Category Archives: National Women’s 7s

National Women’s 7s Team

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Rugby Canada Appoint Jack Hanratty as Interim Coach of Women’s 7s Team

Jack Hanratty has been given the reigns of the contentious senior women’s 7s program until the end of the calendar year. The program has been hitting the headlines recently but not in a positive way. First the players ousted their long time coach, John Tait, accusing him of harassment and bullying, charges he was later cleared of by an independent investigator. Then they tanked at the Olympics, finishing 9th, after being favoured to repeat their 2016 Bronze medal performance.

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Vancouver 7s – 2021

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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 7s Updates – June 2021

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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

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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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USA Women’s 7s

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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.

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Editorial – April 2021

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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.

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Editorial – April 2021

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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

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Emirates Invitational 7s 2021 – Tournament #2

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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.

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