Magali Harvey
| Born | August 16, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | St. Francis Xavier University, Queen's University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, Coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Magali Harvey (born August 16, 1990) is a former Canadian rugby union and sevens player and coach. She represented Canada at numerous sevens tournaments, the 2014 Rugby World Cup, the 2017 Rugby World Cup, as well as playing professionally in New Zealand, Spain, and France. She served as head coach of the McGill Martlets women's rugby program between 2016 and 2021. Harvey is widely considered to be among the best Canadian, and international, womens rugby players ever.
Early life and education
Harvey began playing rugby in high school in Quebec where her speed and elusiveness quickly put her on the radar of Rugby Canada's sevens program, being invited to the U-20 team despite being relatively new to the sport.[2] After graduating from high school and completing a CEGEP, she would enroll at St. Francis Xavier University to study busines administration, becoming a starter for the X-women rugby program. Harvey's X-women side would go on to win the Canadian University Championships in 2010, where she would be named Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year and Canadian Championship MVP. Harvey and the X-women would play in the national championship again in 2011 and 2012, winning in 2012.[3][4][5]
Harvey would return to a Canadian university rugby program for the 2022-23 season, joining the Queens Gaels to complete an MBA.[6] The Gaels would go on to win an OUA Championship before falling to the Laval Rouge-er-Or in the U Sports title match.
Rugby career
Harvey was first capped for Canada in 2011, joining the women's sevens team. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[7][8] She was named IRB Women’s Player of the Year 2014 and was the first Canadian to receive the award.[9][10]
She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.[11][12]
Honors
- 2014, WRWC Dream Team[13]
- 2014, International Rugby Players Women’s 15s Try of the Decade[14]
- 2014, IRB Women's Player of the year[15]
- 2020, World Rugby Player of the Decade in 15-a-side rugby (nominee)[14]
Personal
Harvey's father, Luc Harvey was the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Louis-Hébert in Quebec from 2006 to 2008.[16]
References
- ^ Davidson, Neil (16 November 2018). "Canadian women open four-game rugby tour against second-ranked England". National Post.
- ^ Gelevan, Douglas (August 16, 2017). "Magali Harvey: Free to lead Canada to World Cup Glory". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Magali Harvey: s'accrocher aux anneaux". Le Soleil (in French). January 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Power player | Smith Magazine". smith.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ^ "Trent Excalibur Defeated by Reigning Champs in CIS Rugby Opener - News - Trent University". www.trentu.ca. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ^ "2022-2023 Rugby (W) Roster". Queen's University Athletics. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ^ Ben Kerr (June 30, 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". lastwordonsports.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Bryan Kelly (July 31, 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Magali Harvey the Women's Player of the Year". IRB.com. August 17, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Asif Hossain (August 17, 2014). "Magali Harvey named IRB Women's Player of the Year". Olympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Canada's rugby sevens teams take gold". The Canadian Press. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Magali Harvey". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Womens RWC - #WRWC2014 Dream Team revealed after fan vote". 2014-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ a b International, Radio Canada (2020-10-23). "Canadian player selected for two World Rugby Awards of the decade". RCI | English. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (2017-07-15). "Canada 'quality underdogs' for Women's Rugby World Cup". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Sports -. "" Je suis partie parce que je voulais disparaître " - Magali Harvey". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
External links
- Magali Harvey at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Player profile at Rugby Canada
- Magali Harvey at Team Canada
- Magali Harvey at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)