Rugby Canada names 28-player roster for U-20 women’s tour of Ireland in May

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LANGFORD, B.C. – Coach Dean Murten has named his 28-player Canadian under-20 women’s rugby squad for a tour of Ireland in May.

The young Canadians will play their Irish counterparts on May 10 and May 17 at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin.

The tour roster includes 14 players from the side that went unbeaten at last year’s inaugural Transatlantic Quad Series, beating England, the U.S. and host Wales. The returning players include Kennedi Stevenson, Adelaide Holmes and Rachel Cullum, Canada’s leading try-scorers from the 2024 event.

“This is an exciting group of up-and-coming players that our experienced coaching staff is looking forward to working with in Ireland,” Murten said Friday in a statement.

Eight players on the tour roster helped UBC to its first-ever U Sports women’s rugby championship in the fall, including Adia Pye, who won silver for Canada last year at the 2024 FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens.

Two players from the U Sports runner-up University of Victoria side have been named to the squad, along with five players from third-place Queen’s including Stevenson, the U Sports rookie of the year. Fellow rookie of the year nominees Sierra Hasse and Mya Koleba are also on the tour roster.

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Canadian U-20 Women’s Tour Roster

Forwards

Alexis Dobson, Abbotsford, B.C.; UBC; Amber Edgerton, Uxbridge, Ont., Durham College; Anya Prokopich, Surrey, B.C., Bayside RFC; Brooke Rempel, Ariss, Ont., Brock University; Charli Helland, Vulcan, Alta., Calgary Rams; Gabrielle Knox, Williams Lake, B.C.; Williams Lake Rustlers; Heather Armstrong, Calgary, University of Guelph; Jordyn Schneppenheim, Keswick, Ont., Queen’s University; Kiki Idowu, Toronto, Toronto Scottish RFC; Madeline Di Girolamo, Vaughan, Ont., Aurora Barbarians; Mya Koleba, Vernon, B.C., UBC; Sandrine Faucher, Quebec City, Universite Laval; Sarah (Jiggy) Schonfeld, Ottawa, Queen’s University; Sierra Hasse, Saint-Lazare, Que., Carleton University.

Backs

Adelaide Holmes, Waterloo, Ont., University of Guelph; Adia Pye, Victoria, UBC; Ava Ference, Shawnigan Lake, B.C., Cowichan Piggies RFC; Brooklyn Roddham, Langley, B.C. UBC; Charlotte Hilton, Fall River, N.S., Halifax Tars RFC; Elle Douglas, Saskatoon, University of Victoria; Fiona Day, Fall River, N.S., University of Ottawa; Guinevere O’Hara, Toronto, Queen’s University; Kelsa Kempf, Langley, B.C., Trinity Western University; Kennedi Stevenson, Georgetown, Ont., Brantford Harlequins; Lana Dueck, Abbotsford, B.C., UBC: Nayka Goudreau, Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester, Que. Université Laval; Rachel Cullum, Ottawa, Kingston Panthers; Skye Farish, Victoria, UBC.

Non-Travelling Reserves

Brynn Jenkins, Peterborough, Ont., Queen’s University; Dallone Beauchemin, Mississauga, Ont., University of Guelph; Delphine Champagne, Quebec City, Club de Rugby de Quebec; Emilie Brett, Abbotsford, B.C., University of Victoria; Erica Osei, Montreal, John Abbott College; Ivy Poetker, Calgary, Westshore RFC; Oceanne Gauthier, Lery, Que., Quebec West Seniors; Olivia Dibua, Caledon, Ont, Queen’s University; Riley Authier, Chateauguay, Que., Concordia University; Robyn Baker, Uxbridge, Ont., Queen’s University; Sydney Pipe, Colborne, Ont., Oshawa Vikings.

Head Coach: Dean Murten.

Assistant coaches: Darcy Patterson, Francois Vachon-Marceau, Jennifer Russel, Nestor Valencia.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 14, 2025.