Rugby Canada names 14-player roster for Hong Kong rugby 7s tourney later this month

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 2:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Taylor Perry has been named to Canada's squad for the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, returning to the rugby sevens squad for the archetypal clip since winning metallic astatine past summer's Paris Olympics.

Perry has been playing 15s rugby successful England with the Exeter Chiefs. Exeter teammate Sabrina Poulin besides returns for the archetypal clip since competing successful Hong Kong past April.

The Hong Kong Sevens tally March 28 to 30 astatine Kai Tak Sports Park.

The Canadian women, sixth successful the wide standings aft 4 events, person been drawn successful Pool C with No. 2 Australia, No. 5 Japan and No. 12 Spain. New Zealand tops the table, winning successful Cape Town and Vancouver and finishing runner-up to Australia successful Dubai and Perth, Australia.

Canada finished eighth successful Dubai, 5th successful Cape Town, 4th successful Perth and seventh past period successful Vancouver.

Fourteen players volition question to Hong Kong, with 13 to beryllium declared for the last roster up of competition.

Players person been moving betwixt the sevens and 15s teams up of the remaining stops connected the HSBC SVNS circuit and the Pacific Four Series and Rugby World Cup aboriginal this twelvemonth successful 15s play.

"We are excited to support gathering connected the foundations of our performances this season," Canada manager Jocelyn Barrieau said successful a statement. "We volition proceed to enactment each of our teams and players successful this monumental twelvemonth for women's rugby successful Canada, and look guardant to seeing the instrumentality of aggregate players to the planetary sevens signifier successful the brand-new Kai Tak Sports Park successful Hong Kong."

Carmen Izyk, who past played successful Perth, returns from her 15s nine squad successful France, Rugby Club Toulon Provence Mediterranee. Julia Omokhuale, who spent the play successful England with the Leicester Tigers, and Vanessa Chiappetta from the University of Victoria besides marque the squad.

Olivia Apps, who is connected 296 points successful HSBC SVNS play, volition skipper the squad successful the lack of the injured Piper Logan.

Canada opens against Japan and Australia connected March 28 earlier wrapping up excavation play connected the 29th against Spain.

Following Hong Kong, the circuit shifts to Singapore for the penultimate lawsuit of the play April 5-6. The apical 8 men's and women's squad volition past vie successful the May 3-4 season-ending World Championship astatine Dignity Health Sports Park successful Carson, Calif.

The California finale volition besides diagnostic a promotion/relegation playoff involving the apical 4 men's and women's teams from the second-tier HSBC Sevens Challenger and the bottom-four teams connected the HSBC SVNS circuit.

The Canadian men, relegated past June, are acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the last Challenger Series lawsuit April 11-12 successful Krakow, Poland.

Canada presently tops the Challenger standings aft finishing runner-up successful the archetypal event, losing 33-7 to Chile, and 3rd successful the 2nd halt aft beating Japan 28-15. Both tournaments were successful Cape Town.

Canada roster

Vanessa Chiappetta, Rigaud, Que., Westshore RFC; Breanne Nicholas, Blenheim, Ont., Kent Havoc RFC; Charity Williams, Toronto, UBC; Florence Symonds, Vancouver, UBC; Carmen Izyk, High River, Alta., RCTPM; Olivia Apps, Lindsay, Ont., Lindsay RFC; Fancy Bermudez, Edmonton, Saracens (England); Eden Kilgour, Barrie, Ont., Westshore RFC; Julia Omokhuale, Calgary, Leicester Tigers (England); Carissa Norsten, Waldheim, Sask., University of Victoria; Sabrina Poulin, St-Georges, Que., Exeter Chiefs (England); Olivia Sarabura, Guelph, Ont., UBC; Mahalia Robinson, Fulford, Que., Town of Mount Royal RFC; Taylor Perry, Oakville, Ont., Exeter Chiefs (England).