Williams Lake’s Kayla Moleschi — after travelling the globe with Canada’s Women’s Sevens rugby team — will get to play in her own province this April when the world descends upon Langford.
There, 12 nations will battle to qualify for the women’s rugby sevens event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games — the first time rugby will be played at the world-renowned sporting spectacle.
The newest stop on the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series tour, Rugby Canada has been chosen to play host to the world’s best as an annual stop on the international tour.
The inaugural event will be hosted on April 18-19 at the Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence and at Westhills Stadium.
The World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series consists of six tournaments including Dubai, Brazil, the U.S., Canada, England and the Netherlands.
The 2014/15 campaign serves as the qualifying process for the 2016 Olympic Games, with the top four teams on the tour securing an Olympic berth.
Canada is currently ranked third in the world, with consistent third-place finishes in the Women’s Sevens Series for the past two seasons.
The team kicked off the 2014/15 series with a third-place finish at the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens in December and is set to depart for Brazil to compete in Sao Paolo from Feb. 7-8.
For anyone interested in travelling to watch Moleschi and her Canadian teammates play, tickets are currently on sale at http://www.canadasevens.com.