Canada national rugby sevens team

The Canada 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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Canada women's national rugby sevens team.
Canada
UnionRugby Canada
Emblem(s)The Maple Leaf
Coach(es)Henry Paul
Most capsNathan Hirayama (363)
Top scorerNathan Hirayama (1,859)
Most triesNathan Hirayama (147)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances7 (First in 1993)
Best result5th place, 2001

History
Main article: Rugby union in Canada

Honours

Current squad

Squad for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Player
 Dubai South Africa New Zealand Aust­ralia USA Canada England France Hong Kong Sing­apore
Phil Berna 444444
Connor Braid 666666
Cooper Coats 88
Andrew Coe 5512
Justin Douglas 88
Lucas Hammond 7777
Mike Fuailefau 333333
Nathan Hirayama 999999
Harry Jones 111111111111
Isaac Kaay 222222
Pat Kay 101010101010
Josiah Morra 5131313
Matt Mullins 11
David Richard 778812
Theo Sauder 1351111
Jake Thiel 121212121313
Conor Trainor 55
  • Italics indicates extra player who may join the squad to replace an injured player.

World Rugby Sevens Series
Main article: 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 Dubai
Hong Kong[2]
2004–05 12th 2 7/7 0 0 - 0 USA
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 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
1689143994971843.65%15,82917,413

Last updated: 8 March 2020.[3]

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 Qualified Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens
Total—–----

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 2 0
Total0 Titles7/74017230

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
Total0 Titles6/62915131

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
Total2 Titles2/3171430

World Games

World Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2001 Quarter-finals 6th 6 1 5 0
2005 Did not participate
2009 Did not participate
2013 Semi-finals 3rd 6 4 2 0
Total0 Titles2/412570
  • 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
1Nathan Hirayama363
2Harry Jones327
3John Moonlight318
4Phil Mack269
Mike Fuailefau269
6Justin Douglas239
7Conor Trainor214
8Pat Kay209
9Sean Duke201
10David Moonlight179
Most points
Rank Player Points
1Nathan Hirayama1,859
2Phil Mack973
3Harry Jones782
4Justin Douglas725
5Sean Duke622
6John Moonlight580
7David Moonlight553
8Mike Danskin480
9Marco di Girolamo392
10Shane Thompson375
Most tries
Rank Player Tries
1Nathan Hirayama147
2Justin Douglas144
3Harry Jones126
4Sean Duke124
5John Moonlight116
6David Moonlight107
7Phil Mack95
8Shane Thompson75
9Fred Asselin63
Mike Fuailefau63
Most conversions
Rank Player Conv
1Nathan Hirayama559
2Phil Mack246
3Mike Danskin135
4Jeff Williams105
5Harry Jones76
6Marco di Girolamo56
7Derek Daypuck42
8Ed Fairhurst37
Pat Kay37
10Connor Braid29
Last updated: 8 March 2020.[4]

Note: Bold indicates active in 2019-20 season.

See also

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