Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Pool A

Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Tim Walsh

Backs		Forwards
3	Nicole Beck	1	Shannon Parry (c)
5	Emma Tonegato	2	Sharni Williams (c)
6	Evania Pelite	4	Gemma Etheridge
7	Charlotte Caslick	8	Chloe Dalton
10	Alicia Quirk	9	Amy Turner
11	Emilee Cherry
12	Ellia Green

Colombia

The following is the Colombia roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Laurent Palau

Backs		Forwards
2	Nathalie Marchino	1	Nicole Acevedo
4	Khaterinne Medina	3	Alejandra Betancur (c)
6	Isabel Romero	5	Ana Ramírez
8	Solangie Delgado	7	Estefanía Ramírez
9	Camila Lopera	10	Guadalupe López
11	Sharon Acevedo
12	Laura González

Fiji

The following is the Fiji roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Chris Cracknell

Backs		Forwards
3	Raijieli Daveau	1	Litia Naiqato
4	Asena Rokomarama	2	Merewai Cumu
7	Rusila Nagasau	5	Timaima Tamoi
8	Lavenia Tinai	6	Rebecca Tavo
9	Ana Maria Roqica (c)	13	Jiowana Sauto
10	Viniana Riwai
11	Luisa Tisolo
12	Timaima Ravisa

• Jiowana Sauto was included in the day 3 squad after Daveau was injured in day 2.

United States

The following is the United States roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coach: Richie Walker

Backs		Forwards
4	Alev Kelter	1	Jillion Potter
5	Bui Baravilala	2	Kelly Griffin (c)
6	Lauren Doyle	3	Kathryn Johnson
7	Victoria Folayan	8	Carmen Farmer
10	Richelle Stephens	9	Joanne Fa'avesi
11	Ryan Carlyle
12	Jessica Javelet

Pool B

France

The following is the France roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: David Courteix

Backs		Forwards
4	Pauline Biscarat	1	Rose Thomas
5	Jade Le Pesq	2	Audrey Amiel
6	Fanny Horta (c)	3	Marjorie Mayans
7	Caroline Ladagnous	9	Jennifer Troncy
8	Camille Grassineau	10	Elodie Guiglion
12	Lina Guérin	11	Shannon Izar
14	Jessy Tremouliere

• Jessy Tremouliere was a late addition before the Olympics, replacing Christelle Le Duff who replaced Shannon Izar.^[6][7]

Kenya

The following is the Kenya roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Michael Mulima

Backs		Forwards
4	Rachael Mbogo	1	Stacy Otieno
5	Linet Arasa	2	Janet Awino
7	Doreen Nziwa	3	Sheila Chajira
8	Janet Okelo	6	Camilyne Oyuayo
9	Irene Otieno	12	Philadelphia Olando
10	Catherine Abilla (c)
11	Celestine Masinde

New Zealand

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Sean Horan

Backs		Forwards
6	Gayle Broughton	1	Ruby Tui
7	Tyla Nathan-Wong	2	Shakira Baker
8	Kelly Brazier	3	Terina Te Tamaki
10	Theresa Fitzpatrick	4	Niall Williams
11	Portia Woodman	5	Sarah Goss (c)
12	Kayla McAlister	9	Huriana Manuel

Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head coach: José Antonio Barrio

Backs		Forwards
4	Patricia García	1	Berta García
7	Bárbara Pla	2	Paula Medín
9	María Casado	3	Ángela del Pan
10	Vanesa Rial	5	Marina Bravo
11	Iera Echebarria	6	Elisabet Martínez (c)
		8	Amaia Erbina
		12	María Ribera

Pool C

Brazil

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Head coach: Chris Neill

Trainer: Aristide Guerriero

Backs		Forwards
4	Edna Santini	1	Juliana Esteves dos Santos
5	Paula Ishibashi (c)	2	Luiza Campos
6	Tais Balconi	3	Júlia Sardá
7	Haline Scatrut	8	Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
10	Raquel Kochhann	9	Amanda Araújo
11	Isadora Cerullo	13	Mariana Barbosa Ramalho
12	Cláudia Teles

• Reserve Mariana Barbosa Ramalho was added to the main squad after day 1 after Sardá suffered an injury.^[12]

Canada

The following was the Canada roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Head coach: John Tait

• Brittany Benn
• Hannah Darling
• Bianca Farella
• Jen Kish (C)
• Ghislaine Landry
• Megan Lukan
• Kayla Moleschi
• Karen Paquin
• Kelly Russell
• Ashley Steacy
• Natasha Watcham-Roy
• Charity Williams

Great Britain

The following is the Great Britain squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head coach: Simon Middleton

Backs		Forwards
1	Claire Allan	2	Abbie Brown
3	Alice Richardson	6	Katy McLean
4	Emily Scarratt (c)	7	Heather Fisher
5	Danielle Waterman	12	Amy Wilson-Hardy
8	Emily Scott
9	Natasha Hunt
10	Joanne Watmore
11	Jasmine Joyce

Japan

The following is the Japan roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[15]

Head coach: Keiko Asami

Backs		Forwards
1	Chiharu Nakamura (c)	3	Noriko Taniguchi
7	Marie Yamaguchi	4	Mio Yamanaka
9	Mifuyu Koide	5	Ayaka Suzuki
10	Yume Okuroda	6	Ano Kuwai
11	Yuka Kanematsu	8	Chisato Yokoo
2	Makiko Tomita	12	Kana Mitsugi
		13	Aya Takeuchi

• Reserve Aya Takeuchi was added to the main squad after day 1 after Tomita suffered an injury.

See also

• Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads