Canada women's national rugby union team

Canada

Nickname(s)	Canucks, Maple Leafs
Union	Rugby Canada
Head coach	Francois Ratier
Captain	Kelly Russell
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	3 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Canada 3 - 22 United States (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 14 November 1987)
Biggest win
Canada 98 - 0 Hong Kong (Dublin, Ireland, 9 August 2017)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 88 - 3 Canada (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada 8 September 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1991)
Best result	Runner-up, 2014

The Canada women's national rugby union team is governed by Rugby Canada, and plays in red and black.^[1][2] They were ranked 5th in World Rugby's inaugural women's rankings and are currently ranked as the third best team in the world.^[3][4]

Team Roster

Squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup^[5]

• Elissa Alarie
• Emily Belchos
• Tyson Beukeboom
• Latoya Blackwood
• Andrea Burk
• Olivia DeMerchant
• Jacey Grusnick
• Chelsea Guthrie
• Magali Harvey
• Lori Josephson
• Brittany Kassil
• Jane Kirby
• Kayla Mack
• Carolyn McEwen
• DaLeaka Menin
• Barbara Mervin
• Brianna Miller
• Chelsey Minter
• Cindy Nelles
• Karen Paquin
• Frederique Rajotte
• Laura Russell
• Kelly Russell
• Kristy Sargent
• Alex Tessier
• Amanda Thornborough
• Brittany Waters
• Julianne Zussman

Previous squads

Squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Kim Donaldson	Hooker	24 August 1983		Burnaby Lake Rugby Club
Mary Jane Kirby	Hooker	20 July 1989		Highland RFC
Olivia DeMerchant	Prop	16 February 1991		Woodstock Wildmen RUFC
Hilary Leith	Prop	29 December 1983		Capilano RFC
Marie-Pier Pinault-Reid	Prop	20 December 1988		CR Quebec
Laura Russell	Prop	10 November 1988		Toronto Nomads
Tyson Beukeboom	Lock	10 March 1991		Aurora Barbarians RFC
Latoya Blackwood	Lock	19 August 1985		Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RC
Kayla Mack	Lock	9 May 1989		Wild Oats RFC
Maria Samson	Lock	2 February 1983		Calgary Hornets
Barbara Mervin	Flanker	1 April 1982		Velox Valhallians
Jacey Murphy	Flanker	21 March 1989		Aurora Barbarians RFC
Karen Paquin	Flanker	3 August 1987		CR Quebec
Kelly Russell	Number 8	7 December 1986		Toronto Nomads
Stephanie Bernier	Scrum-half	28 June 1988		CR Quebec
Julia Sugawara	Scrum-half	27 November 1982		Burnaby Lake Rugby Club
Emily Belchos	Fly-half	27 April 1995		Markham Irish RFC
Julianne Zussman	Fly-half	23 January 1987		Town of Mount Royal RFC
Andrea Burk	Centre	7 April 1982		Capilano RFC
Mandy Marchak	Centre	24 November 1984		Capilano RFC
Amanda Thornborough	Centre	2 July 1990		Brandon Barbarians RFC
Brittany Benn	Wing	23 April 1989		Guelph Redcoats RFC
Jessica Dovanne	Wing	3 February 1986		Velox Valhallians
Magali Harvey	Wing	16 August 1990		CR Quebec
Brittany Waters	Wing	23 April 1983		Meraloma Rugby
Elissa Alarie	Fullback	31 January 1986		Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue RC

Results

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A
1991	Plate Winners	5th	5	3	1	1	80	37
1994	Shield Finalists	6th	5	2	0	3	105	46
1998	3rd/4th place play-off	4th	5	2	0	3	52	163
2002	3rd/4th place play-off	4th	4	2	0	2	84	94
2006	3rd/4th place play-off	4th	5	2	0	3	145	28
2010	5th place match	6th	5	2	0	3	146	66
2014	Finalists		5	3	1	1	113	62
2017	5th place match	5th	5	4	0	1	213	60
2021	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	9/9		39	20	2	17	938	556

