(Photo Credit: Rugby Canada/Jordan Leigh)

April 14th, 2022

(WHITBY, ON) - Canada's Men's Sevens Programs have announced their roster for the Canada Sevens event taking place at BC Place from April 16th -17th. Three Ontario athletes have been named to this weekends roster: D'Shawn Bowen, Brock Webster and David Richard. Congratulations to all players who have been named to the squad.

Canada is coming off a 10th place finish at the Singapore Sevens event last week. At the last sevens event held in Canada in 2021, Canada placed 6th at the event, which was held at Common Wealth Stadium in Edmonton. All matches will be available via stream at CBC.ca. Read below for the full roster and match schedule.

Men's

1.     D’Shawn Bowen (Toronto, ON) – Pacific Pride

2.     Jake Thiel (Abbotsford, BC) – Abbotsford RFC

3.     Nick Allen (North Vancouver, BC) - University of British Columbia

4.     Phil Berna (Vancouver, BC) – Vancouver Rowing Club

5.     Alex Russell (Chichester, ENG) - McGill University

6.     Anton Ngongo (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers

7.     Brock Webster (Uxbridge, ON) – Oshawa Vikings RFC

8.     Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS) – Halifax Tars

9.     Brennig Prevost (Victoria, BC) – University of Victoria

10.  Lachlan Kratz (Victoria, BC) – NOLA Gold

11.  Elias Ergas (Vancouver, BC) – University of British Columbia

12.  David Richard (Milton, ON) – Mississauga Blues RFC

13.  Matthew Oworu (Calgary, AB) - Pacific Pride

SCHEDULES

Saturday, April 16th: Australia v. Canada, 5:37 ET

Saturday, April 16th: Canada v. South Africa, 8:26 ET

Sunday, April 17th: Spain v. Canada, 12:05 ET

All matches for both events will be available via CBC Sports

Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby