The Gee-Gees women's rugby team has seen multiple players dress for Team Canada at the U18, U20, and Senior National Team level in both fifteens and sevens, including at the World Cup and Olympic Games. Brianna Miller has the most caps of any Gee-Gees alumna, and the group as a whole has over 80 caps with the senior women's national fifteens team.
FIFTEENS - SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
Claire Gallagher (Gee-Gees 2018-present)
Gallagher's first cap for Canada at the senior level came in Ottawa against New Zealand as part of the Pacific Four Series on July 8, 2023. She entered the match in the 51st minute. In her second match she started at number 10 and recorded a try in Canada's win against Australia, July 14 in Ottawa. Attended the Canadian U20 camp in 2019 and 2020 and was selected to the U23 team in 2023.
Maddy Grant (Gee-Gees 2019-2021)
Before making her Gee-Gees debut, Grant had already appeared at the 2018 Youth Olympics and the Hokkaido 7s with the Maple Leafs, as well as playing in the CAN-AM Series in 2019. She earned her first cap for Canada's Senior Women's fifteens team in November, 2019 in a two-match test series against USA. Following her uOttawa career, she was named to the roster for the 2021 Pacific Four Series and the 2021 Rugby World Cup. In 2023 she was named to the roster for the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa and started the second match against Australia. As of July 2023 she has 15 caps for Canada and has scored two tries.
Maya Montiel (Gee-Gees 2017-2021)
Montiel cracked the senior women's national team roster in 2022, making her debut against USA in New Zealand. In 2023 she scored her first senior international try against USA in Spain. Montiel has 5 total senior national team caps. Montiel competed with the U20 team at the Tri-Nations Cup in 2018, starting against England and also playing against USA. She returned to the U20 team for the Tri Nations Cup in 2019.
Alexandria Ellis (Gee-Gees 2015-2018)
Ellis made her Senior National Team debut in November, 2017 as part of the roster for a test match vs England. Ellis was a member of the 2021 Rugby World Cup squad for Canada. In 2021 she dressed in the Pacific Four Series, and in 2023 she entered the match against New Zealand as the Pacific Four Series came to Ottawa. Ellis has also played rugby professionally with Saracens in London, England since 2019. She was a member of Canada's U20 roster in a three-game series against England in 2016. As of July 2023, Ellis has 17 caps for Canada's senior women's team and has scored two tries.
Sam Alli (Gee-Gees 2015-2018)
Ali appeared for Canada's senior women's team in a three-game test series against England in November, 2017. She has 3 total caps for Canada.
Dria Bennett (Gee-Gees 2011-12, 2015, 2017)
Bennett made her appearance with the senior women's fifteens squad as part of a test series in England in November, 2017. She has 2 total caps for Canada at the senior women's 15s level. See below for her sevens career.
Irene Patrinos (Gee-Gees 2011-2015)
Patrinos made her senior team debut against England in November, 2018. Started against New Zealand and USA as part of the 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series. Patrinos totalled 6 caps with the senior women's national team, and scored one try in a match against the USA. Patrinos has also represented Canada in international Rugby League play, including at the Rugby League World Cup in Australia in 2017.
Brianna Miller (Gee-Gees 2015)
Was first named to the Senior National Team for a series in New Zealand in June of 2017 and has been a consistent team member and starter since then. She scored two tries in Canada's opening match against Japan at the 2021 World Cup. As of July, 2023 Miller has 33 caps for Canada and has scored 103 points - one of just five players to score over 100 for Canada.
Jen Boyd (Gee-Gees 1998)
Earned two official caps in 2004 after being named to the senior national team in 2003. Wore number 17 in a test match against New Zealand for first cap.
FIFTEENS - U23/U20/U18
Tylo Borsboom (Gee-Gees 2018-2023)
Selected to the U23 team which represented Canada at the Border Battle against USA, July 2023. Previously attended the U20 team camp in 2019.
Talia Hennessy (Gee-Gees 2018-2022)
Selected to the U23 team which represented Canada at the Border Battle against USA, July 2023.
Alex Ondo (Gee-Gees 2016-2021)
Member of the U20 team roster for the Can-Am Series in Ottawa in 2017. In 2022 and 2023 she was a member of the Summer Maple Leafs Academy and competed in the Sevens NextGen tournament. Ondo has also represented Canada as a member of the Senior Women's National team in tackle football at the 2022 World Championships.
Taylor Donato (Gee-Gees 2016-2021)
Member of the U20 team roster for the Can-Am Series in Ottawa in 2017.
Emily Babcock (Gee-Gees 2014-2018)
Was a member of Canada's U20 roster in a three-game series against England in 2016.
SEVENS - SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAMS
Mercedes Cole (Gee-Gees 2022-present)
Named to Jamaica's roster for the Olympic Qualifiers held in Langford, B.C. in August, 2023.
Maddy Grant (Gee-Gees 2019-2021)
Member of the squad for HSBC Sevens and Olympic Qualifier tournament in 2023. First appeareance with the Maple Leafs was in 2018 at the Hokkaido 7s, followed by playing in the CAN-AM Series in 2019. See above for fifteens experience.
Dria Bennett (Gee-Gees 2011-12, 2015, 2017)
Competed as part of a 7s tour in Japan in September, 2017 and returned for the Okinawa Sevens in 2018 as part of Canada's winning squad at that tournament. She was a member of the FISU World Championship squad in 2016, winning silver. Bennett has also appeared with the senior women's fifteens squad as part of a test series in England in November, 2017.
Irene Patrinos (Gee-Gees 2011-2015)
Was a member of the centralized sevens training group fron 2016-2017 and competed at the World Series Circuit. See above for fifteens experience.
Natasha Watcham-Roy (Gee-Gees 2009-2013)
Watcham-Roy made her debut with Canada’s Women’s Sevens team during the 2014-15 World Rugby Women’s Sevens World Series and then was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2015 Pan Am Games, scoring three tries in the tournament. She was part of the final World Series event in 2016 and then was named to the 2016 Olympic Team. At the Olympic Games, Watcham-Roy played in Canada's three pool matches and the bronze medal match, coming on as a substitute in the second half. She was previously part of three FISU World Championship teams, including a gold medal in 2014.