GUELPH — The Guelph Redcoats women's team would like to move up in the provincial rugby world, but don't yet have the number of bodies to do it.

For the second straight season, the Redcoats are again cruising along in the Niagara Rugby Union, the second tier of women's rugby in the province.

A Redcoats squad stocked with current and former University of Guelph Gryphon players improved to 7-0 on the year Saturday with an 82-5 throttling of the Sarnia Saints. Guelph has now outscored their opposition by a combined 359-40 this summer.

Last year, and likely this year, the team would have the option of moving up to the highest level Ontario Women's League. But to play in the OWL, a club must field an 'A' and a 'B' team and the Redcoats just don't have the numbers to do that.

"As much as it's fun to come out and win games like this, they don't teach you much," said Redcoats' player Carleigh Johnston on Sunday.

"We've discussed moving up to the top level and I think in a couple of years you will see us do that for the better competition," Johnston said.

Coach Mark Yanchus agreed.

"That would be nice, ultimately," Yanchus said, "but at this point we just don't have the numbers."

Yanchus said the club has 29 players on its roster, with between 15 and 17 usually turning up for games on the summer weekends. He said you would need around 40 players on the roster to seriously consider running two teams.

Johnston and Yanchus said the Redcoats are in the process of building the club from the ground up, with a strong kids and under-18 program aimed at feeding the men's and women's senior squads.