Strong Canadian lineup for final women’s rugby sevens event of season in France

TORONTO – Magali Harvey and Natasha Watcham-Roy return from injury to bolster Canada at this weekend’s Clermont-Ferrand Sevens, the final stop on the 2015-16 Women’s Sevens series.

The Canadian women, second last season, stand fourth in the series standings with 54 points behind Australia (76), New Zealand (64) and England (60). The Aussies can clinch their first-ever series title with a top-six finish in France.

Watcham-Roy returns to the team for the first time since injuring her knee at last summer’s Pan-Am Games. It’s Harvey’s first tournament since December in Dubai, the first event of the season. She has been bothered by a shoulder problem.

Both Harvey and Watcham-Roy played for Canada’s Maple Leafs side last weekend at the London Sevens Invitational.

Canada, which is in a group with New Zealand, Russia and Japan in France, will turn its attentions to the Rio Olympics after the weekend tournament.

Canada Roster

Britt Benn, Guelph Redcoats, Napanee, Ont.; Hannah Darling, Peterborough Pagans, Warsaw, Ont.; Bianca Farella, Town of Mont Royal RFC, Montreal; Magali Harvey, Club de Rugby Quebec, Quebec City; Jen Kish (capt.), Edmonton Rockers, Edmonton; Ghislaine Landry, Toronto Scottish, Toronto; Megan Lukan, unattached, Barrie, Ont.; Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake Rustlers, Williams Lake, B.C.; Karen Paquin, Club de Rugby, Quebec, Quebec City; Kelly Russell, Toronto Nomads, Bolton, Ont.; Natasha Watcham-Roy, Hull Volant, Gatineau, Que.; Charity Williams, Markham Irish, Toronto.