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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
World Rugby Sevens Series Update Brought to you by HSBC and UCB.
This week: The Canada Sevens from BC Place!
This was the biggest ever crowd for rugby in Canadian history with 76k+ fans in attendance over the 2 days.
1st place: England
2nd place: South Africa
3rd place: Fiji
How did Canada do?
Win vs Scotland 28-15
Win vs Russia 26-5
Loss vs NZ 15-14
Loss vs South Africa 36-7
Loss vs Argentina 12-5
Overall: 7th place.
Canada has passed France and Kenya and is now 10th overall in the 2017 series standings.
There was no Women's tournament this weekend. The Canada Women's Sevens takes place in Langford on May 27th and 28th.
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Canada was doing alright against Argentina and was up 5-0, but obviously that wasn't to be. They actually looked reasonable against the Blitzboks, but things fell apart and they blew it open. I think they were "only" down 12-7 before things got out of hand.