Januar 18th, 2022

(WHITBY, ON) - Canada's Men's and Women's Sevens Programs have announced their rosters for the first Spain Sevens tournament in Malaga. Both the Men's and Women's tournaments will run from Friday, January 21st until Sunday, January 23rd. Six Ontario athletes will be representing Canada in Malaga, one on the men's side and five on the women's side. All matches for both events will be available via CBC Sports. CBC will air television coverage of HSBC Sevens Spain on January 22 at 1:00pm ET, as well as 1:00pm local on Sunday, January 23. Read below to view the full rosters of both teams and the pool schedules. 

ROSTERS

Men's

1. Theo Sauder (Vancouver, BC) - Vancouver Rowing Club

2. Jake Thiel (Abbotsford, BC) - Abbotsford RFC

3. Nick Allen (North Vancouver, BC) - UBC Thunderbirds

4. Phil Berna (Vancouver, BC) - Vancouver Rowing Club

5. Alex Russell (Chinchester, ENG) - McGill University

6. Josiah Morra (Toronto, ON) – Toronto Saracens

7. Anton Ngongo (Victoria, BC) - Okanagan RFC

8. Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS) - Halifax Tars RFC

9. Sion Griffiths (Mill Bay, BC) - Cowichan RFC

10. Noah Bain (Abbotsford, BC) - UVic Vikes

11. Elias Ergas (Vancouver, BC) – UBC Thunderbirds

12. Thomas Isherwood (Okotoks, AB) - Foothills Lions RFC

13. Matthew Oworu (Calgary, AB) - Rugby Canada Development Academy Pacific Pride

Women's

1. Olivia De Couvreur (Ottawa, ON) - Ottawa Irish

2. Alysha Corrigan (Charlettetown, PEI) - CRFC

3. Pamphinette Buisa (Gatineau, QC) - Ottawa Irish/University of Victoria

4. Breanne Nicholas (Blenheim, ON) - London St. Georges

5. Olivia Apps (Lindsay, ON) - Lindsay RFC

6. Emma Chown (Barrie, ON) - Aurora Barbarians

7. Sabrina Poulin (St. Georges de Beauce) - Town of Mount Royal Rugby

8. Nakisa Levale (Abbotsford, BC) - Abbotsford RFC

9. Paige Farries (Red Deer, AB) - Worcester Warriors/Westshore RFC

10. Karen Paquin (La Ville de Quebec, QC) - Club de Rugby de Quebec/Stade Bordelais

11. Elissa Alarie (Trois-rivieres, QC) - Westshore RFC/ Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC/Braves de Trois-Riviéres

12. Chloe Daniels (Sutton, ON) - RC Maple Leafs Academy/Queens University

13. Florence Symonds (Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia

SCHEDULES

Men's

Friday, January 21st: Kenya 7s v. Canada 7s, 5:22AM ET

Friday, January 21st: France 7s v. Canada 7s, 10:22AM ET

Saturday, January 22nd: Canada 7s v. Wales 7s, 5:27 AM ET

Women's

Friday, January 21st: USA 7s v. Canada 7s, 3:44AM ET

Friday, January 21st: Fiji 7s v. Canada 7s* 

Saturday, January 22nd: Canada 7s v. Poland 7s, 3:44 AM ET

*Due to COVID-19 issues, Fiji 7s will not participate in the event and all their matches will be forfeited.

 All matches for both events will be available via CBC Sports

Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby