Maple Leafs head for Central Coast

Canada’s men and women will both be in sevens action this weekend in the Central Coast in Australia. Each group contains a mix of senior and development players under the Maple Leafs banner as the groups prepare for the upcoming World Sevens Series and ultimately the Olympic Games in Brazil.

Sean Duke has been named captain for the men, while regular skipper Jen Kish again heads up the women. Both senior head coaches – Liam Middleton and John Tait – will be attending.

The tournament takes place on October 24-25, though the Day 1 times listed below are for October 23 based on the time difference. All games will be streamed live and can be watched here.

MEN’S MAPLE LEAFS
Phil Berna (UBC Thunderbirds), Luke Bradley (UVIC Vikes/Port Alberni Black Sheep), Admir Cejvanovic (Burnaby Lake RFC/BC Bears), Trent Cooper (Oshawa Vikings/Ontario Blues), Justin Douglas (Abbotsford RFC), Sean Duke (capt., UVIC Vikes/BC Bears), Lucas Hammond (Toronto Nomads/Ontario Blues), Pat Kay (Unattached/BC Bears), Luke McCloskey (Castaway Wanderers), Mike Scholz (Castaway Wanderers/Ontario Blues), Sean White (James Bay/BC Bears), Adam Zaruba (Capilano RFC/BC Bears)

COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Liam Middleton
Physiotherapist: Helen Holubec
Strength & Conditioning: Gareth Lynch
Manager: Brian Hunter

DAY 1 SCHEDULE
Maple Leafs vs Wellington 8pm ET / 5pm PT
Maple Leafs vs Tabadamu 10:40pm ET / 7:40pm PT
Maple Leafs vs Manly 1:40am ET / 10:40pm PT

WOMEN’S MAPLE LEAFS
Britt Benn (Guelph Redcoats), Hannah Darling (Peterborough Pagans), Arielle Dubissette-Borrice (Toronto Scottish), Julia Greenshields (Sarnia Saints), Magali Harvey (Club de Rugby Quebec), Jen Kish (capt., Edmonton Rockers), Megan Lukan (Unattached), Kayla Mack (Wild Oats), Mandy Marchak (Capilano), Kayla Moleschi (Williams Lake Rustlers), Nadia Popov (Aurora Barbarians), Kelly Russell (Toronto Nomads)

COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: John Tait
Assistant Coach: Sandro Fiorino
Physiotherapist: Sandeep Nandhra
Strength & Conditioning: Dana Agar-Newman
Strength & Conditioning: Steve Mackinnon
Manager: Meg Howat

DAY 1 SCHEDULE
Maple Leafs vs Australia B 8:20pm ET/5:20pm PT
Maple Leafs vs OzBoks 11:20pm ET/8:20pm PT
Maple Leafs vs Manly 2am ET/11pm PT