Jr. Blues Sevens rosters announced for National 7s & Tropical 7s

February 23, 2018

Ontario Jr. Blues Sevens rosters announced for 2018 National 7s and Tropical 7s

The Ontario Junior Blues Sevens program is excited to announce their rosters for the upcoming National U18 7s Rugby Championship in early March. Ontario will be fielding four teams in total at the National Championship – two teams in the U18 Men’s division and two teams in the U18 Women’s division.

The teams will travel to British Columbia for the event, with Day 1 of competition kicking off on March 8, 2018 at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club. The Gold medal matches for both the U18 Men’s and U18 Women’s divisions will take place at BC Place during the Canada Sevens competition. A full schedule and streaming details have yet to be announced.

Last year, the Jr. Blues walked away with three medals, as the U18 Men finished in first and second place, while the U18 Women finished in second and fourth. There are twelve returning players in the rosters from last year’s competition.

The Junior Blues are also excited to announce the two teams that are travelling to Orlando for the upcoming Tropical 7s tournament. Rugby Ontario is sending a U18 Men’s and Women’s team to Florida for the tournament on March 30-31, 2018. Schedules are yet to be released.

For more information on the U18 sevens teams, go to https://www.rugbyontario.com/u18-womens-sevens/ or https://www.rugbyontario.com/u18-mens-sevens/.

The 2018 Under-18 Men’s Sevens teams heading to Nationals are supported by the Canadian Misfit 7s. The Misfit 7s are a player-driven, performance-based invitational Rugby 7s touring program, dedicated to the identification and development of 7s players and coaches from every corner of the country. Their goal is to develop and maintain a deep player pool and feed the provincial and national pathway programs with well coached and motivated young athletes and aspiring coaches.

For more information on the Canadian Misfit 7s program, please visit https://canadianmisfit7s.ca

Is your club interested in supporting a provincial team? Please contact Sean Medeiros for more information on how you can get involved.

National U18 7s Rugby Championship Rosters

Ontario Jr. Blues Men – Blue		Ontario Jr. Blues Men - White
Isaiah Andrews	Kingston Panthers	Liam Bowman	Crusaders
Erick Baptiste	Ottawa Irish	Ben Burnside	Cobourg Saxons
Braden Bruce	Peterborough Pagans	William Daniel	Toronto Nomads
Jon Darrell*	Brantford Harlequins	Dylan DiGirolamo	Aurora Barbarians
Declan Finerty	Crusaders	Campbell Hunter	Toronto Saracens
Matthew Hollett	Aurora Barbarians	Jackson Kerr	Toronto Saracens
Alex Kropman	Ajax Wanderers	Cody Nhanala	Ottawa Indians
Liam McLaughlin	Ajax Wanderers	Duncan Phillips	Ottawa Indians
EJ Rerri*	Crusaders	Armand Pienaar	Oshawa Vikings
Jack Shaw	Crusaders	William Pilat-Cumberbatch	Toronto Bucaneers
Lucas Vanderburg	Aurora Barbarians	Nash Ramsay	Stoney Creek Camels
Carson Young*	Oshawa Vikings	Sam Shearer	Aurora Barbarians

Coaching Staff

Nigel D'Acre - Head Coach, Ontario Blue

Paul Myers - Head Coach, Ontario White

Khalil Ajram - Manager

Malik Carby-Crobett - Athletic Therapist

Ontario Jr. Blues Women – Blue		Ontario Jr. Blues Women – White
Taylor Black*	Crusaders	Abbey Anderson	Norfolk Harvesters
Kendra Cousineau*	Niagara Wasps	Natalie Armatage	Waterloo County
Samantha Cyrille*	Unattached	Sarah Bothen	Stoney Creek Camels
Linnea Dalvi	Barrhaven Scottish	Payton Brown	Brantford Harlequins
Olivia De Couvreur*	Ottawa Irish	Katya Dondi	Brampton Beavers
Brooklynn Feasby*	Oshawa Vikings	Charlotte Finlay*	Bruce County
Kennedy Feasby	Oshawa Vikings	Maddie Hobson	Brantford Harlequins
Katie McLeod	Aurora Barbarians	Maddy Kushner	Ottawa Irish
Bridget Peros*	Crusaders	Brianna Martey	Ottawa Irish
Sydney Seymour	Cornwall Claymores	Chihinga Roest	Norfolk Harvesters
Lily Stewart	Peterborough Pagans	Zoe Spronk	Kingston Panthers
Emma Wade*	Crusaders	Abigail Wade	Crusaders

Coaching Staff

Ian Fitzgerald - Head Coach

Sean Dunleavy - Assistant Coach

Sonny Raina - Assistant Coach

Vicki Woodhead - Manager

Perry Fan - Athletic Therapist

Tropical 7s Rosters

Ontario Jr. Blues Women – Tropical 7s		Ontario Jr. Blues Men – Tropical 7s
Suzanne Aasheim-Sorenson	Peterborough Pagans	Matthew Canessa	Brantford Harlequins
Maddison Arnott	Stoney Creek Camels	Jared Cresswell	Ajax Wanderers
Payton Brown	Brantford Harlequins	Jackson Eales-Harwood	Oshawa Vikings
Regan Casey	Barrhaven Scottish	Kalen Haggerty	Oshawa Vikings
Aislynn Grant	Toronto Nomads	Harry Hibbert	Crusaders
Morgan Hummel	Cornwall Crusaders	Kyle Joe	Aurora Barbarians
Caitlin Mahaffy	Norfolk Harvesters	Reed Melenhorst	Ottawa Indians
Katie McLeod	Aurora Barbarians	Rhys Patterson	Markham Irish
Ngozi Mosindi	Ottawa Irish	Jack Porter	Aurora Barbarians
Megan Robertson	Ajax Wanderers	Glenn Roy	Ottawa Irish
Quynh-Ni Tran	Ottawa Irish	Christian Trianni	Brock RFC
Abigail Wade	Crusaders	Nathan Woods	Brampton Beavers

Coaching Staff

Nigel D'Acre - Head Coach, U18 Men

Jeremy Cairnie - Head Coach, U18 Women

Sonny Raina - Manager, U18 Men

Vicki Woodhead - Manager, U18 Women

* Denotes returning player

ABOUT THE ONTARIO BLUES

The Ontario Blues program is the high performance representative program for male and female rugby players in Ontario. Rugby Ontario is represented at the provincial level by the Ontario Blues. The program includes representative teams from Under-15 to Senior in both Women’s and Men’s Fifteens and Under-18 Men's and Women's Sevens. Specifically, the program is designed to develop and showcase rugby players for Canadian representative national teams.

ABOUT RUGBY ONTARIO

Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to establish a stronger identity for rugby in Ontario by promoting the sport’s core values and by fostering a culture of inclusiveness and excellence on and off the field of play.

To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/