As part of the process to get the Canada 7s team some game time prior to the Olympics, they squared off against the national rugby academy, the Pacific Pride, on 3 consecutive weekends. This was the final weekend of action.
The Canada 7s boys were tuning up for the Olympics with some matches vs the Pacific Pride National Academy. We posted 31 photos on our backup site nationalrugbynews.com
A better result for the men in the 2nd tournament. Canada beat France 29-10 on Day 2 to make the final. They lost to Argentina 26-19 in the final. Argentina won both men’s tournaments in Dubai.
After watching the first matches on Day 2 where Canada’s women lost to France and the men to Kenya, there was a little bit of trepidation about the programs progress over the break. However by the end of the day with the women winning Gold and the men winning the Plate, it looked as if things were on course and as they were before COVID hit.
World Rugby have announced their plans for the World Sevens Series for 2021. As we have seen before, plans in the COVID era are just that – plans, they can change very quickly. The plan includes the Olympics going ahead which is something that isn’t 100% confirmed at this time. The latest news indicates the Olympics will likely go ahead but without foreign fans allowed into the country.
Rugby Canada media release
posted March 30 2014
HONG KONG – Canada’s Men endured a tough final day at the Hong Kong Sevens as back-to-back defeats saw the team ultimately bow out at the Plate semi-final stage on Sunday. However, the topeight finish sees Canada gather 10 IRB Sevens World Series points to move to seventh on the Series circuit.
by BCRN 7s correspondent
posted March 24 2014
Day 1 in Japan we had indicated in our brief selection preview of this tournament that despite the opportunities available in this Pool Canada would have be cognisant of what had occurred a year ago at the very same stadium.