Category Archives: National Women’s 7s

Singapore SVNS – 2026

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Canada Claim Bronze in Singapore With Win Over USA: Claim 4th Place in Overall Standings

Canada finished 3rd in Singapore, their best finish of the season, with two previous 6th place finishes. The addition of players from the PWR, especially Olivia Apps, helped raise their level of performance. They’re still a ways behind NZ and Australia who contested for the final with NZ coming out on top. Canada lost their semi-final to Australia 35-10 but defeated USA 24-19 in the Bronze medal match. That win vaults Canada into 4th in the standings from 7th previously. Next up is Perth and Canada have the same pool opponents, Australia, France, Great Britain.

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Canada Women’s 7s – January 2026 Updates

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Canada Announce Women’s 7s Team for Singapore and Perth Tournaments

Coach Jocelyn Barrieau has selected 14 players to travel to Singapore and Perth for the two back to back tournaments starting at the end of this month. The surprise is seeing some of the PWR players returning to the squad, Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Sabrina Poulin, Alysha Corrigan, Gabrielle Senft. Also former Exeter player Taylor Perry is back on the 7s squad. Missing from the first two tournaments are Charity Williams (injured), Pam Buisa and Asia-Hogan Rochester (PWR), Carmen Izyk, Adia Pye, Monique Coffey, Ivy Poetker. NOTE: The original Rugby Canada media release had Rachel Smith in the roster, the updated media release has Larah Wright in the roster instead. 

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Cape Town 7s – December 2026

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Canada Women Finish 6th in Cape Town – 7th in Overall Standings

Canada defeated Fiji in the 5th place semi-final but lost to Japan in the 5th place final to finish 6th at the tournament. The two 6th place finishes have put them in 7th place overall in the standings. Canada have lost to Japan all three times so far this season which is a concern. Japan currently sit in 3rd place and are the surprise team of the season. Australia and NZ have already distanced themselves from the pack as the top two teams in the women’s division. In the men’s division South Africa, Fiji, New Zealand are all tied in top spot.

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Dubai 7s – November 2025

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Canada Women Finish 6th in Dubai: Win Over France, Loss to USA

Canada finished 6th in Dubai with a 5th place semi-final win over France but a loss to USA in the 5th place final. Canada fly to Cape Town now for next weekend’s 7s tournament, they’ll be in a pool with Australia, Japan and France. Krissy Scurfield came out in the 9th minute of the Japan match and didn’t show up in the roster for the France and USA matches.

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Canada Sevens – November 2025 Update

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National Team 7s Camps Begin in Langford for Men and Women: Training Camp Squads Announced

There’s a good mix of talent in the training squads announced for both the men and women. The camp started November 6th and the men’s squad will be preparing for the RAN 7s tournament in Trinidad starting November 21st, the women’s squad will be preparing for the SVNS series in Dubai starting November 29th.

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World Rugby SVNS Series 2025-26

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World Rugby Announces SVNS Series Schedule and Structure for 2025-26 Season: Vancouver a 2 Day Event on March 7-8

World Rugby has announced the upcoming SVNS series for 2025-26 and there are some significant changes. There will be 6 Series events and 3 World Championship events. The Series events will all be 2 days, including Vancouver, and will start with Dubai (29-30 November, 2025), Cape Town (6-7 December, 2025), Singapore (31 January-1 February, 2026), Australia (7-8 February, 2026), Vancouver (7-8 March, 2026), USA (14-15 March, 2026). The World Championship events start in April and are 3 day events, Hong Kong (17-19 April, 2026), Valladolid (29-31 May, 2026), Bordeaux (5-7 June, 2026).

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Back in History – May 18 2013

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Canada Women Finish Amsterdam 7s in 2nd Place Defeating USA and England: Team Included Heather Moyse, Mandy Marchak, Kayla Moleschi, Brittany Waters, Karen Paquin, Bianca Farella, Jen Kish, Magali Harvey…

With not much rugby news to write about this Sunday on Victoria Day Weekend, I decided to go back in the time machine in our database and found this gem from May 18th 2013. The women’s 7s team competing at the Amsterdam 7s. Amazingly the video highlights are still up on YouTube so you can watch the Day 1 and 2 highlights in the write-ups for 2013 below. Have a great Victoria Day Weekend in 2025!

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HSBC SVNS LA 2025

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Canadian Women Win Bronze in LA: Men’s Program Fails to Qualify for Division 2

The Canadian women won Bronze in LA at the World Rugby 7s final, their future looks solid as they look to compete in the 8 team World Rugby division 1 series next season. The men’s program, not so much, they lost to Kenya in the 2nd/3rd playoff for entry to division 2 and now the Canadian men’s path back to division 1 looks very complicated.

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Singapore 7s – April 2025

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Canada Win Bronze in Singapore: Finish 4th in Series Standings

Canada finished 3rd in Singapore, losing to Australia in the Cup semi-finals but defeating France in the 3rd place playoff. Canada finish the series in 4th as they prepare for the championship tournament in LA in May. The teams going to the relegation tournament are Brazil, China, Ireland and Spain.

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