Canada women's national rugby sevens team

Canada
Union	Rugby Canada
Coach(es)	Jocelyn Barrieau
Captain(s)	Olivia Apps
Most caps	Bianca Farella (241)
Top scorer	Ghislaine Landry (1,356)
Most tries	Bianca Farella (168)
Team kit	Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up (2013)

The Canada women's national rugby sevens team was one of six 'core teams' that competed in all four rounds of the inaugural World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2012–13.^[1] Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 33–10.^[2] At the 2020 Olympics, they failed to medal and finished in 9th place.^[3]

They participated at the 2021 Canada Women's Sevens in Vancouver and Edmonton. Canada finished third at both tournaments.^[4]^[5]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Canada won the silver medal after coming from 0–12 behind to defeat Australia by 21–12 in the semi-finals,^[6] before losing the final to New Zealand by 12–19.^[7]^[8]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Canada

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Bronze Medal Game		6	4	2	0
2020	9–12th place	9th	5	3	2	0
2024	Gold Medal Game		6	4	2	0
Total	0 Titles	3/3	17	11	6	0

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Plate Finalists	6th	6	3	3	0
2013	Finalists		6	4	2	0
2018	Quarter-finalists	7th	4	2	2	0
2022	Quarter-finalists	6th	4	2	2	0
Total	0 Titles	4/4	20	11	9	0

Pan American Games

Pan Am Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2015	Finals		6	6	0	0
2019	Finals		5	5	0	0
2023	Finals		5	4	1	0
Total	2 Titles	3/3	16	15	1	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2018	Bronze medal	4th	5	2	3	0
2022	Bronze medal	4th	5	2	3	0
Total	0 Titles	2/2	10	4	6	0

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Results by season

Season	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Position	Points
2012–13	Dubai 6th	Houston 7th	Guangzhou rd	Amsterdam nd					rd	52
2013–14	Dubai 4th	Atlanta nd	São Paulo rd	Guangzhou rd	Amsterdam rd				rd	80
2014–15	Dubai rd	São Paulo rd	Atlanta rd	Victoria 6th	London nd	Amsterdam st			nd	96
2015–16	Dubai 6th	São Paulo nd	Atlanta 4th	Langford 5th	Clermont-Ferrand st				rd	74
2016–17	Dubai 6th	Sydney st	Las Vegas rd	Kitakyushu nd	Langford nd	Clermont-Ferrand rd			rd	98
2017–18	Dubai 4th	Sydney rd	Kitakyushu 11th	Langford 5th	Paris rd				4th	60
2018–19	Glendale (Denver) rd	Dubai nd	Sydney 5th	Kitakyushu st	Langford 5th	Biarritz rd			rd	94
2019–20	Glendale (Denver) 6th	Dubai nd	Cape Town rd	Hamilton nd	Sydney nd	Hong Kong cancelled	Langford cancelled	Paris cancelled	nd	80
2021 cancelled
2021–22	Dubai I 8th	Dubai II 8th	Málaga 6th	Seville 7th	Hong Kong cancelled	Langford 5th	Toulouse 6th		7th	52
2022–23	Dubai 9th	Cape Town 8th	Hamilton 11th	Sydney 9th	Vancouver 6th	Hong Kong 6th	Toulouse 10th		9th	39
2023–24	Dubai 4th	Cape Town 6th	Perth 7th	Vancouver rd	Los Angeles 4th	Hong Kong 6th	Singapore 7th	Madrid 4th	League: 5th Grand Finals: 4th	80
2024–25	Dubai 8th	Cape Town 5th	Perth 4th	Vancouver 7th	Hong Kong rd	Singapore rd	Los Angeles rd		League: 4th Grand Finals: rd	72

Totals

Tournaments	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win Percentage	Points Scored	Points Conceded
70	396	239	150	7	60.35%	7,750	5,540

Last updated: 20 May 2025.

