Canada national rugby sevens team
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Union | Rugby Canada | ||
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Emblem(s) | The Maple Leaf | ||
Coach(es) | Henry Paul | ||
Most caps | Nathan Hirayama (363) | ||
Top scorer | Nathan Hirayama (1,859) | ||
Most tries | Nathan Hirayama (147) | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1993) | ||
Best result | 5th place, 2001 |
The Canada men’s national rugby sevens team competes at several international tournaments — the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games.
History[]
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Honours[]
- 2011 Pan American Games Gold medal
- 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Plate Champions
- 2013 World Games Bronze medal
- 2015 Pan American Games Gold medal
- 2017 Singapore Sevens Cup Champions
Current squad[]
Squad for the 2021 World Rugby Sevens Series.
Vancouver | Edmonton | |
4 | ||
Phil Berna | 1 | |
6 | ||
7 | ||
Andrew Coe | 11 | |
12 | ||
10 | ||
13 | ||
3 | ||
8 | ||
9 | ||
5 | ||
Jake Thiel | 2 |
- Italics indicates extra player who may join the squad to replace an injured player.
World Rugby Sevens Series[]
The principal competition in which the Canada national rugby sevens team regularly competes is the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada is one of the core teams that plays in every Series tournament.
Results by season[]
Season | Rank | Points | Tournaments | 1st Cup |
2nd Silver |
3rd Bronze |
5th Plate |
9th Bowl |
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1999–00 | 6th | 60 | 10/10 | 0 | - | Wellington | 0 | 0 |
2000–01 | 8th | 26 | 9/9 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | Shanghai |
2001–02 | 12th | 8 | 10/11 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
2002–03 | 12th | 6 | 7/7 | 0 | 0 | - | Hong Kong | Wellington[1] |
2003–04 | 9th | 22 | 8/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | Hong Kong[2] |
2004–05 | 12th | 2 | 7/7 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |
2005–06 | 12th | 4 | 8/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
2006–07 | 13th | 8 | 8/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
2007–08 | 16th | 2 | 8/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
2008–09 | 15th | 3 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
2009–10 | 11th | 15 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | Hong Kong London |
2010–11 | 15th | 5 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | Hong Kong |
2011–12 | 13th | 33 | 5/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | USA |
2012–13 | 12th | 69 | 9/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | USA | Wellington |
2013–14 | 6th | 90 | 9/9 | 0 | Scotland | USA | 0 | London |
2014–15 | 9th | 67 | 9/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Africa |
2015–16 | 13th | 40 | 10/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sydney Canada |
2016–17 | 8th | 98 | 10/10 | Singapore | 0 | London | 0 | 0 |
2017–18 | 9th | 76 | 10/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19 | 11th | 59 | 10/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paris |
2019–20 | 8th | 67 | 6/10[3] | 0 | 0 | Canada | Hamilton | 0 |
Third place games/Bronze finals were introduced in the 2011-12 season. Starting in the 2016-17 season, Silver and Bronze medals were introduced, 5th place replaced the Plate, the Challenge Trophy replace the Bowl, and the 13th place replaced the Shield.
Totals[]
Tournaments | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win Percentage | Points Scored | Points Conceded |
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168 | 914 | 399 | 497 | 18 | 43.65% | 15,829 | 17,413 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020.[4]
Major quadrennial tournaments[]
Canada competes to participate in two major global quadrennial tournaments — the Summer Olympics and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Summer Olympics[]
Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | L | D | Qualifying | |||
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Did Not Qualify | Lost 12-14 vs Russia in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament | ||||||||
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Quarterfinals | 8th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Rugby World Cup Sevens[]
World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Bowl Semifinals | =15th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
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Bowl Quarterfinals | =21st | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
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Quarterfinals | =5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Group Stage | =18th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
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Plate Quarterfinals | =13th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
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Plate Champions | 9th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
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Challenge Trophy | 12th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Not yet qualified | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 7/7 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
Other tournaments[]
Commonwealth Games[]
Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Quarterfinals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
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Plate semifinals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Quarterfinals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
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Bowl finals | 10th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Bowl champions | 9th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
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Pool round | =9th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 6/6 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 |
Pan American Games[]
Pan Am Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Finals | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Finals | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
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Finals | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 Titles | 3/3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
World Games[]
World Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
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Did not participate | ||||||||
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Did not participate | ||||||||
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
- Rugby sevens was discontinued after the 2013 World Games due to the sport returning to the Olympics in 2016.
Player records[]
The following shows the Canadian statistical leaders based on World Series play.
Rank | Player | Matches |
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1 | Nathan Hirayama | 363 |
2 | Harry Jones | 327 |
3 | John Moonlight | 318 |
4 | Phil Mack | 269 |
Mike Fuailefau | 269 | |
6 | Justin Douglas | 239 |
7 | Conor Trainor | 214 |
8 | Pat Kay | 209 |
9 | Sean Duke | 201 |
10 | David Moonlight | 179 |
Rank | Player | Points |
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1 | Nathan Hirayama | 1,859 |
2 | Phil Mack | 973 |
3 | Harry Jones | 782 |
4 | Justin Douglas | 725 |
5 | Sean Duke | 622 |
6 | John Moonlight | 580 |
7 | David Moonlight | 553 |
8 | 480 | |
9 | 392 | |
10 | 375 |
Rank | Player | Tries |
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1 | Nathan Hirayama | 147 |
2 | Justin Douglas | 144 |
3 | Harry Jones | 126 |
4 | Sean Duke | 124 |
5 | John Moonlight | 116 |
6 | David Moonlight | 107 |
7 | Phil Mack | 95 |
8 | 75 | |
9 | 63 | |
Mike Fuailefau | 63 |
Rank | Player | Conv |
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1 | Nathan Hirayama | 559 |
2 | Phil Mack | 246 |
3 | 135 | |
4 | 105 | |
5 | Harry Jones | 76 |
6 | 56 | |
7 | Derek Daypuck | 42 |
8 | Ed Fairhurst | 37 |
Pat Kay | 37 | |
10 | Connor Braid | 29 |
Note: Bold indicates active in 2019-20 season.
See also[]
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- Canada national rugby union team
References[]
- ^ Match Archive, http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=Canada&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2002-2003&country=&tournament=&submit=Search Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Match Archive, http://ur7s.com/match-archive?team_a=Canada&team_b=&series=HSBC+World+Sevens+Series&season=2003-2004&country=&tournament=&submit=Search Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". www.world.rugby/. World Rugby. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ SEVENS DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/docs-resources Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stats/alltime/players Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- National rugby sevens teams
- Canada national rugby union team