Veterans Alex Russell, Thomas Isherwood, Cal Sager and Elias Hancock are heading the Canadian males’s rugby sevens aspect to goal to return to the elite HSBC SVNS sequence to win.
The 4 are one of many 13 gamers head coach Sean White selected for the primary two legs within the second tier HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Collection.
The Canadian man who was kicked out of the highest tier final June is about to complete within the prime 4 of the 3-Occasion Challenger sequence. That can win a spot on them within the promotion/relegation match from Could 3-4 in Carson, California. Right here, the highest 4 groups from the Challenger Collection and the underside 4 groups from HSBC SVNS will meet to find out 4 spots at subsequent season’s HSBC SVN. Discipline.
Cape City, South Africa might be holding the opening two rounds of the Challenger Collection, from March 1-2 and March 7-8. The highest eight groups will then participate within the Challenger Collection finale in Krakow, Poland in April.
Ethan Hager and Jamie Armstrong every recorded 4 matches in 4 matches in opposition to Japan and Trinidad and Tobago.
“Along with having the chance to construct unity as a staff, we additionally tweak processes on and off the sphere to hit the bottom operating in Cape City,” White mentioned in an announcement. “I am definitely happy with our efficiency in Vancouver, and that is grow to be a really tough alternative that you’ve got all the time needed as a coach.”
Morgan Di Nald and Ethan Turner made their Canadian debuts with the Hong Kong Sevens final yr, whereas Kyle Tremblay and Johnny Franklin made their debuts with the Rugby America’s North Sevens in November.
Canada will face Pool D’s Madagascar and Hong Kong of their first Cape City occasion.
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Ethan Turner, Burnaby Lake Labour Membership, Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Alex Russell, Bracebridge, Ontario, McGill College. Noah Bain, Freejacks (MLR); Brendenblack, Oakville, Ontario, College of Guelph. Ethan Hager, Castaway Wanderers, Brantford, Ontario. Morgan Di Nald of Victoria College Toronto. Jamie Armstrong, Ottawa on the College of Ottawa. Kyle Tremblay, BC, Whitelock, Bayside RFC; Thomas Iherwood, Okotoks, Alta, Westshore RFC; Johnny Franklin, BC, Bowen Island, Capilano RFC. Calceyger of Trent College, Peterborough, Ontario. Elias Hancock, Ottawa, College of Ottawa. Michael LaPlain Pereira, Montreal, Concordia College.
