CANADA SUMMER GAMES

August 9-14, 2025 – St. John’s Swilers Rugby Football Club will be the host location for the Rugby Sevens leg of the 2025 Canada Summer Games. In such a rugby-rich province, Rugby Sevens will be a centerpiece for the competition which will garnish attention and pertinence to the competition and competitors alike. Team Saskatchewan has began recruiting and training for this competition.

RUGBY IN THE GAMES

Rugby Sevens will be among 17 sports featured at the Games, taking place the summer of 2025 in Newfoundland and Labrador’s St. John Region. Consisting of more than 4,000 athletes and coaches, the 2025 Canada Games will welcome our nation’s next generation of national, international, and Olympic champions as the best young developing athletes from across the nation assemble to compete in Canada’s largest multi-sport event.
 
One of the oldest sports to be featured at the St. John’s 2025 Games, Rugby Sevens has exploded in recent years, partly due to the success of the National Canadian women’s team. Men’s rugby first joined the Canada Summer Games program for back to back Games in 1981 and 1985, and after sitting out the 1989 Games, returned from 1993-2009. After the U18 girls made their debut in the 2022 Niagara Canada Summer Games, the St. John’s, N.L. Bid Committee has tapped Rugby Sevens as the Host Choice sport for the games. 

Opening Ceremony

August 10, 2025

St. John, NL

Swilers Rugby Football Club

PLAYERS AND PARENTS

Age Categories

Boys: Under 20 as of December 31, 2025

  • Year of Birth: 2005, 2006

Girls: Under 18 as of December 31, 2025

  • Year of Birth: 2007, 2008

TRAINING

Fall Schedule:

Fall/Winter Training Dates
 
September 7 – Regina (Norsmen Park)
11:30 -1:00pm
1 Session in partnership with MacDowell Rugby
Free
 
September 14 – Saskatoon (Saskatoon Rugby Fields)
11:30 – 1:00pm
1 Session in partnership with MacDowell Rugby
($20 drop in fee for non-academy athletes)
 
September 28 – Saskatoon (Saskatoon Rugby Fields)
11:30 – 1:00pm
1 Session in partnership with MacDowell Rugby
($20 drop in fee for non-academy athletes)
 
October 5th & 6th – Regina 
Saturday 11:30am – 1:00pm @ Norseman Park
Saturday 3:30pm – 5:00pm @ Regina Rugby Park
Sunday 9:00am – 10:30am @ Regina Rugby Park
Saturday AM Session in partnership with MacDowell Rugby, $20 drop in fee for the combined session for non-academy athletes
 
October 26th & 27th – Saskatoon (All sessions at Saskatoon Rugby Fields)
Saturday 11:30am – 1:00pm
                3:30pm – 5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am -11:00am
Saturday AM Session in partnership with MacDowell Rugby, $20 drop in fee for the combined session for non-academy athletes
 
November 9th & 10th – Regina (all sessions at Regina Sports Performance Center)
Saturday 10am – 11:30am – Turf
               1pm-2:30pm – S&C Space
               4pm-5:30pm – Turf
 
Sunday 9am-10:30am – Turf
 
December 7th & 8th – Saskatoon (all sessions @ Gordie Howe Sports Complex)
Saturday 9:00am – 10:00am
               7:00pm – 8:30pm 
Sunday 9:00am -10:00am 
(Saturday afternoon dryland session time and location TBD)

FORMS & INFORMATION

Coaches:

 

U18 Women

Kayla Mack

(306) 381-8665

kaylamack0@gmail.com

 

U20 Men

Mark Discombe

(306) 351-4335

markdiscombe93@gmail.com

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