Rugby 7s

[Josh 11,040]

Women’s team is through to their second semifinal of the season (first was Dubai) after defeating United States 12-10 at the HSBC Vancouver SVNS! First time since 2017 that they’ve made it this far at a home tournament!

Edited February 25, 2024 by Josh

[intoronto 5,855]

  On 2/25/2024 at 12:44 AM, Josh said:

Women’s team is through to their second semifinal of the season at the HSBC Vancouver SVNS (first was Dubai) after defeating United States 12-10! First time since 2017 that they’ve made it this far!

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2017!?

[Josh 11,040]

  On 2/25/2024 at 12:56 AM, intoronto said:

2017!?

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In terms of home tournaments. 

[NearPup 3,195]

I’ll be there tomorrow! But will plan to show up after the 9th and 11th place matches, so won’t see the Canadian men play (grabbing breakfast with friends instead).

[james89 875]

  On 2/25/2024 at 8:23 AM, NearPup said:

I’ll be there tomorrow! But will plan to show up after the 9th and 11th place matches, so won’t see the Canadian men play (grabbing breakfast with friends instead).

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Ha. It’s funny I live in Vancouver but am out of town this weekend. I’ve never once been to the Rugby 7’s 😂

[Josh 11,040]

Women’s team wins bronze at the HSBC Vancouver SVNS after defeating Australia 19-14!

 

Might be in with a shot at a medal at the Olympics if they continue with this form. 

[Josh 11,040]

Third semifinal in four stops for our women’s team, as they lose 21-7 to United States to finish 4th at the HSBC Los Angeles SVNS. 

Edited March 4, 2024 by Josh

[Josh 11,040]

HSBC SVNS Singapore is on right now. Wouldn’t normally mention any of the action before the event ends unless any big wins happen, but I just wanted to discuss something. What’s going on with our men’s team? In Singapore, they started off with close loses to New Zealand (22-17, off a last minute try by Kitiona Vay) and Australia (21-14), which are good results. Can’t read too much into that though, usually they play at least one close match every event against a strong team, and then finish in dead last. That shouldn’t be happening. 

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

  On 5/4/2024 at 2:19 AM, Josh said:

HSBC SVNS Singapore is on right now. Wouldn’t normally mention any of the action before the event ends unless any big wins happen, but I just wanted to discuss something. What’s going on with our men’s team? In Singapore, they started off with close loses to New Zealand (22-17, off a last minute try by Kitiona Vay) and Australia (21-14), which are good results. Can’t read too much into that though, usually they play at least one close match every event against a strong team, and then finish in dead last. That shouldn’t be happening. 

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They just can't finish. This is commonly seen in inexperience teams or teams with a mental block.

 

The good news is we have the talent so once we get a better coaching staff we could be something special.

[Surlympics 896]

The Canadian women’s team defeat New Zealand 22-19 for the first time ever and win the pacific four series title. This moves Canada into second in the world rankings behind England .