Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team roster named for Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier

Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team for Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens, the rugby sevens Paris 2024 Qualification Event taking place August 19-20 in Langford, BC, has been named by Head Coach Jack Hanratty.

The team was selected following a two-weekend international summer showcase on Vancouver Island featuring Canada, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong, and is captained by Olivia Apps. Three players on the roster looking to qualify Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team for a third Olympic Games are Olympians from Canada’s Tokyo 2020 squad: Apps, Breanne Nicholas and Julia Greenshields.  

Also playing in Langford will be seven players who recently competed with Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team in Ottawa against New Zealand and Australia for the Pacific Four Series. This includes Apps, Florence Symonds, Fancy Bermudez, Alysha Corrigan, and Maddy Grant. The captains of Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team have also been named to the roster, with this being the second international sevens tournament for Sophie de Goede and the first for Justine Pelletier.

Asia Hogan Rochester returns to competition with Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team having missed the majority of the 2023 season due to injury.

“This has been a date on our minds and marked in our calendars for months,” said Hanratty. “We have had a brilliant, competitive few weeks. Although we will have 12 players take the field, we had 40 players between the Maple Leaf Academy and the senior squad in our environment during this period whose work and commitment has been unquestioned. We pride ourselves in being an Olympic program and Paris is where we want to be next summer. Our goal is to punch our ticket there at Starlight Stadium.”

Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team opens the tournament versus Mexico on Saturday August 19 at 11:36 a.m. PT / 2:36 p.m. ET, followed by match-ups with St. Lucia at 2:20 p.m. PT / 5:20 p.m. ET and Jamaica at 5:26 p.m. PT / 8:26 p.m. ET. Round robin play will conclude on Sunday August 20 with Canada playing St. Vincent and the Grenadines at 2:14 p.m. PT / 5:14 p.m. ET. The top two women’s teams following round robin play will progress to the gold medal final, the winner of which will earn a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Tickets start at $40 for a full weekend pass and $25 for a single day ticket and are available for purchase at rugby.ca/en/tickets. Questions regarding ticket purchases can be directed to tickets@rugby.ca. For more information on suites, please contact suites@rugby.ca.  

Broadcast coverage will be available in Canada via CBC. The full tournament will be available to stream via cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and the free CBC Gem streaming service, with live and highlight television coverage from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. ET on August 19 and 20.

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CANADA’S WOMEN’S SEVENS TEAM

3. Justine Pelletier (Rivière-du-Loup, QC) – Club de rugby de Québec / Stade Bordelais
4. Breanne Nicholas (Blenheim, ON) – Kent Havoc RFC
5. Julia Greenshields (Sarnia, ON) – Sarnia Saints
7. Florence Symonds (Hong Kong) – University of British Columbia
10. Fancy Bermudez (Edmonton, AB) – NorWester Athletic Association / Westshore RFC 
13. Krissy Scurfield (Canmore, AB) – University of Victoria
15. Sophie de Goede (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers RFC
16. Alysha Corrigan (Charlottetown, PEI) – CRFC
21. Olivia Apps (Lindsay, ON) – Lindsay RFC
24. Asia Hogan Rochester (Toronto, ON) - Toronto Nomads RFC
33. Maddy Grant (Cornwall, ON) – University of Ottawa
77. Chloe Daniels (Sutton, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Queen’s University