Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team wins first two matches in Hong Kong

Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team won their first two matches of the 2024 Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, taking the top spot in Pool C with one pool play match remaining.

The tournament opened at the iconic Hong Kong Stadium with Canada facing Japan. Despite early pressure from the Japanese, Canada struck first, with Charity Williams cutting through Japan’s defence to score. Williams doubled the score in the fifth minute, with Chloe Daniels kicking the conversion to bring Canada’s lead up to 12-0. Japan started the second half strong, scoring in the ninth minute, but Piper Logan fed the ball to Daniels, who converted her own try to bring the score to 19-5. Krissy Scurfield scored the final try of the game, chasing a kick from Daniels and diving to secure the try, giving Canada a 24-5 win.

Next up for Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team was Spain, who scored in the first minute of play. Canada pushed back however, tying the game in the seventh minute. Carissa Norsten offloaded the ball to Sophie de Goede for the try, converted by Daniels. Williams scored her third try of the day in the 11th minute, with Canada winning 14-7.

Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team faced the third and fourth ranked teams, Fiji and France, to open the tournament. France took a 10-0 lead over Canada at half-time in their first match, scoring three converted tries in the second half to win 31-0. Canada then fell 45-5 to Fiji, with Morgan Di Nardo scoring Canada’s lone try, his first career HSBC SVNS series try.

Pool play concludes on Friday, with all matches available live on TSN+. Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team plays the United States at 6:53pm PT/9:53pm ET, with Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team playing Australia at 10:20pm PT/1:20am ET.

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