Full internationals only. Last updated 9 August 2017

Rugby: Canada internationals 1987-

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Australia	2014	2	2	0	0	100.00%
England	1993	26	4	1	21	15.38%
France	1996	14	6	0	8	42.86%
Hong Kong	2017	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Ireland	2002	3	2	0	1	66.67%
Italy	1991	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Japan	1994	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Kazakhstan	1994	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Netherlands	1998	1	1	0	0	100.00%
New Zealand	1991	12	0	0	12	0.00%
Samoa	2014	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Scotland	1994	6	5	0	1	83.33%
South Africa	2009	4	4	0	0	100.00%
Sweden	2010	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Soviet Union	1991	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Spain	2006	3	3	0	0	100.00%
United States	1987	36	19	0	17	52.78%
Wales	1991	9	5	2	2	55.56%
Summary	1987	124	59	3	62	47.58%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals

1980s

[17]
	1987-11-14	Canada	3-22	United States	Victoria, British Columbia	[1/1/1]

[27]
	1988-08-08	United States	26-10	Canada	Saranac Lake	[2/2/2]

[33]
	1989-09-03	Canada	3-28	United States	Edmonton	[3/3/3]

1990s

[48]
	1991-04-06 (WC)	New Zealand	24-8	Canada	Glamorgan Wanderers	[5/4/1]

[52]
	1991-04-08 (WC)	Wales	9-9	Canada	Glamorgan Wanderers	[7/5/1]

[60]
	1991-04-11 (WC)	Canada	38-0	Soviet Union	Cardiff	[6/6/1]

[65]
	1991-04-12 (WC)	Canada	6-0	Italy	Cardiff	[7/11/1]

[68]
	1991-04-13 (WC)	Canada	19-4	Spain	Cardiff	[8/6/1]

[73]
	1992-09-13	United States	13-12	Canada	Blaine, Minnesota	[11/9/4]

[80]
	1993-06-08 (CC)	Canada	22-8	Wales	Brampton, Ontario	[10/11/2]

[82]
	1993-06-10 (CC)	Canada	8-12	England	Ajax Wanderers, Ajax, Ontario	[11/15/1]

[85]
	1993-06-12 (CC)	Canada	3-60	United States	Markham, Ontario	[12/14/5]

[94]
	1994-04-11 (WC)	Canada	5-11	Wales	Edinburgh Academicals RFC	[13/16/3]

[101]
	1994-04-15 (WC)	Canada	28-0	Kazakhstan	Edinburgh Academicals RFC	[14/3/1]

[104]
	1994-04-17 (WC)	England	24-10	Canada	Gala	[21/15/2]

[110]
	1994-04-20 (WC)	Canada	57-0	Japan	Melrose	[16/6/1]

[114]
	1994-04-23 (WC)	Scotland	11-5	Canada	Boroughmuir	[8/17/1]

[153]
	1996-09-08 (CC)	Canada	3-88	New Zealand	St. Albert	[18/11/2]

[156]
	1996-09-11 (CC)	Canada	34-3	France	Edmonton	[19/37/1]

[159]
	1996-09-14 (CC)	Canada	14-22	United States	Edmonton	[20/22/6]

[168]
	1997-07-06	Canada	12-21	United States	Ajax, Ontario	[21/23/7]

[190]
	1998-05-01 (WC)	Netherlands	7-16	Canada	Amsterdam	[35/22/1]

[198]
	1998-05-05 (WC)	Canada	6-72	England	Amsterdam	[23/44/3]

[208]
	1998-05-09 (WC)	Canada	9-7	France	Amsterdam	[24/47/2]

[215]
	1998-05-12 (WC)	Canada	6-46	United States	Amsterdam	[25/28/8]

[226]
	1998-05-16 (WC)	Canada	15-31	England	Amsterdam	[26/47/4]

[256]
	1999-08-08	United States	16-11	Canada	Saranac Lake, NY	[30/27/9]

[257]
	1999-10-13 (T99)	Canada	18-15	United States	Palmerston North, New Zealand	[28/31/10]

[258]
	1999-10-16 (T99)	New Zealand	73-0	Canada	Palmerston North, New Zealand	[22/29/3]

2000s

[287]
	2000-06-06	United States	10-17	Canada	New York	[33/30/11]

