Category Archives: National Women’s 7s

Ultimate Sevens 2026

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Ultimate 7s Kicks Off in September in Europe: Features Seven Canadian Players

What is Ultimate 7s? I only noticed recently since a number of Canadian women showed up on the rosters. It’s a series of 7s tournaments taking place in September in Europe. There are six teams and four tournaments in Madrid, Cardiff, Biarritz and London. There are seven Canadian women distributed over five of the teams, Krissy Scurfield, Carmen Izyk, Savannah Bauder, Charity Williams, Eden Kilgour, Breanne Nicholas and Larah Wright. I set Bob my Ai assistant loose on this and it compiled an overview and extracted the team rosters from the social media posts. That’s all listed below along with the main sources used.

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HSBC 2027 SVNS Series

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Schedule for 2027 SVNS Series Announced: Vancouver March 6-7

The Vancouver 7s returns for 2027 in the same time slot, after Perth and before New York, on March 6-7. Again it’s a two day event on Saturday and Sunday. The Canadian women’s team came 5th in Vancouver last year and were 3rd overall in the series. The men played a Challenger series in Vancouver against Chile and Japan, Rugby Canada haven’t announced the details of that event yet for 2027.  The 2027 SVNS series kicks off on November 28-29 in Dubai.

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HSBC SVNS – Bordeaux 2026

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Canada Finish in 3rd Place at Bordeaux and 3rd in Championship Series – Charity Williams Scores 10 Tournament Tries

Canada claimed 3rd place in the tournament in Bordeaux and in the process caught USA in the standings and claimed 3rd place overall in the championship standings. Australia won the women’s tournament and series, NZ came 2nd, USA 4th. In the men’s tournament France won the tournament but South Africa won the series.

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EAAST 7s Tournament 2026

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Canada NextGen Team Finishes 5th in 8 Team Tournament

Rugby Canada released their NextGen programming plan for 2026 in May and one of those tournaments was the EAAST tournament in Haguenau, France on May 29-30 for women’s 7s. Rugby Canada has been quiet on the results of that tournament on social media, and one reason may be is that the team placed 5th out of 8 teams that included Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, R10 (Barbarian team). All those teams finished ahead of Canada. Canada finished ahead Belgium, Georgia and Denmark. Both Czechia and Poland are on the SVNS 3 circuit, Germany aren’t even on the SVNS 3 circuit.

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HSBC SVNS – Spain 2026

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Canada Undefeated in Pool Play: Lose in Knock Out Round to Finish 4th

Canada did well in pool play going undefeated in four games but lost to USA in the semis and NZ in the 3rd/4th match to finish 4th in the tournament. That result puts them in a 4th/5th place tie with France in the Championship series with only Bordeaux left. USA are in 3rd, NZ 2nd and Australia in top place.

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Hong Kong 7s 2026

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Canada Finish 4th in Hong Kong – Next Tournament May 29-31 in Spain

Canada’s highlight of the tournament was the win over #5 USA on Day 2 but they were no match for #1 NZ or #3 France on Day 3. Canada also picked up injuries during the tournament and fielded an 11 player roster against France minus Fancy Bermudez and Caroline Crossley, both injured in the Australia NZ match. Next up is the tournament in Spain at the end of May. Canada will be in a pool with France, Spain and Great Britain. NZ won the Hong Kong women’s tournament, South Africa the men’s tournament.

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National Women’s Team Updates – March 2026

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Rugby Canada Announce Women’s XVs and 7s Player Selections for April’s Pacific Four and Hong Kong 7s

How would Rugby Canada divide up the talent for conflicting XVs and 7s commitments in April? We’ve now got the answer. It looks like 7s is the more immediate priority and that XVs is being used to introduce new players at the beginning of the world cup cycle. The 7s team have captured key players like Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Sabrina Poulin and Alysha Corrigan who would be certain selections on the XVs squad. The XVs team have brought in 8 debutantes.

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New York 7s 2026

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Canada Finish 7th in New York: Lose to France and Defeat Great Britain

Canada lost to France in the 5th place semi-final 24-19. It was a better performance for Canada with the match tied 19-19 as the clock wound down, a late try by France gave them the victory. Canada followed that up with their first win of the tournament 22-14 over Great Britain. Florence Symonds and Charity Williams again led the team on Day 2, Williams scoring 3 tries and Symonds distributing and leading on defence, she was the leading defender in their win over Great Britain with 5 tackles.

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Vancouver 7s 2026 – Women

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Women Rebound on Day 2 to Go 2-0 and Claim 5th Place

It was a better performance on Day 2 with Savannah Bauder putting in a strong performance. Carissa Norsten was helped off the field in the second match which will be a concern with the New York tournament next weekend. Some of the returning veterans were starting to find their form, Charity Williams showed some speed on the outside but defensive work remains a concern and will have to be addressed by the coaches. It was confirmed on social media that Piper Logan tore her MCL so will be out for a while and with Krissy Scurfield recuperating and Carissa Norsten a question mark the squad depth will be tested in NY. Canada (60) remain 5th in the series behind France (66) and ahead of Japan (54).

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Perth SVNS -2026

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Canada Finish 5th in Perth: Stand 6th in Overall Standings
Vancouver 7s Canada in Pool with Australia, USA, Fiji

Canada had a good Day 2 winning both their games and finally defeating Japan this season, a team that seemed to have their number in the first two tournaments. The result is Canada finished 5th in the tournament and 6th overall as France passed them in the standings. Next up is Vancouver and Canada have been drawn in a pool with Australia, USA and Fiji, the fans will love the Canada v USA rivalry.

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