 | Derek Daypuck | 42 |
| 9 | Ed Fairhurst | 37 |
| Pat Kay | 37 |
Last updated: 17 March 2023.[4]
Note: Bold indicates active in 2022-23 season.References
- "Canada's Senior Women's and Men's Sevens rosters named for Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town". Rugby Canada. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". www.world.rugby/. World Rugby. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- "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.
- World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub,
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