Canada national rugby sevens team

Canada
Union	Rugby Canada
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)
Team kit	Change kit
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[]

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.

Player	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
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
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
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	L	D	Qualifying
2016	Did Not Qualify						Lost 12-14 vs Russia in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament
2020	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
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Bowl Semifinals	=15th	6	2	4	0
1997	Bowl Quarterfinals	=21st	5	0	5	0
2001	Quarterfinals	=5th	6	3	3	0
2005	Group Stage	=18th	8	3	5	0
2009	Plate Quarterfinals	=13th	4	2	2	0
2013	Plate Champions	9th	6	5	1	0
2018	Challenge Trophy	12th	5	2	3	0
2022	Not yet qualified
Total	0 Titles	7/7	40	17	23	0

Other tournaments[]

Commonwealth Games[]

Canada playing New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	1	1
2002	Plate semifinals	7th	5	2	3	0
2006	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	2	0
2010	Bowl finals	10th	6	3	3	0
2014	Bowl champions	9th	6	4	2	0
2018	Pool round	=9th	3	1	2	0
Total	0 Titles	6/6	29	15	13	1

Pan American Games[]

Pan Am Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Finals	1st	6	6	0	0
2015	Finals	1st	6	5	1	0
2019	Finals	2nd	5	3	2	0
Total	2 Titles	3/3	17	14	3	0

World Games[]

World Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	6	1	5	0
	Did not participate
2009	Did not participate
2013	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.

Most matches
Rank	Player	Matches
1	Nathan Hirayama	363
2	Harry Jones	327
3	John Moonlight	318
4	Phil Mack	269
4	Mike Fuailefau	269
6	Justin Douglas	239
7	Conor Trainor	214
8	Pat Kay	209
9	Sean Duke	201
10	David Moonlight	179

Most points
Rank	Player	Points
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

Most tries
Rank	Player	Tries
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
9	Mike Fuailefau	63

Most conversions
Rank	Player	Conv
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
8	Pat Kay	37
10	Connor Braid	29

Last updated: 8 March 2020.^[5]

Note: Bold indicates active in 2019-20 season.

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

[1] 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

[2] 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

[3] "World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". www.world.rugby/. World Rugby. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[4] SEVENS DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/docs-resources Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine

[5] World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub, http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stats/alltime/players Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine

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