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Canada national rugby sevens team

Field	Value
country	Canada
image	Rugby Canada logo.svg
imagesize	180
union	Rugby Canada
emblem	The Maple Leaf
coach	Sean White
caps	Nathan Hirayama (363)
top scorer	Nathan Hirayama (1,859)
most tries	Nathan Hirayama (147)
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pattern_so1	_CanadasocksRWC
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pattern_sh2	_CanadashortsRWCb
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sevens	yes
World cup apps	8
year	1993
best	5th place, 2001

the men's team

The Canada men’s national rugby sevens team competes at several international tournaments — the Rugby World Cup Sevens, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games. Following a loss in the Qualifier Playoffs in the Grand Finel, Canada were relegated from the World Rugby Sevens Series. They have qualified for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.

History

Main article: Rugby union in Canada

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

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected to represent Canada during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023.

Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 Dubai Sevens.

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
2003–04	9th	22	8/8	0	0	-	0	Dubai
Hong Kong
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
2021	4th	24	2/2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22†	14th	34 Ranking
36 Total	9/9	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	14th	39	11/11	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	12th	14	8/8	0	0	0	0	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.

† Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season. This system excluded the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the final standings. So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven tournament results for each team contributed to the ranking points.

Totals

Tournaments	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win percentage	Points Scored	Points Conceded
197	1,073	440	616	18	%	18,026	21,046

Last updated: 22 June 2024.

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
BRA 2016	Did not qualify	Lost in QF of the Final Qualification Tournament
JPN 2020	Quarterfinals	8th	6	1	5	0	Won 40–5 vs Jamaica at the 2019 RAN Sevens
FRA 2024	Did not qualify	Lost in SF of the Final Qualification Tournament

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W
SCO 1993	Bowl Semifinals	=15th	6	2	4
Hong Kong 1997	Bowl Quarterfinals	=21st	5	0	5
ARG 2001	Quarterfinals	=5th	6	3	3
HKG 2005	Group Stage	=18th	8	3	5
UAE 2009	Plate Quarterfinals	=13th	4	2	2
RUS 2013	Plate Champions	9th	6	5	1
USA 2018	Challenge Trophy	12th	5	2	3
RSA 2022	Challenge Trophy	13th	5	3	2
Total	0 Titles	8/8	45	20	25

Other tournaments

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
MAS 1998	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	1	1
ENG 2002	Plate semifinals	7th	5	2	3	0
AUS 2006	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	2	0
IND 2010	Bowl finals	10th	6	3	3	0
SCO 2014	Bowl champions	9th	6	4	2	0
AUS 2018	Pool round	=9th	3	1	2	0
ENG 2022	Quarterfinals	=7th	5	2	3	0
Total	0 Titles	7/7	34	17	16	1

Pan American Games

Pan Am Games record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W
MEX 2011	Finals		6	6	0
CAN 2015	Finals		6	5	1
PER 2019	Finals		5	3	2
CHI 2023	Finals		5	3	2
Total	2 Titles	4/4	22	17	5

World Games

World Games record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
JPN 2001	Quarter-finals	6th	6	1	5	0
GER 2005	did not participate
TPE 2009	did not participate
COL 2013	Semi-finals		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
1	Nathan Hirayama	363
2	Harry Jones	327
3	John Moonlight	318
4	Phil Mack	269
Mike Fuailefau	269
6	Phil Berna	242
7	Justin Douglas	239
8	Conor Trainor	214
9	Pat Kay	209
10	Sean Duke	202

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	Mike Danskin	480
9	Marco Di Girolamo	392
10	Shane Thompson	375

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	Shane Thompson	75
9	Fred Asselin	63
Mike Fuailefau

Rank	Player	Conv
1	Nathan Hirayama	559
2	Phil Mack	246
3	Mike Danskin	135
4	Jeff Williams	105
Cooper Coats
6	Harry Jones	76
7	Marco Di Girolamo	56
8	Derek Daypuck	42
9	Ed Fairhurst	37
Pat Kay

Last updated: 11 December 2023. Note: Bold indicates active in 2023-24 season.

References

"World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures and statement from Sir Bill Beaumont". World Rugby.
(1 December 2021). "Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022".

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