Canada will once again be led by Captain Ghislaine Landry, whose 984 points all-time leads all scorers on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Series. Landry, Kayla Moleschi and Bianca Farella are the only remaining members of Canada’s roster that finished the 2013 edition in a best-ever silver podium finish in Moscow, Russia.



Olivia Apps, Britt Benn, Pam Buisa, Caroline Crossley, Julia Greenshields, Sara Kaljuvee, Breanne Nicholas, Natasha Watcham-Roy & Charity Williams are all set to make their tournament debut after impressing on the World Series.



Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018, which features the world’s top 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams, will be played on 20-22 July at the iconic AT&T Park in California. With the recently confirmed innovative ‘knock-out’ tournament format both the men’s and women’s teams will have to win every match to be crowned World Cup winners.



The women’s competition starts off on Friday morning with the Round of 16, where Canada is set to face Brazil with a berth in the quarter-finals on the line.



This month’s historic event in California will be the first-ever Rugby World Cup in any form in USA and only second in North America after Canada hosted the 2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup in Edmonton, Alberta.



Rugby Canada, in partnership with Bear Mountain, Butchart Gardens & the City of Langford, is throwing an official Rugby World Cup Sevens Send Off event on Thursday, July 12th. Members of the Canadian Rugby community are encouraged to attend from 12pm to 2pm to celebrate our team’s and properly send them off to San Francisco as part of the annual Players’ Championship Golf Tournament.



Canada’s Rugby World Cup Sevens Roster:



Olivia Apps, Lindsay RFC (Lindsay, ON)

Britt Benn, Guelph Redcoats (Napanee, ON)

Pam Buisa, Ottawa Irish (Gatineau, QC)

Caroline Crossley, Castaway Wanderers (Victoria, BC)

Bianca Farella, Town of Mount Royal RCF (Montreal, QC)

Julia Greenshields, Sarnia Saints (Sarnia, ON)

Sara Kaljuvee, Toronto Scottish (Ajax, ON)

Ghislaine Landry, Captain, Toronto Scottish (Toronto, ON)

Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake Rustlers (Williams Lake, BC)

Breanne Nicholas, London St. Georges RFC (Blenheim, ON)

Natasha Watcham-Roy, Hull Volant (Gatineau, QC)

Charity Williams, Markham Irish (Toronto, ON)



Canada Rugby World Cup Sevens Schedule



Canada vs. Brazil – 2:06pm ET/11:06am PT – Round of 16



All matches throughout the men’s and women’s competition can be seen LIVE on www.cbcsports.ca, while television coverage on CBC is still to be confirmed.



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