![]() The 15th-ranked core team following the 10th round in Toulouse on May 12-14 will be relegated. The World Series is reducing the number of men’s core teams for the 2024 season from 16 to 12, to equal the number of women’s teams and align with the Olympic competition structure. tournament five times although they finished a disappointing 13th last year.Ī Thiel try for Canada in the first half against South Africa was waved off after video review showed the Canadian’s leg was out of bounds before he touched the ball down.Ĭhristie Grobbelaar eventually put South Africa on the board on the stroke of halftime after a line break by Ricardo Duarttee that started near the Blitzboks try-line.Ĭanada threatened midway through the second half but the attack fizzled when it was penalized at the breakdown.Ĭanada’s Josiah Morra was yellow-carded late in the game with South Africa taking advantage after a scrum as Duarttee sliced through the Canadian defence with the man advantage for a converted try and 12-0 lead.Īndrew Smith scored after the hooter to give Ireland a 7-0 win over Uruguay in the other early Pool B game.ĭown in the standings, the Canadian men are in danger of relegation. South Africa has beaten Canada in 30 of the last 31 meetings, with the one defeat coming in 2020 at the Canada Sevens when Canada won 26-19 to finish third. Next up is the March 3-5 Canada Sevens, for both men and women, in Vancouver. tournament is the sixth stop on the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Uruguay was coming off a 10-5 upset of No. After Baltazar Amaya’s try put the South Americans ahead 10-7, Canada reeled off three tries - two tries by Jake Thiel and one by Thomas Isherwood - to register the win. 11 Uruguay.Īfter going down 5-0, Canada pulled ahead to lead 7-5 at the break on a converted Lockie Kratz try. ![]() The Canadians finally had cause to celebrate against No. The Irish, who stand ninth in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings, added 17 unanswered points when play resumed for a 22-0 win over No. But the conditions did not improve and play was halted again during the Canada-Ireland match with the Irish leading 5-0. The teams eventually returned and five more matches were played. The weather forced the players off the pitch during the ninth match of the day between Britain and Spain. The threat of lightning twice halted proceedings for more than 90 minutes.Ĭanada put up some stiff resistance before dropping a 12-0 decision to South Africa to open pool play Saturday. The game ended early Sunday after a schedule interrupted by weather delays.Ĭonditions were a factor all day at Dignity Health Sports Park with the field wet from steady rain, making for difficult handling conditions. Canada finished a long day on a winning note, defeating Uruguay 26-10 at the Los Angeles Sevens to snap an eight-game losing streak.
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