Justin Douglas became Canada's all-time tries leader with a pair of tries Saturday in a 28-7 win over Wales at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens.

Douglas had four tries on the day to take his career total to 126.

The speedster from Abbotsford, B.C., had tied Sean Duke's record of 124 with a pair of tries in an earlier 29-15 loss to Australia. The Canadian men opened the day with a 21-14 loss to Scotland at Cape Town Stadium.

Captain Nathan Hirayama finished the day with a try and six conversions, upping his career points total to 1,502. He becomes the fourth player to reach the 1,500-point milestone.

WATCH | Canada vs. Wales:

After dropping their first two matches, Canada look to get in the win column as they face off with Wales at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Cape Town, South Africa. 27:19

Connor Braid and Pat Kay scored ties in the Scotland loss. Braid and Matt Mullins also touched down against Australia.

Canada will play in the consolation Challenge Trophy on Sunday.

The South Africa stop is the second on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

WATCH | Canada vs. Australia:

Watch as Canada dukes it out with Australia at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Cape Town, South Africa. 19:15

WATCH | Canada vs. Scotland:

Watch Canada battle it out with Scotland at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Cape Town, South Africa. 23:00

Meanwhile, New Zealand scored in the left corner more than a minute after the fulltime horn to beat host South Africa 26-21 and scrape through to Sunday's quarter-finals.

The early series leader was in danger of missing the cup quarter-finals for the first time ever before a thrilling finish to pool play on the first day.

South Africa qualified as group winner after victories over Samoa and Zimbabwe, and New Zealand went through at the expense of Samoa. The quarter-final places in that pool were decided on points difference, with Samoa missing out despite an earlier last-minute win over New Zealand.

The United States, Fiji and Australia topped the other groups, winning all three of their pool games. Fiji was impressive to beat France 50-0, Kenya 38-7 and England 21-19. The U.S. opened with a 54-0 rout of Japan and also beat Spain and Argentina.