Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team squad that will kick off 2025 in Perth announced

Fourteen players have been named to Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team ahead of HSBC SVNS Perth, the third stop on the 2025 HSBC SVNS series.  

The team travels to Australia this weekend to train for two weeks ahead of the three-day tournament taking place January 24 to 26 at HBF Park in Perth/Boorloo. The final roster of 13 players will be determined the week of the tournament. 

Returning to Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team for the first time since winning silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics are Olivia Apps and Florence Symonds. This past fall, Apps represented Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team at WXV in Vancouver, helping move Canada up to second in the world rankings. Symonds spent the fall with the University of British Columbia, helping the Thunderbirds to their first-ever U SPORTS women’s rugby championship in November. 

Three players could make their international sevens debut in Perth. Olivia Sarabura, Symonds’ UBC teammate, and Larah Wright, a standout player with the University of Victoria, both won silver for Canada at the 2024 FISU World University Championship last June. Gabrielle Senft, a mainstay for Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team at WXV in Vancouver this past fall, joins the squad in partnership with the PWR’s Saracens.  

“We saw a lot of growth for our squad in Dubai and Cape Town in December, which marked the start of a new Olympic cycle for us, with seven players making their international debuts and gaining some critical game experience,” said Jocelyn Barrieau, Head Coach of Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team. “We are excited about the group that we are taking to Perth and look to continue to build as the season progresses and as we near our home tournament in Vancouver.” 

PERTH POOL PLAY SCHEDULE 

Thursday January 23 
Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team vs Great Britain 
7:44pm PT / 10:44pm ET / 11:44am local time (Friday January 24) 

Friday January 24 
Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team vs Fiji 
12:21am PT / 3:21am ET / 4:21pm local time  

Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team vs USA 
10:41pm PT / 1:41am ET (Saturday January 25) / 2:41pm local time (Saturday January 25) 

The next HSBC SVNS stop after Perth will be Vancouver. Catch both Canada’s Women’s and Men’s Sevens Teams in action on home soil at HSBC SVNS Vancouver over February 21 to 23 at BC Place. Buy tickets now at vansevens.com.  

MORE INFO 

For the most up to date information on the HSBC SVNS Series and live coverage, including details on the event format, the schedule and the latest news, visit the official website: www.svns.com.  

CANADA’S WOMEN’S SEVENS TEAM ROSTER 

4. Breanne Nicholas (Blenheim, ON) - Kent Havoc RFC 
7. Florence Symonds (Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia 
8. Carmen Izyk (High River, AB) - Rugby Club Toulon Provence Méditerranée 
9. Olivia Apps (Lindsay, ON) - Lindsay RFC 
11. Piper Logan (Calgary, AB) - Calgary Hornets / University of British Columbia 
17. Camille Arvin-Bérod (Saint-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, QC) - Montreal Irish / Laval University / Lons Section Paloise 
19. Carissa Norsten (Waldheim, SK) - Kirin RFC / University of Victoria 
24. Asia Hogan-Rochester (Toronto, ON) - Toronto Nomads / Westshore RFC  
25. Shoshanah Seumanutafa (White Rock, BC) - Counties Manukau 
26. Savannah Bauder (North Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia 
27. Olivia Sarabura (Guelph, ON) - University of British Columbia 
29. Mahalia Robinson (Fulford, QC) - Town of Mount Royal RFC 
47. Larah Wright (Calgary, AB) - University of Victoria 
88. Gabrielle Senft (Regina, SK) – Castaway Wanderers / Saracens 

CANADA’S WOMEN’S SEVENS TEAM STAFF UPDATE 

Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team Lead Therapist Danielle McNally, who played a key role on Canada’s Paris 2024 Olympic silver medal winning team, has made the decision to depart Rugby Canada. Rugby Canada would like to thank Danielle for her immense contributions to the team and to rugby in Canada and wish her all the best in her future endeavours.