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.
Category Archives: National Women’s 7s
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.
World Rugby Sevens Series 2021
World Rugby Reveals Seven Series Plans for 2021 – Langford Out, Vancouver in Discussion for September
World Rugby have announced their plans for the World Sevens Series for 2021. As we have seen before, plans in the COVID era are just that – plans, they can change very quickly. The plan includes the Olympics going ahead which is something that isn’t 100% confirmed at this time. The latest news indicates the Olympics will likely go ahead but without foreign fans allowed into the country.
Maple Leaf 7s Academy – September 2020
Maple Leaf 7s Academy Features All Female Management Team for First Time
from World Rugby
As the intake of 12 new athletes and associated staff gathered together for the launch meeting of the Maple Leaf Academy at the end of August at the home of Rugby Canada in Langford, the room was already abuzz with excitement about what lay ahead for the countrys next generation of stars.