Zach Bogdon (Cambridge) and Richard Lebel (Waterloo) of the men's rugby team will be making their second appearance as part of team Canada at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) games held in France.  Bogdon and Lebel also represented Canada at the world university games in July of 2010 in Portugal finishing sixth overall.

Release by: Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)

OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, as the Canadian representative of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), announced Wednesday Canada's women's and men's rosters for the 2012 world university rugby sevens championships.
 
Brive 2012 website: www.wuc-rugbybrive2012.com
 
The fifth FISU championships will be held from July 11 to 13 in Brive, France.
 
The Canadian women have enjoyed tremendous success over the years at the biennial competition, winning the first two tournaments in 2004 (Beijing, China) and 2006 (Rome, Italy) before finishing second in 2008 (Cordoba, Spain) and fourth in 2010 (Porto, Portugal).
 
On the men's side, the Canadians are coming off their best-ever FISU result as they placed sixth in 2010. Canada did not participate in the inaugural tourney in 2004 and finished seventh in 2006 and 10^th in 2008.
 
The women's contingent will be led in France by head coach Lesley McKenzie from the University of British Columbia, assistant coach Sean McDonaugh from Royal Military College and team leader Rick Farrally from the University of Victoria. Therapist Carmen Chan rounds out the support staff.
 
A former CIS all-Canadian at UBC, McKenzie played for Team Canada at a pair of World Cups, including in 2010 in England. McDonaugh and Farrally were both part of the Canadian staff at the 2008 FISU championships.
 
The women's roster for the 2012 tournament is comprised of 12 CIS standouts and one college star, including Britt Benn from the reigning CIS champion Guelph Gryphons, as well as Saint Mary's Jean Baker, York teammates Sarah Campbell and Tiera Thomas-Reynolds, Lethbridge's Shannon Court, Alberta teammates Alanna Fittes and Chelsea Guthrie, UBC teammates Megan Hamm and Gabrielle Hindley, Calgary's Lizzie Mackinnon, Queen's Gillian Pegg, Toronto's Karla Telidetzki, and Dawson College's Alexandra Tessier.
 
Of the group, Court is the lone returning member from the 2010 FISU squad.
           
Patrolling the sidelines for Canada's men's team in Brive will be head coach Darrell Devine and assistant coach Cory Hector, both from the University of Guelph. Team Manager Brian Spanton and athletic therapist Jami Boyd complete the support staff.
 
At the helm at Guelph since 2009, Devine gained international coaching experience with Canada's entry at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
 
The 2012 FISU roster is dominated by players from Ontario University Athletics, who took nine of the 12 available spots. The lineup is comprised of Sebastian Pearson and Rory Tomlinson, both of the reigning OUA champion Western Mustangs, as well as Waterloo's Zach Bogdon, McMaster's Andrew Ferguson, Queen's teammates Matt Kelly and Liam Underwood, Guelph teammates Adam Maahs, Rob Paris and Sean Sinel, Victoria's Adam Timler, and the UBC duo of Jonathan Hill and Liam Murphy-Burke.
 
Tomlinson, Bogdon, Timler and Hill are veterans of the 2010 FISU team.
 
NOTES: The Canadian women defeated Kazakhstan 27-5 in the gold-medal final of the 2004 championship and host Italy 21-0 in the final of the 2006 tournament... The Canadian women lost 17-7 to host Spain in the 2008 final... Spain repeated as women's champion in 2010, while Portugal captured the men's title.
 
CANADIAN ROSTER: WOMEN
 
Name                          Position                       University                   Hometown                 
 
Jean Baker                   Centre                          Saint Mary's                Argyle Shore, P.E.I.
Britt Benn                    Centre                          Guelph                         Napanee, Ont.
Sarah Campbell           Scrum-half / FH / FB   York                            Guelph, Ont.
Shannon Court             Hooker / Prop              Lethbridge                   Red Deer, Alta.
Alanna Fittes                No. 5, 6 or 7                Alberta                         Rimbey, Alta.             
Chelsea Guthrie           Centre                          Alberta                         Edmonton, Alta.         
Megan Hamm              Scrum-half                   UBC                            Aldergrove, B.C.
Gabrielle Hindley        Centre / Fullback         UBC                            Guelph, Ont.
Lizzie Mackinnon        Winger / Scrum-half    Calgary                        Calgary, Alta.
Gillian Pegg                 Hooker / Flanker          Queen's                       Barrie, Ont.
Karla Telidetzki           Winger / Fullback        Toronto                        Edmonton, Alta.
Alexandra Tessier        Inside Centre               Dawson College           Saint-Clotilde-de-Horton, Que.
Tiera Thomas-Reynolds   Winger                         York                            Scarborough, Ont.
 
Head Coach: Lesley McKenzie (University of British Columbia)
Assistant Coach: Sean McDonaugh (Royal Military College of Canada)
Team Leader / Manager: Rick Farrally (University of Victoria)
Therapist: Carmen Chan (Sheridan College)
 
CANADIAN ROSTER: MEN
 
Name                           Position                       University                   Hometown     
 
Zach Bogdon (Preston/)               Centre                          Waterloo                    Cambridge, Ont.         
Andrew Ferguson        Scrum-half / Fly-half  McMaster                   Mississauga, Ont.                    
Jonathan Hill               Forward                       UBC                            Edmonton, Alta.         
Matt Kelly                      Forward                       Queen's                      Toronto, Ont.  
Richard Lebel (Waterloo/)             Centre / Winger         Waterloo                      Waterloo, Ont.
Adam Maahs               Winger                         Guelph                         Port Perry, Ont.
Rob Paris                     Forward                       Guelph                         Barrie, Ont.
Sebastian Pearson    Forward                       Western                       Lindsay, Ont.  
Sean Sinel                    Centre                          Guelph                        Toronto, Ont.
Hayden Thomassin    Centre                          Concordia                  Montreal, Que.
Adam Timler               Forward                       Victoria                        White Rock, B.C.
Rory Tomlinson         SH / FH / Centre          Western                       Alliston, Ont.  
 
Originally selected but unable to attend:
 
Liam Murphy-Burke    Winger                         UBC                            White Rock, B.C.
Liam Underwood        Fly-half / Centre          Queen's                       Toronto, Ont.
 
Head Coach: Darrell Devine (University of Guelph)
Assistant Coach: Cory Hector (University of Guelph)
Team Manager: Brian Spanton
Therapist: Jami Boyd (McGill University)
 
FISU RUGBY SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS: CANADA'S ALL-TIME RESULTS
 
Women
2010 (Porto, Portugal): 4^th
2008 (Cordoba, Spain): silver medallists
2006 (Rome, Italy): champions
2004 (Beijing, China): champions
 
Men
2010 (Porto, Portugal): 6^th
2008 (Cordoba, Spain): 10^th
2006 (Rome, Italy): 7^th
2004 (Beijing, China): did not participate
 
FISU RUGBY SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS: PAST CHAMPIONS
 
Women
2010 (Porto, Portugal): Spain
2008 (Cordoba, Spain): Spain
2006 (Rome, Italy): CANADA
2004 (Beijing, China): CANADA
 
Men
2010 (Porto, Portugal): Portugal
2008 (Cordoba, Spain): South Africa
2006 (Rome, Italy): France
2004 (Beijing, China): France