Four Thunderbird alum are Tokyo-bound with Canada's men's rugby sevens team for the 2020 Olympic Games. Philip Berna, Andrew Coe, Harry Jones, and Theo Sauder will join Team Canada at the Al Charron National Training Centre in Langford, B.C. to prepare for Canada's Olympic men's rugby sevens debut.



Canada qualified for the team's first summer games appearance by winning the Rugby Americas North Sevens regional tournament with a perfect 6-0-0 record in July of 2019.

Meet the rugby 7s ?? teams that are off to Tokyo:

• The women's team will be led by Ghislaine Landry & has 6?? players from the ?? Rio 2016 squad
• Nathan Hirayama & Harry Jones will co-captain the men's team that's making its Olympic debut

Details ?? https://t.co/FVHesoegIT pic.twitter.com/ikSOR5u4cb

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) June 25, 2021

UBC women's rugby coach, and Rugby Canada Hall of Famer, Maria Gallo joins Team Canada as an assistant coach for the women's rugby sevens squad. Canada captured the inaugural bronze medal at the sport's Olympic debut at the Rio Games in 2016 and earned their second Olympic berth in June of 2019 after winning bronze at the World Rugby Sevens Series in Biarritz, France and finishing third in the 2018-19 series standings. The women are also reigning Pan American Games champions from Lima 2019, and are a serious medal contender.



The men's rugby sevens event takes place from July 26^th to July 28^th, while the women's rugby sevens tournament runs July 29^th to July 31^st – both played at the Tokyo Stadium.