Rugby Sevens will be among 18 sports featured at the Canada Summer Games set for Ontario’s Niagra region in August, and Team NL has been training a the High-Performance Unit at the NL Sports Centre in preparation.
This marks the first time women’s rugby will be played at the games. Interest in Rugby Sevens has exploded in recent years, due in part to the success of the national Canadian women’s team winning Bronze at the Rio Olympics.
The NL Rugby Union has announced the members of Team Newfoundland and Labrador’s Training Squad with further selections of the ten players travelling to the Canada Games to be made in late spring.
Team Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Alana Lee, Baymen RFC
- Caitlin Menchions, Swilers RFC
- Cali Dawe, Baymen RFC
- Cecilia Martino, Swilers RFC
- Claire O’Brien, Swilers RFC
- Deidre Ivey, Swilers RFC
- Gracie Whalen, Baymen RFC
- Hailey Dowling, Swilers RFC
- Hannah Blackmore, Dogs RFC
- Jessie Penney, Swilers RFC
- Jill Baker, Dogs RFC
- Kaitlyn Hawco, Dogs RFC
- Kaylie Sandbrook, Swilers RFC
- Laura McGrath, Dogs RFC
- McKenna Davis-Tucker, Swilers RFC
- Morgan Stoyles, Swilers RFC
- Sarah Mack, Dogs RFC
- Sydney Rose, Swilers RFC
