Canada Finish 6th With 1-2 Record on Day 2: Full Match Videos
South Africa as expected won the tournament, Kenya were 2nd, GB 3rd, Ireland 4th, USA 5th, Canada 6th, Hong Kong 7th, Spain 8th, Germany 9th, Jamaica 10th, Chile 11th and Mexico 12th.
Category Archives: National Men’s 7s
Vancouver 7s – 2021
France and Japan Drop Out of Vancouver 7s, New Teams Announced Mexico, Jamaica and Hong Kong
France and Japan have dropped out of the Vancouver 7s and presumably out of the Edmonton 7s. New teams Mexico, Jamaica and Hong Kong have been added.
Olympic Rugby 7s 2021 – Men
Canada Finish 8th After Losses to USA and Australia – Fiji Win Gold: Match Videos
The men’s side of the Olympic 7s wrapped up today with Fiji repeating as Gold medalists, defeating NZ in the final. Argentina, the surprise team of the tournament, won Bronze defeating Great Britain.
Olympic 7s Updates – July 2021
Nathan Hirayama Selected as Olympic Flag Bearer
Congratulations to Nate on being selected to share the flag bearing duties for Canada at the Olympics.
Olympic 7s Updates – June 2021
Pools Announced for Olympic 7s: Men: Canada, Fiji, GB, Japan; Women: Canada, France, Fiji, Brazil
The pools were announced for the Olympic 7s, July 26-31 2021.
As expected it’s going to be a tougher journey for the men to make the QF than for the women. There are 12 teams in each competition, 8 make the quarter-finals. The top two finishers in each of the 3 pools plus the 2 best 3rd place finishers will go through.
Canada at the 2021 Olympics
Canada Announce Men’s and Women’s 7s Teams for Olympics
Canada announced their men’s and women’s teams for the Olympics in July. Thirteen players are listed per team, with 12 selected for match day and 1 alternate. There’s no mention of who the non-playing alternate is on each squad. The USA women announced their roster earlier this month and identified an alternate plus two travelling reserves for a 15 player squad. The USA men haven’t announced their squad yet.
Canada 7s vs Pacific Pride – June 2021
Photos from Canada 7s vs Pacific Pride from June 12th
As part of the process to get the Canada 7s team some game time prior to the Olympics, they squared off against the national rugby academy, the Pacific Pride, on 3 consecutive weekends. This was the final weekend of action.
Pacific Pride Updates – May 2021
Photos from Canada 7s vs Pacific Pride at Starlight Stadium
The Canada 7s boys were tuning up for the Olympics with some matches vs the Pacific Pride National Academy. We posted 31 photos on our backup site nationalrugbynews.com
Emirates Invitational 7s 2021 – Tournament #2
Canada Men and Women Make Finals of Emirates Invitational 7s Week 2: Women Lose to France; Men Lose to Argentina
A better result for the men in the 2nd tournament. Canada beat France 29-10 on Day 2 to make the final. They lost to Argentina 26-19 in the final. Argentina won both men’s tournaments in Dubai.
Emirates Invitational 7s 2021
Canada Women Win Gold with Victory Over USA: Men Win Plate Final Over Chile
After watching the first matches on Day 2 where Canada’s women lost to France and the men to Kenya, there was a little bit of trepidation about the programs progress over the break. However by the end of the day with the women winning Gold and the men winning the Plate, it looked as if things were on course and as they were before COVID hit.