Canadian women's rugby 7s captain Piper Logan out for season with knee injury
Calgary native tore PCL and MCL in Saturday's quarterfinal loss to New Zealand
Canada rugby sevens captain Piper Logan will miss the rest of the HSBC SVNS season after tearing ligaments in her knee on the weekend in Vancouver.
The 23-year-old from Calgary tore the posterior and medial cruciate ligaments in her knee when she fell awkwardly in a collision early in Canada's 34-12 loss to New Zealand on Saturday in the Cup quarterfinal.
"I've torn my PCL and MCL over the weekend," Logan said in a social media post. "Thank you to those who reached out to support, and an even bigger thanks to those who've carried all my belongings, held doors, filled plates of food and helped me in and out showers for the last few days.
Logan joins Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede on the sidelines. De Goede, a finalist for World Rugby's Women's Player of the Year in 2022, is recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament knee injury that kept her from the Paris Olympics.
The Canadian women finished seventh in Vancouver and are sixth in the HSBC SVNS standings after four events.
The next stop is March 28-30 in Hong Kong. The circuit then shifts to Singapore before wrapping up May 3-4 in Carson, Calif.