Players

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Squad for the 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Player	Dubai I	Dubai II	Málaga	Seville	Langford	Toulouse
Elissa Alarie	11	11		11	11
Olivia Apps	4	4	5	5	2	2
Fancy Bermudez	10	10	10	10	10	10
Pamphinette Buisa	3	3	3	3	3
Emma Chown	6	6	6	6		6
Alysha Corrigan			2	2
Chloe Daniels	12	12	12	12
Olivia De Couvreur	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bianca Farella					8	8
Paige Farries			9	9
Renee Gonzalez	2	2			6	6
Asia Hogan-Rochester	9	9			9	9
Nakisa Levale	8	8	8	8	5	5
Breanne Nicholas	5	5	4	4	4	4
Ella O'Regan						11
Karen Paquin			13
Sabrina Poulin	7	7	7	7
Krissy Scurfield	13	13			13	13
Florence Symonds					7	7
Alexandra Tessier			11	13
Keyara Wardley					12	12

Sevens Series player records

Most matches
Rank	Player	Matches
1	Bianca Farella	241
2	Kayla Moleschi	219
3	Ghislaine Landry	208
4	Breanne Nicholas	199
5	Charity Williams	176
6	Karen Paquin	152
7	Brittany Benn	150
8	Olivia Apps	143
9	Jen Kish	134
10	Caroline Crossley	131

Most points
Rank	Player	Points
1	Ghislaine Landry	1,356
2	Bianca Farella	840
3	Charity Williams	497
4	Brittany Benn	335
4	Karen Paquin	335
6	Olivia Apps	330
7	Julia Greenshields	294
8	Breanne Nicholas	293
9	Kayla Moleschi	253
10	Ashley Steacy	206

Most tries
Rank	Player	Tries
1	Bianca Farella	168
2	Ghislaine Landry	143
3	Charity Williams	99
4	Brittany Benn	67
4	Karen Paquin	67
6	Julia Greenshields	52
7	Kayla Moleschi	49
8	Krissy Scurfield	35
9	Jen Kish	34
10	Olivia Apps	30

Most conversions
Rank	Player	Conv
1	Ghislaine Landry	319
2	Olivia Apps	80
3	Breanne Nicholas	69
4	Ashley Steacy	53
5	Magali Harvey	40
6	Mandy Marchak	29
7	Chloe Daniels	27
8	Kelly Russell	23
9	Julia Greenshields	17
10	Asia Hogan-Rochester	10

Last updated: 9 June 2024.^[9]

Note: Bold indicates active in the 2024–25 season.

Award winners

The following Canada Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:^[10]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year
Year	Nominees	Winners
2013	Jen Kish	—
2017	Ghislaine Landry	—

World Rugby Women's 7s Dream Team
Year	No.	Player
2024	1.	Olivia Apps

References

^ "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
^ "'Freaking historic': Canada wins bronze in women's rugby 7s – Canada Women's Sevens". www.canadasevens.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^ Johnston, Patrick (2021-07-30). "Canada's women rugby sevens squad bombs out of medal contention at the Olympics". National Post. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^ Williams, Rob (2021-09-21). "Despite everything, Canada Sevens put on a show in Vancouver again | Offside". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^ "Canada's women's team beats Mexico to win bronze at Edmonton rugby 7s tourney". www.cbc.ca. 2021-09-26. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
^ "Team Canada shocks Australia, will go for gold in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "Canada wins silver in women's rugby sevens after narrowly losing to All Blacks in Olympic final". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "Gutsy Team Canada earns silver in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links

[1] "IRB announces Women's Sevens World Series" (Press release). International Rugby Board. October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2012.

[2] "'Freaking historic': Canada wins bronze in women's rugby 7s – Canada Women's Sevens". www.canadasevens.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

[3] Johnston, Patrick (2021-07-30). "Canada's women rugby sevens squad bombs out of medal contention at the Olympics". National Post. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

[4] Williams, Rob (2021-09-21). "Despite everything, Canada Sevens put on a show in Vancouver again | Offside". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

[5] "Canada's women's team beats Mexico to win bronze at Edmonton rugby 7s tourney". www.cbc.ca. 2021-09-26. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-26.

[6] "Team Canada shocks Australia, will go for gold in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[7] "Canada wins silver in women's rugby sevens after narrowly losing to All Blacks in Olympic final". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[8] "Gutsy Team Canada earns silver in women's rugby sevens". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[9] World Rugby Stats Hub, https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stats/womens/alltime/players?metric=points Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[World_Rugby_Award_winners-10] "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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Women's national rugby sevens teams
WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Brazil Fiji France Great Britain Ireland New Zealand Spain United States
Teams with World Cup Sevens experience	China Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Papua New Guinea Russia South Africa Thailand Tunisia Uganda
Other teams	Algeria American Samoa Andorra Argentina Austria Barbados Belgium Botswana Bulgaria Burundi Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Malta Moldova Morocco Nauru New Caledonia Nigeria Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Scotland Senegal Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Wales Zambia Zimbabwe
Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup