Dubai 7s – November 2021

Canada Men Finish 11th of 12, Women Finish 8th of 10 in Dubai 7s Opening Tournament

This is a transition year for both the men’s and women’s programs as new players are tested out on the international circuit. The danger for Canada is that if the quality is too low they could be relegated from the series the following year.

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Edmonton 7s – 2021

Canada Men Earn Fourth Place in Abbreviated 2021 World 7s Series

The 2021 World 7s Series was just two tournaments, Vancouver and Edmonton, but it goes in the record books and Canada finished 4th overall behind South Africa, Great Britain and Kenya and ahead of the USA in 5th. The full standings are on the World Rugby website.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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