Canada Defeat Mexico to Finish 3rd in Four Team Tournament: Full Match Videos
Canada lost to USA 22-12 to start Day 2 before running up the score on the winless Mexican team, 48-0. Mexico failed to score a point over 5 games at the tournament.
Category Archives: National Women’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 – Women
NZ Win Gold, France Silver, Fiji Bronze – Canada Defeat Kenya to Place 9th: Match Videos of Medal Round
The 2020 (2021) Olympic Rugby 7s may be remembered for the emergence of two nations that raised their game, Fiji and China.
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.
USA Women’s 7s
USA Name Women’s Olympic 7s Squad: Includes Player from Calgary
The USA have named their women’s rugby 7s team travelling to Japan for the Olympics in July, 12 starters, 1 alternate and 2 travelling reserves.
Editorial – April 2021
Women’s 7s Team Issue Statement on Their Formal Complaint Under Rugby Canada’s 2013 Harassment and Bullying Policy
The women released their statement as three graphics on social media. The three items are listed below, we’ll go through the six paragraphs of the letter and add our comments on each one.
Editorial – April 2021
What’s the Latest on the John Tait Situation with Rugby Canada and the Women’s 7s Team
Back on February 5th Rugby Canada dropped a bombshell on the rugby community with the announcement that they were putting in a “temporary” coaching team for the women’s 7s program pending an investigation. The temporary coach would be Sandro Fiorino, the women’s XVs coach, and the Olympic coach would be Australian Mick Byrne. The press release was vague and left current coach, John Tait, twisting in the wind. Although the press release didn’t mention him by name, the question in everyone’s mind was why was John Tait being relieved of the coaching position. The original article (with reader comments) can be viewed here: https://bcrugbynews.com/show_news.cfm?ID=3633
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.