[291]
	2000-09-23 (CC)	Canada	0-41	New Zealand	Winnipeg	[31/24/4]

[293]
	2000-09-27 (CC)	Canada	10-34	England	Winnipeg	[32/64/5]

[295]
	2000-09-30 (CC)	Canada	9-15	United States	Winnipeg	[33/36/12]

[333]
	2001-07-07	Canada	23-3	United States	Twin Elm Park, Ottawa	[34/37/13]

[334]
	2001-08-05	United States	22-21	Canada	Saranac Lake, New York	[38/35/14]

[336]
	2001-10-18	Wales	7-21	Canada	Glamorgan Wanderers	[59/36/4]

[337]
	2001-10-21	Wales	11-12	Canada	Caerphilly	[60/37/5]

[339]
	2001-10-28	Wales	13-13	Canada	Ebbw Vale	[61/38/6]

[368]
	2002-05-13 (WC)	Canada	57-0	Ireland	Barcelona	[39/45/1]

[377]
	2002-05-18 (WC)	Canada	11-0	Scotland	Barcelona	[40/64/2]

[385]
	2002-05-21 (WC)	Canada	10-53	England	Barcelona	[41/84/6]

[392]
	2002-05-25 (WC)	France	41-7	Canada	Barcelona	[79/42/3]

[419]
	2003-06-14 (CC)	Canada	5-10	England	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	[43/91/7]

[421]
	2003-06-20 (CC)	Canada	18-13	United States	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	[44/47/15]

[422]
	2003-06-28 (CC)	Canada	18-21	England	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	[45/93/8]

[464]
	2004-06-08 (CC)	Canada	5-32	New Zealand	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	[46/35/5]

[466]
	2004-06-13 (CC)	Canada	11-35	England	Calgary Rugby Park	[47/102/9]

[467]
	2004-06-19 (CC)	Canada	10-29	United States	Edmonton	[48/49/16]

[471]
	2004-11-14	England	45-5	Canada	Richmond	[104/49/10]

[473]
	2004-11-17	England	41-3	Canada	Newbury	[105/50/11]

[509]
	2005-07-02 (CC)	Canada	22-9	Scotland	Ottawa	[51/89/3]

[510]
	2005-07-05 (CC)	Canada	3-43	New Zealand	Ottawa	[52/39/6]

[511]
	2005-07-08 (CC)	Canada	5-32	New Zealand	Ottawa	[53/40/7]

[516]
	2005-11-11	France	13-5	Canada	Nantes	[100/54/4]

[517]
	2005-11-11	France	29-0	Canada	Nanterre	[101/55/5]

[548]
	2006-04-29	Ireland	15-8	Canada	Galway	[74/56/2]

[552]
	2006-05-06	Wales	16-11	Canada	Glamorgan Wanderers	[100/57/7]

[554]
	2006-06-10	United States	25-10	Canada	Boulder, Colorado	[53/58/17]

[555]
	2006-06-13	United States	18-20	Canada	Boulder, Colorado	[54/59/18]

[559]
	2006-08-31 (WC)	New Zealand	66-7	Canada	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[60/43/8]

[567]
	2006-09-04 (WC)	Canada	79-0	Spain	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[61/75/1]

[573]
	2006-09-08 (WC)	Canada	45-5	Kazakhstan	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[62/35/2]

[579]
	2006-09-12 (WC)	Canada	6-10	England	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[63/123/12]

[587]
	2006-09-17 (WC)	Canada	8-17	France	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	[64/111/6]

[642]
	2007-08-27	United States	5-18	Canada	Blaine, Minnesota	[60/65/19]

[643]
	2007-08-29	United States	7-45	Canada	Blaine, Minnesota	[61/66/20]

[652]
	2007-11-04	Scotland	3-45	Canada	Glasgow	[106/67/4]

[653]
	2007-11-09	Wales	3-25	Canada	Cardiff	[112/68/8]

[714]
	2008-07-24 (NC)	England	43-9	Canada	Esher, England	[145/69/13]

[715]
	2008-07-26 (NC)	Canada	15-0	United States	Esher, England	[70/65/21]

