Twenty-eight players have been selected to represent Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team this spring in Dublin.
Canada will play against Ireland on May 10 and May 17 at the IRFU High Performance Centre. The team will depart for Ireland in early May and includes 14 players from last year’s Transatlantic Quad Series champion roster. Canada’s leading try scorers from that tournament, Kennedi Stevenson, Adelaide Holmes and Rachel Cullum, all return to the team.
“The selection process for this year’s U20 women’s team included five regional camps held in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, BC and the Atlantic, as well as players’ performance in provincial U19 competition and U SPORTS,” said Dean Murten, Head Coach of Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team. “This is an exciting group of up-and-coming players that our experienced coaching staff is looking forward to working with in Ireland.”
Eight players on the team helped the University of British Columbia to their first-ever U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship title this past fall. This includes Adia Pye, who in addition to being named to the U SPORTS Tournament All-Star team, also won silver for Canada last year at the 2024 FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens.
Two players from the 2024 U SPORTS runner-up, the University of Victoria, have been named to the squad also, along with five players from the bronze medallist Queen’s University team, including U SPORTS Rookie of the Year Stevenson. Fellow Rookie of the Year nominees Sierra Hasse and Mya Koleba will make the trip to Dublin as well.
Information on how to support and follow the team will be announced in the coming weeks. Rugby Canada would like to thank Raymond James, the Canadian Rugby Foundation, For the Love of the Game, Langara Fishing Lodge and Blenheim Foundation for their support of Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team.
CANADA’S U20 WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM IRELAND TOUR SQUAD
FORWARDS
Alexis Dobson (Abbotsford, BC) – University of British Columbia
Amber Edgerton (Uxbridge, ON) – Oshawa Vikings / Durham College
Anya Prokopich (Surrey, BC) – Bayside RFC
Brooke Rempel (Ariss, ON) – Brantford Harlequins / Brock University
Charli Helland (Vulcan, AB) – University of Lethbridge / Calgary Rams
Gabrielle Knox (Williams Lake, BC) – Williams Lake Rustlers / UBCO
Heather Armstrong (Calgary, AB) – Calgary Hornets / University of Guelph
Jordyn Schneppenheim (Keswick, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Queen’s University
Kiki Idowu (Toronto, ON) – Toronto Scottish RFC
Madeline Di Girolamo (Vaughan, ON) – University of Guelph / Aurora Barbarians
Mya Koleba (Vernon, BC) – TORA / University of British Columbia
Sandrine Faucher (Québec City, QC) – Club de Rugby de Québec / Université Laval
Sarah (Jiggy) Schonfeld (Ottawa, ON) – Queen’s University
Sierra Hasse (Saint-Lazare, QC) – SABRFC / Carleton University
BACKS
Adelaide Holmes (Waterloo, ON) – Guelph RFC / University of Guelph
Adia Pye (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers / University of British Columbia
Ava Ference (Shawnigan Lake, BC) – Harvard University / Cowichan Piggies RFC
Brooklyn Roddham (Langley, BC) – University of British Columbia
Charlotte Hilton (Fall River, NS) – Halifax Tars RFC
Elle Douglas (Saskatoon, SK) – Kirin RFC / University of Victoria
Fiona Day (Fall River, NS) – University of Ottawa
Guinevere O’Hara (Toronto, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Queen’s University
Kelsa Kempf (Langley, BC) – Trinity Western University
Kennedi Stevenson (Georgetown, ON) – Brantford Harlequins
Lana Dueck (Abbotsford, BC) – Abbotsford Rugby Club / University of British Columbia / Yale Secondary School
Nayka Goudreau (Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester, QC) – Club de Rugby de Québec / Université Laval
Rachel Cullum (Ottawa, ON) – Queen’s University / Kingston Panthers
Skye Farish (Victoria, BC) – Castaway Wanderers / University of British Columbia
Non-Travelling Reserves
Brynn Jenkins (Peterborough, ON) – Queen’s University
Dallone Beauchemin (Mississauga, ON) – University of Guelph
Delphine Champagne (Québec City, QC) – Club de Rugby de Québec / CNDF
Emilie Brett (Abbotsford, BC) – University of Victoria
Erica Osei (Montreal, QC) – SABRFC / John Abbott College
Ivy Poetker (Calgary, AB) – Calgary Rams / Westshore RFC
Oceanne Gauthier (Lery, QC) – John Abbott College / Quebec West Seniors
Olivia Dibua (Caledon, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / Queen’s University
Riley Authier (Châteauguay, QC) – Concordia University
Robyn Baker (Uxbridge, ON) – Queen’s University
Sydney Pipe (Colborne, ON) – Queen’s University / Oshawa Vikings
Staff
Dean Murten (Head Coach)
Darcy Patterson (Attack Coach)
François Vachon-Marceau (Forwards Coach)
Jennifer Russell (Backs and Transition Coach)
Nestor Valencia (S&C Coach)
Jessica Algie (Lead Therapist)
Emily Hickson (Therapist)
Richard Owen (Analyst)
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