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Canada national rugby sevens team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Canada women's national rugby sevens team.
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
Appearances8 (First in 1993)
Best result5th place, 2001

The Canada men’s national rugby sevens team competes at several international tournaments — the Rugby World Cup Sevens, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games. Following a loss in the Qualifier Playoffs in the Grand Finel, Canada were relegated from the World Rugby Sevens Series. They have qualified for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.

History

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Main article: Rugby union in Canada

Honours

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Players

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Current squad

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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 28) 47 Vancouver Rowing
Cody Nhanala Forward (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 23) 3 Pacific Pride
Matt Oworu Forward (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24) 20 Pacific Pride
Alex Russell Forward (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 28) 19 McGill University
Kal Sager Forward (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 24) 12 Trent University
Jack Carson Back (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 23) 7 University of British Columbia
Cooper Coats Back (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28) 14 Halifax Tars
Thomas Isherwood Back (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 (age 24) 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 24) 17 Mississauga Blues
Max Stewart Back (2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 23) 5 Pacific Pride
Jake Thiel Back (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 27) 34 James Bay

World Rugby Sevens Series

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Main article: 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

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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 14 8/8 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

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Tournaments Played Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage Points Scored Points Conceded
197 1,073 440 616 18 41.01% 18,026 21,046

Last updated: 22 June 2024.

Major quadrennial tournaments

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

Summer Olympics

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Olympic Games record
Year Round Pos Pld W L D Qualifying
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify Lost in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament
Japan 2020 Quarterfinals 8th 6 1 5 0 Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens
France 2024 Did not qualify Lost in SF of the Final Qualification Tournament
Total 0 Titles 1/3 6 1 5 0

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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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 3 0
South Africa 2022 Challenge Trophy 13th 5 3 2 0
Total 0 Titles 8/8 45 20 25 0

Other tournaments

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Commonwealth Games

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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
England 2022 Quarterfinals =7th 5 2 3 0
Total 0 Titles 7/7 34 17 16 1

Pan American Games

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Pan Am Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Mexico 2011 Finals 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0
Canada 2015 Finals 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Peru 2019 Finals 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 2 0
Chile 2023 Finals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 0
Total 2 Titles 4/4 22 17 5 0

World Games

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World Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Japan 2001 Quarter-finals 6th 6 1 5 0
Germany 2005 did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009 did not participate
Colombia 2013 Semi-finals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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

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References

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  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.
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