[716]
	2008-07-29	England	24-0	Canada	Esher, England	[146/71/14]

[758]
	2009-06-27	United States	17-25	Canada	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	[66/72/22]

[761]
	2009-08-13 (NC)	Canada	35-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[73/13/1]

[764]
	2009-08-16 (NC)	Canada	7-12	France	Oakville, Ontario	[74/137/7]

[766]
	2009-08-19 (NC)	Canada	10-15	United States	Oakville, Ontario	[75/69/23]

[768]
	2009-08-22 (NC)	Canada	0-22	England	Fletchers Fields, Toronto	[76/155/15]

[778]
	2009-11-18	France	5-14	Canada	Dijon	[139/77/8]

[779]
	2009-11-21	France	22–0	Canada	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	[140/78/9]

2010s

[790]
	2010-01-12	United States	8-18	Canada	Lakeland, Florida	[71/79/24]

[791]
	2010-01-16	United States	11-10	Canada	Lakeland, Florida	[72/80/25]

[829]
	2010-06-14	Canada	14-8	United States	Shawnigan Lake School	[81/72/26]

[830]
	2010-06-18	Canada	34-22	United States	Bear Mountain Stadium, Langford	[82/73/27]

[834]
	2010-08-20 (WC)	Canada	37-10	Scotland	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[83/131/5]

[843]
	2010-08-24 (WC)	Canada	40-10	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[84/66/1]

[849]
	2010-08-28 (WC)	Canada	8 – 23	France	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[85/148/10]

[855]
	2010-09-01 (WC)	Canada	41 – 0	Scotland	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[86/134/6]

[862]
	2010-09-05 (WC)	Canada	20 – 23	United States	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[87/78/28]

[899]
	2011-08-02 (NC)	Canada	52-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario	[88/25/2]

[902]
	2011-08-05 (NC)	Canada	35-17	United States	Chatham-Kent, Ontario	[89/80/29]

[904]
	2011-08-09 (NC)	Canada	10-22	England	Oakville, Ontario	[90/176/16]

[906]
	2011-08-13 (NC)	Canada	19-41	England	Oakville, Ontario	[91/177/17]

[1003]
	2013-07-30 (NC)	Canada	29-25	England	University of Northern Colorado	[92/202/18]

[1006]
	2013-08-04 (NC)	United States	29-17	Canada	University of Northern Colorado	[90/93/30]

[1007]
	2013-08-07 (NC)	Canada	53-15	South Africa	University of Northern Colorado	[94/31/3]

[1010]
	2013-08-10 (NC)	Canada	27-13	England	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	[95/204/19]

[1017]
	2013-11-02	France	27-19	Canada	Pontarlier, France	[177/96/11]

[1018]
	2013-11-05	France	6-11	Canada	Amnéville, France	[178/97/12]

[1020]
	2013-11-13	England	32-3	Canada	Twickenham Stoop, London, England	[207/98/20]

[1038]
	2014-04-15	Canada	51-7	United States	Shawnigan Lake School, British Columbia	[99/93/31]

[1039]
	2014-04-19	Canada	14-10	United States	Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia	[100/94/32]

[1047]
	2014-06-06	Australia	0-22	Canada	Tauranga, New Zealand	[33/101/1]

[1049]
	2014-06-10	New Zealand	16-8	Canada	Tauranga, New Zealand	[70/102/9]

[1050]
	2014-06-14	New Zealand	33-21	Canada	Whakatane, New Zealand	[71/103/10]

[1058]
	2014-08-01 (WC)	Canada	31 – 7	Spain	CNR, Marcoussis	[104/106/3]

[1066]
	2014-08-05 (WC)	Canada	42 – 7	Samoa	CNR, Marcoussis	[105/20/1]

[1071]
	2014-08-09 (WC)	England	13 – 13	Canada	CNR, Marcoussis	[215/106/21]

[1080]
	2014-08-13 (WC)	France	16 – 18	Canada	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France	[190/107/13]

[1086]
	2014-08-17 (WC)	England	21 – 9	Canada	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France	[217/108/22]

[1114]
	2015-06-27 (SS)	Canada	22 – 40	New Zealand	Calgary, Alberta	[109/77/11]

