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Rugby Canada women finish 4th at Dubai Sevens
It may not have been a cup-final finish but gives the Canadian women credit – they’re a plucky bunch who are growing by leaps and bounds. Already down their two most key players – captain Jen Kish and...
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Dubai 7s: Rugby Canada men find some ups, but lots of downs
Call it the proverbial mixed bag. A crushing, potentially dispiriting loss to England, a strong-though-ultimately-bittersweet performance against Fiji and a demolition of the United States on the...
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Rugby Canada’s Phil Mack up for Dubai 7s try of the tournament award
Did you catch Phil Mack’s soccer skills against the USA of day one of the Dubai Sevens? I immediately had it down as a potential try of the tournament – seems the powers that be think it could be too....
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Star-studded Rugby Canada women’s squad for Dubai 7s carries big expectations
It’s hard to see anything but the biggest results coming from Dubai a week from now. Head coach John Tait has picked a squad long on experience, pace and skill for his opening Women’s Sevens World...
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Video: Canadian women through to quarterfinals of Dubai Sevens
Canada is through to the quarterfinals of the Dubai Sevens women’s rugby tournament where they’ll square off against the U.S. at 10:22 p.m. PT tonight (streamed live at wsws.irb.com). Canada beat...
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Dubai 7s: Captain Canada, John Moonlight, on XVs struggles and the sevens...
RUGBY CANADA AT DUBAI SEVENS vs. Wales 9:22 p.m. PT Thursday Dec. 4 vs. South Africa midnight PT vs. Portugal 3:46 a.m. PT Friday Dec. 5 LIVE STREAM HERE John Moonlight, number eight. It’s not a...
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Dubai 7s: Canada men’s squad full of familiar names
To launch Canada’s biggest ever season of rugby sevens, head coach Liam Middleton has picked pretty much a strong a team as possible for the Dubai 7s. And the squad depth is so solid, he’s picked a...
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The Try and Tackle podcast says ProRugby is here – and so is the Sevens World...
November has come quickly – and so has ProRugby. Patrick Johnston and Curtis Reed look at the nascent American rugby circuit and what lies in front of it. Plus, the Dubai 7s are in a week, an early...
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Rugby Canada’s next star? Oak Bay teen Caroline Crossley set for World Rugby...
As the Canadian men and women get set to launch their respective World Rugby Sevens Series campaigns this weekend in Dubai, we catch up with Oak Bay Secondary grade 12 student Caroline Crossley, who’s...
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Dubai 7s: Canadian women hiccup on day one, but still through to cup quarters
Dubai, Upset City. Might the opening hour of the 2015 Dubai 7s women’s competition be the most enthralling stretch in the entire history of the Women’s Sevens Series? It just might have been: it’s hard...
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Dubai 7s: With a full pre-season under their belts, Canadian men’s sevens...
A year ago, Canadian men’s sevens head coach Liam Middleton was a brand new face to his players. Appointed to his new job in September, it had taken two months to get the Zimbabwe native’s work visa...
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Dubai 7s: Day one for Canadian men a wretched bloody mess while women stumble...
I thought maybe they all had the flu. There was no other way to explain it, I figured. The Canadian men just couldn’t make anything work on the first day at the Dubai 7s. There wasn’t any spark. They...
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UBC Rugby speedster Andrew Coe has the wheels and is on Canadian Sevens radar
Andrew Coe is fast. It’s a talent that’s carried him a long way – and it may yet carry him to the Olympics. The 19 year old plays his club rugby at the University of British Columbia, but he’s also...
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Dubai 7s: In the end, a weekend to forget for Canada’s men
After a disastrous day one in the desert, the Canadian men’s rugby sevens squad regained a measure of dignity in winning its final two games of the weekend and winning the Dubai 7s Shield. That’s the...
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