13 Ontario natives in Canada's Youth Commonwealth Games rosters; Photo Credit to Garry Coldwells
With files from Rugby Canada Communications
Rugby Canada has announced their rosters for the Youth Commonwealth Games. This year's event will be held in the Bahamas. Six Ontario men will be suiting up for Canada, while seven Ontario women will be representing their country. See below for the announcements from Rugby Canada.
WOMEN'S ROSTER
May 31, 2017 - Head coach Sandro Fiorino has named a 12-player squad for the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games to be held in the Bahamas.
The squad features four returning players from the 2016 U18 European Championships in Vichy, France, in Khadija Brouillette, Sophie de Goede, Tausani Levale and Denise Roy. Canada claimed bronze at the tournament.
“The returning players from France last summer will provide leadership and experience,” Fiorino said. “Ten of the players selected recently played in the Tropical Sevens so this group is learning how to play together at International events.”
At the 2015 Youth Commonwealth Games in Apia, Samoa, Canada collected a silver medal in rugby’s first ever inclusion in the games. Canada recently cruised to the gold medal at the Tropical Sevens in Florida.
“The goal is to give these players a taste of what high performance rugby is all about and play at a multi-sport event like the Youth Commonwealth Games,” Fiorino said.
Canada’s U18 sevens program has produced a number of graduates into the senior setup as current Canadian standouts Caroline Crossley, Hannah Darling and Charity Williams all represented Canada at the age-grade level before finding success on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series.
Streaming details, as well as pools and kickoff times, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Canada’s Squad for the Youth Commonwealth Games (Name, club, hometown):
Taylor Black, Crusaders (Oakville, ON)
Khadija Brouillette, Balmy Beach (Scarborough, ON)
Samantha Cyrille, Unattached (Scarborough, ON)
Hannah Daniels, Aurora Barbarians (Sutton, ON)
Olivia de Couvreur, Ottawa Irish (Ottawa, ON)
Sophie de Goede, Castaway Wanderers (Victoria, BC)
Brooklynn Feasby, Oshawa Vikings (Port Perry, ON)
Carmen Izyk, Okotoks Lions (Blackie, AB)
Aliesha Lewis, Guelph Red Coats (Guelph, ON)
Tausani Levale, Abbotsford RFC (Abbotsford, BC)
Denise Roy, Castaway Wanderers (Duncan, BC)
Keyara Wardley, Okotoks Lions (Vulcan, AB)
MEN'S ROSTER
July 4, 2017 - A 12-man team has been selected for the Youth Commonwealth Games later this month in Nassau, Bahamas.
It’ll be the first time Canada goes for gold at the Youth Commonwealth Games after rugby sevens was only included in the games’ schedule for the first time in 2015 where Canada’s men didn’t compete. Canada’s women won a silver medal that year.
The squad, which will be coached by Canada’s men’s sevens assistant coach Lee Douglas, features six Ontarians in Kaleb Delaney, Avery Oitomen, EJ Rerri, David Richards, Kevin Vertkas and Brock Webster. BC’s Corben Bowen, Jarvis Dashkewytch, Lachlan Kratz and Reece Tudor-Jones are joined by Alberta’s Marcus Douglas and Austin Pinnell.
The sevens competition runs from July 19-21. Streaming details, as well as pools and kickoff times, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Canada’s Men’s Youth Commonwealth Games Roster:
Corben Bowen (British Columbia)
Jarvis Dashkewytch (British Columbia)
Kaleb Delaney, Crusaders (Ontario)
Marcus Douglas (Alberta)
Lachlan Kratz (British Columbia)
Austin Pinnell (Alberta)
Avery Oitomen, Crusaders (Ontario)
EJ Rerri, Crusaders (Ontario)
David Richard, Mississauga Blues (Ontario)
Reece Tudor-Jones (British Columbia)
Kevin Vertkas, Toronto Nomads (Ontario)
Brock Webster, Oshawa Vikings (Ontario)
