Preview: Ontario Junior Blues at U18 7s National Championship
(BURNABY, BC) – On Thursday, the Ontario Junior Blues Sevens program will take part in the Canadian Rugby National U18 Sevens Championship in British Columbia. Four teams in total will be travelling westward to take part in the National Championship and will look to improve upon last year’s stellar three-medal performance.
The Championship will take place over three days. Round robin will be completed on the first day, with each U18 Men’s team taking the pitch twice and each of the U18 Women’s teams playing three games. The finals on Saturday will be played at BC Place, as part of the Canada Sevens.
The event will be streamed via www.rugbycanada.tv.
To follow along with scores, statistics and standings, you can visit the following tournament pages:
Men’s - https://www.canadianrugbychampionship.com/leagues/front_pageRCEvents.cfm?clientID=2581&leagueID=27735
Women’s - https://www.canadianrugbychampionship.com/leagues/front_pageRCEvents.cfm?clientID=2581&leagueID=27737
You can also find up-to-date information about the teams by following Rugby Ontario on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
For more information on the U18 sevens teams, go to https://www.rugbyontario.com/u18-womens-sevens/ or https://www.rugbyontario.com/u18-mens-sevens/.
Event Schedule
U18 Men’s Schedule – Day 1 – March 8, 2018
Ontario Blue vs. Alberta – 1:00pm ET
Ontario White vs. Manitoba – 1:22pm ET
Ontario Blue vs. British Columbia – 3:30pm ET
Ontario White vs. New Brunswick Indigenous Spruce – 3:52pm ET
U18 Women’s Schedule – Day 1 – March 8, 2018
Ontario Blue vs. Alberta – 1:00pm ET
Ontario White vs. British Columbia – 1:22pm ET
Ontario Blue vs. Ontario White – 3:52pm ET
Ontario Blue vs. British Columbia – 5:30pm ET
Ontario White vs. Alberta 5:52pm ET
Day 2 Schedule – March 9, 2018
To be determined
Day 3 Schedule – March 10, 2018
To be determined
For a full event schedule, please CLICK HERE.
National U18 7s Rugby Championship Rosters (Men's)
Ontario Jr. Blues Men – Blue | Ontario Jr. Blues Men - White | ||
| Isaiah Andrews | Kingston Panthers | Liam Bowman | Crusaders |
| Erick Baptiste | Ottawa Irish | Ben Burnside | Cobourg Saxons |
| Braden Bruce | Peterborough Pagans | William Daniel | Toronto Nomads |
| Jon Darrell* | Brantford Harlequins | Dylan DiGirolamo | Aurora Barbarians |
| Matthew Hollett | Aurora Barbarians | Cole Ferraro | Oshawa Vikings |
| Jackson Kerr | Toronto Saracens | Campbell Hunter | Toronto Saracens |
| Alex Kropman | Ajax Wanderers | Cody Nhanala | Ottawa Indians |
| Liam McLaughlin | Ajax Wanderers | Duncan Phillips | Ottawa Indians |
| EJ Rerri* | Crusaders | Armand Pienaar | Oshawa Vikings |
| Jack Shaw | Crusaders | William Pilat-Cumberbatch | Toronto Bucaneers |
| Lucas Vanderburg | Aurora Barbarians | Nash Ramsay | Stoney Creek Camels |
| Carson Young* | Oshawa Vikings | Sam Shearer | Aurora Barbarians |
Coaching Staff
Nigel D'Acre - Head Coach, Ontario Blue
Paul Myers - Head Coach, Ontario White
Khalil Ajram - Manager
Malik Carby-Crobett - Athletic Therapist
National U18 7s Rugby Championship Rosters (Women's)
Ontario Jr. Blues Women – Blue | Ontario Jr. Blues Women – White | ||
| Taylor Black* | Crusaders | Abbey Anderson | Norfolk Harvesters |
| Kendra Cousineau* | Niagara Wasps | Natalie Armatage | Waterloo County |
| Samantha Cyrille* | Unattached | Sarah Bothen | Stoney Creek Camels |
| Linnea Dalvi | Barrhaven Scottish | Payton Brown | Brantford Harlequins |
| Olivia De Couvreur* | Ottawa Irish | Katya Dondi | Brampton Beavers |
| Brooklynn Feasby* | Oshawa Vikings | Charlotte Finlay* | Bruce County |
| Kennedy Feasby | Oshawa Vikings | Maddie Hobson | Brantford Harlequins |
| Katie McLeod | Aurora Barbarians | Maddy Kushner | Ottawa Irish |
| Bridget Peros* | Crusaders | Brianna Martey | Ottawa Irish |
| Sydney Seymour | Cornwall Claymores | Chihinga Roest | Norfolk Harvesters |
| Lily Stewart | Peterborough Pagans | Zoe Spronk | Kingston Panthers |
| Emma Wade* | Crusaders | Abigail Wade | Crusaders |
Coaching Staff
Ian Fitzgerald - Head Coach
Sean Dunleavy - Assistant Coach
Sonny Raina - Assistant Coach
Vicki Woodhead - Manager
Perry Fan - Athletic Therapist
*Denotes returning player
ABOUT THE ONTARIO BLUES
The Ontario Blues program is the high performance representative program for male and female rugby players in Ontario. Rugby Ontario is represented at the provincial level by the Ontario Blues. The program includes representative teams from Under-15 to Senior in both Women’s and Men’s Fifteens and Under-18 Men's and Women's Sevens. Specifically, the program is designed to develop and showcase rugby players for Canadian representative national teams.
ABOUT RUGBY ONTARIO
Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to establish a stronger identity for rugby in Ontario by promoting the sport’s core values and by fostering a culture of inclusiveness and excellence on and off the field of play.
To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/
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Kevin Baxter
Communications Coordinator - Rugby Ontario
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