[1116]
	2015-07-1 (SS)	Canada	28 – 36	United States	Red Deer, Alberta	[110/102/33]

[1118]
	2015-07-5 (SS)	Canada	14 – 15	England	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[111/225/23]

[1142]
	2016-07-1 (SS)	Canada	52 – 17	England	Regional Athletic Complex, Salt Lake City, Utah	[112/233/24]

[1145]
	2016-07-01 (SS)	Canada	33 – 5	United States	Regional Athletic Complex, Salt Lake City, Utah	[113/104/34]

[1146]
	2016-07-09 (SS)	Canada	29 – 10	France	Regional Athletic Complex, Salt Lake City, Utah	[114/202/14]

[1166]
	2016-11-19	Ireland	7–48	Canada	UCD Bowl, Dublin, Ireland	[144/115/3]

[1168]
	2016-11-23	Canada	10–20	New Zealand	Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland	[116/83/12]

[1171]
	2016-11-26	England	39–6	Canada	Twickenham Stoop, London, England	[239/117/24]

[1191]
	2017-03-28	United States	5-39	Canada	Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, Chula Vista, California	[109/118/35]

[1192]
	2017-04-01	United States	10-37	Canada	Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, Chula Vista, California	[110/119/36]

[1194]
	2017-06-09	New Zealand	28–16	Canada	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	[85/120/12]

[1198]
	2017-06-13	Canada	20–27	England	Rugby Park, Christchurch	[121/246/26]

[1199]
	2017-06-17	Australia	5–45	Canada	Smallbone Park, Rotorua	[44/122/2]

[1208]
	2017-08-09 (WC)	Canada	98–0	Hong Kong	Billings Park UCD, Dublin, Ireland	[123/35/1]

[1214]
	2017-08-13 (WC)	Canada	15–0	Wales	Billings Park UCD, Dublin, Ireland	[124/179/9]

[1217]
	2017-08-17 (WC)	Canada	5–48	New Zealand	Billings Park UCD, Dublin, Ireland	[125/90/13]

[1227]
	2017-08-22 (WC)	Canada	52–0	Wales	Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland	[126/181/10]

[1227]
	2017-08-26 (WC)	Australia	12–43	Canada	Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland	[49/127/3]

[1237]
	2017-11-17	England	79–5	Canada	Barnet Copthall, London	[253/128/27]

[1239]
	2017-11-21	England	49–12	Canada	Twickenham Stoop, London	[254/129/28]

[1240]
	2017-11-25	England	69–19	Canada	Twickenham, London	[255/130/29]

[1282]
	2018-11-18	England	27–19	Canada	Doncaster	[262/186/30]

[1288]
	2018-11-24	Wales	21–38	Canada	Cardiff	[192/131/11]

[1291]
	2018-11-27	Scotland	25–28	Canada	Scotstoun	[186/132/7]

[1322]
	2019-06-28 (SS)	Canada	20–35	New Zealand	Chula Vista, San Diego	[133/98/14]

[1323]
	2019-07-02 (SS)	France	19–36	Canada	Chula Vista, San Diego	[231/134/15]

[1326]
	2019-07-06 (SS)	Canada	17–19	England	Chula Vista, San Diego	[135/-/31]

[1328]
	2019-07-10 (SS)	Canada	18–20	United States	Chula Vista, San Diego	[136/121/37]

[1359]
	2019-11-20	United States	0–19	Canada	Chula Vista, San Diego	[123/137/38]

[1364]
	2019-11-24	United States	27–54	Canada	Chula Vista, San Diego	[124/138/39]

Other matches

[-]
	2005-07-08	Canadian Barbarians	0-35	Scotland	Ottawa(?)	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-05-02	Wales A	7-66	Canada	UWIC, Cardiff	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2009-06-23	USA Development	7-10	Canada Development	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-08-17 (NACRA)	Canada U20	62-0	Cayman Islands	Nassau, Bahamas	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-08-20(NACRA)	Canada U20	6-3	United States U20	Nassau, Bahamas	[-/-/-]

References

External links

• Rugby Canada's Home Page
• Canadian rugby union news from Planet Rugby