South Africa wins the Sydney Sevens with England 2nd, New Zealand 3rd and Australia 4th. Canada finished 13th after losing to Japan, beating PNG, and then getting lucky with a controversial win over Kenya. It looks like last week's 4th place finish was a bit of a fluke and not a sign of improvement, although to be fair to the Canadians the loss of Nathan Hirayama to injury is starting to catch up to them. Hirayama is one of the best Sevens players in the world and always plays well in Australia. I saw an interesting fact today that he is the all time leading try scorer at the Aussie Sevens.
Sevens will take a break until Vegas and Vancouver in March. There is however a Tens event in Brisbane next week. I will try to watch a bit of it and provide feedback on this new form of rugby.
Also, looking forward to hearing UCBs thoughts on Canada's loss to Argentina at the ARC.
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