12 Ontario Blues Junior Arrows Academy Athletes Named to Canada U18 Squad

With files from Rugby Canada

The Toronto Arrows would like to congratulate the 12 members of the Ontario Blues Junior Arrows Academy on their selection to Rugby Canada’s U18 summer tour squad set to travel to the Netherlands in July.

• Brenden Black (Oakville Crusaders)
• Ryan Dier (Ajax Wanderers)
• Morgan Di Nardo (Toronto City)
• Sanad Ibrahim (Oakville Crusaders)
• Sam LeVasseur (Peterborough Pagans)
• Grant Meadows (Aurora Barbarians)
• Mac Reimer (Oshawa Vikings)
• Garin Schroeder (Burlington Centaurs)
• Graeme Tremain (Toronto Nomads)
• Charles Trollip (Fergus Highland)
• Stephen Webb (Toronto City)
• Owen Williams (Ajax Wanderers)

OBJAA athlete Calum Hayes (Oakville Crusaders) has also been named as a non-travelling reserve.

Arrows Academy Director and Senior Team Backs Coach Cory Hector serves as the national age-grade program’s Head Coach.

Rugby Canada Release

June 2, 2022 – Canada’s U18s Men’s team is set to take part in the Corendon Rugby Summer Tour in the Netherlands this July. Head Coach Cory Hector has confirmed his 27-man squad for the event which is being held from July 9-16 in Amsterdam, hosted by Rugby Netherlands.

Also competing in the tournament are the USA, Czech Republic, Belgium and host nation the Netherlands. Canada will compete in the U18s category, while the Czech Republic will send an U20s team only. The USA, Belgium and the Netherlands will take part in all age groups.

Canada’s U18s team will arrive in the Netherlands on July 4 and will make their way to Amsterdam, where they will play their first match on July 9 against Belgium. They will then compete in their second match against the USA on July 13 and their final match on July 16 versus the Netherlands. All three matches kick off at 12:00 p.m. local time.

Hector’s roster was selected on the back of the U18 National East versus West camp held in Guelph, ON last month.

“The road back to rugby over the past two years has been challenging for all of us in the Canadian Rugby community,” said Doug Branchflower, Manager of the Canada’s U18 Men’s team. “The patience and perseverance these young athletes, as well as the many others who participated in the identification and selection process this winter, needs to be recognized.

“Final selections were especially challenging for the coaching staff and there are numerous young players observed along the way that Rugby Canada will need certainly need to keep an eye on, even if they were not selected for this tour.”

The full Canada U18s Men’s roster for the Corendon Rugby Summer Tour in the Netherlands is below:

Leo Chen – DW Poppy High School
Marco Mitchell – St. George’s School – UBCOB Ravens
Hudson Bell – St George’s School – UBCOB Ravens
Lenny Bonduau – Windsor High School – Capilano RFC
Presley Bosa – Collingwood High School – Capilano RFC
Alex Gamage – Henry Wise Wood High School – Calgary Saints
Paddy Kirwan – Prince of Wales Secondary School – Meraloma RFC
James Skene – St George’s School – UBCOB Ravens
Sandon Gupta – Kitsilano Secondary School – UBCOB Ravens
Ollie Clarke – Brentwood College School – Cowichan RFC
Jeffrey Young – Shawnigan Lake School- Toronto Nomads
Owen Williams – Dunbarton High School – Ajax Wanderers
Charles Trollip – Bishop Macdonell Catholic High-School – Fergus Highland RFC
Sam LeVasseur – Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School – Peterborough Pagans
Grant Meadows – St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School – Aurora Barbarians
Stephen Webb – Crescent School – Toronto City Rugby Club
Sanad Ibrahim – Iroquois Ridge High School – Crusaders Rugby Club
Marcus D’Acre – Lorne Park High School – Crusaders Rugby Club
Mac Reimer – Uxbridge Secondary School – Oshawa Vikings
Graeme Tremain – Upper Canada College – Toronto Nomads
Brenden Black – Oakville Trafalgar High School – Crusaders Rugby Club
Ryan Dier – Donald A. Wilson Secondary School – Ajax Wanderers
Nehemiah O’Neil – Citadel High School – Halifax Tars
Garin Schroeder – St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School- Burlington Centaurs
Ollie Wigman – Eastbourne College – Heathfield and Waldron RFC
Will von Dadelszen – Whitgift School – Swilers RFC
Morgan Di Nardo – Crescent School and Macleans College – Toronto City Rugby Club

NON-TRAVELLING RESERVES

Ben Martin – Dover Bay High School – Nanaimo Hornets
Seamus Goodyear – Gonzaga High School – Swilers RFC
Calum Hayes – Oakville Trafalgar High School – Crusaders Rugby Club