Henry Paul confirms Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens roster for RAN Sevens Qualifiers
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Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens team heads to Nassau, Bahamas this weekend to compete in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Qualifiers. Ahead of the event, Head Coach Henry Paul has confirmed his 13-man roster, presented by Velocity Trade.
April 19, 2022 (Langford, BC) – Canada’s Senior Men’s Sevens team heads to Nassau, Bahamas this weekend to compete in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Qualifiers. Ahead of the event, Head Coach Henry Paul has confirmed his 13-man roster.
Returning to the squad and hoping to make an impact are Thomas Isherwood and Jarvis Dashkewytch after both missed out on the HSBC Canada Sevens at BC Place in Vancouver last weekend as Canada finished tenth. Lucas Scheck is in line to make his debut after joining the program in the fall of 2021.
Brennig Prevost, David Richard and Alex Russell miss out through minor injuries.
The event, being hosted at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium by the Bahamas Rugby Football Union, serves as the qualifiers for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.
“This tournament represents the final leg of an intense period, following the Singapore and Canada Sevens events,” commented Paul. “We know the task at hand is to qualify for the Sevens World Cup later this year. We’ll approach Nassau with respect to the opposition whilst trying to replicate several pulsating performances the team produced in front of our passionate home crowd in BC Place last weekend.”
MEN’S SCHEDULE / COVERAGE
For full coverage of the RAN Sevens Qualifiers, head to the RAN website. The schedule for the event was confirmed on March 25.
WHERE TO WATCH
Every minute of action of every game will be streamed free and live on RAN’s website throughout the tournament with a mixture of English and Spanish commentary. Simply go to www.rugbyamericasnorth.com to watch all the action.
CANADA’S MEN’S SEVENS RAN QUALIFIERS ROSTER
1. Lucas Scheck (Cactus Lake, SK) – Sask Rugby
2. Jake Thiel (Abbotsford, BC) – Abbotsford RFC
3. Nick Allen (North Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia
4. Phil Berna (Vancouver, BC) – Vancouver Rowing Club
5. Matthew Oworu (Calgary, AB) - Pacific Pride
6. Thomas Isherwood (Okotoks, AB) - Foothills Lions RFC
7. Brock Webster (Uxbridge, ON) – Oshawa Vikings RFC
8. Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS) – Halifax Tars
9. D’Shawn Bowen (Toronto, ON) – Pacific Pride
10. Lachlan Kratz (Victoria, BC) – NOLA Gold
11. Elias Ergas (Vancouver, BC) – University of British Columbia
12. Anton Ngongo (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers
13. Jarvis Dashkewytch (Tsawwassen, BC) – University of Victoria
UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION DUE TO INJURY AND/OR ILLNESS
Brennig Prevost
David Richard
Alex Russell
Noah Bain
Theo Sauder
Josiah Morra
PARTICIPATING IN OTHER RUGBY COMPETITIONS
Giovani Douyon – James Bay Athletic Association