Canada 22-10 Russia - 7th Place Final

Tries: Caroline Crossley, Ghislaine Landry, Natasha Watcham-Roy, Bianca Farella

Conversions: Ghislaine Landry

Canada's Women's Sevens Team capped off an up-and-down weekend with an emphatic four-try victory over Russia to finish the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 7th place. Russia jumped out to an early lead through Daria Noritsina, however Victoria, BC's Caroline Crossley answered back on the stroke of half time to draw the game level at the break. The second half quickly favoured the Canadians as Captain Ghislaine Landry, Natasha Watcham-Roy & Bianca Farella all touched down.

Thus ends Canada's 2017-18 season. Canada will be back in action at the USA Sevens in Glendale, Colorado October 20-21, 2018. The fifth annual HSBC Canada Sevens will also return to Langford, BC and Westhills Stadium May 11-12.

Canada 14-26 Spain - 5th Place Semi-final

Tries: Bianca Farella, Ghislaine Landry

Conversions: Ghislaine Landry (2)



A disappointing weekend continued for Canada's Ladies, as they were outplayed by Spain in the fifth place semi-final at AT&T Park on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Canada struggled for possession and hardly got a touch in the first half with Spain capitalizing and scoring three tries to take a comfortable 19-0 lead at the break. Tries from Pla, Garcia and Buesa doing the damage.



Bianca Farella gave Canada hope early in the second half, as the powerful runner crossed the line to reduce the lead to twelve. It unfortunately didn't last long with Spain's Eli Martinez breaking the line to once again extend the lead to nineteen. Ghislaine Landry managed a late consolation try but it wasn't enough as the better team on the day walked a way with the victory.







Canada 19-24 France - Quarterfinals

Tries: Ghislaine Landry, Charity Williams, Bianca Farella

Conversions: Ghislaine Landry (2)



Canada did not get off to the start they were hoping for at AT&T Park in San Francisco. France quickly opened the scoring with a neat offload on the inside, before they once again showed some good support play to score their second in the corner and take a 12-point lead. Captain, Ghislaine Landry ensured her team went in to the break with a chance, scoring and converting her own try on the stroke of halftime to make it a five-point ball game. 7-12.



Canada took the lead for the first time in the second half when Charity Williams scored one of the tries of the day, cutting inside and gliding past three defenders in what turned out to be a very entertaining game between two evenly matched sides. France and Canada again traded tries to level the game up at 19-19 with less than a minute to go, Bianca Farella touching down for Canada to ensure a stressful finish. It wasn't to be for Canada as the French got their revenge for the Paris defeat by dotting down with the final play of the game and breaking Canadian hearts. 19-24.







Canada 43-19 Brazil - Round of 16

Tries: Britt Benn, Kayla Moleschi, Julia Greenshields, Bianca Farella, Sara Kaljuvee, Pam Buisa, Natasha Watcham-Roy.

Conversions: Ghislaine Landry (3), Breanne Nicholas (1)



Canada were in the mood for scoring on day one at AT&T Park in San Francisco, producing a powerful performance and touching down on seven occasions to claim a comfortable win over Brazil in the round of sixteen. Britt Benn was the first to get on the scoresheet for Canada, racing away for the opening try within seconds of the kickoff. Landry added the extras to give Canada a 7-0 lead.

Kayla Moleschi extended the lead for Canada shortly after, selling a dummy before going straight through to dot down under the sticks. Brazil hit back with a try of their own through 19-year-old speedster, Bianca Silva, reducing Canada's lead to seven points. The end-to-end action continued with Canada's Julia Greenshields running 80 metres for Canada's third five-pointer, before Sara Kaljuvee crashed over to give the Maple Leafs a 24-7 lead at the break.

Brazil's flying 19-year-old, Bianca Silva scored her second of the game with a beautiful solo try to reduce Canada's lead to ten points in the second half. But a further three tries from Bianca Farella, Pam Buisa and Natasha Watcham-Roy was too much for the South Americans as Canada walked away with a comfortable win.



Canada’s Rugby World Cup Sevens Roster:



Olivia Apps, Lindsay RFC (Lindsay, ON)

Britt Benn, Guelph Redcoats (Napanee, ON)

Pam Buisa, Ottawa Irish (Gatineau, QC)

Caroline Crossley, Castaway Wanderers (Victoria, BC)

Bianca Farella, Town of Mount Royal RCF (Montreal, QC)

Julia Greenshields, Sarnia Saints (Sarnia, ON)

Sara Kaljuvee, Toronto Scottish (Ajax, ON)

Ghislaine Landry, Captain, Toronto Scottish (Toronto, ON)

Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake Rustlers (Williams Lake, BC)

Breanne Nicholas, London St. Georges RFC (Blenheim, ON)

Natasha Watcham-Roy, Hull Volant (Gatineau, QC)

Charity Williams, Markham Irish (Toronto, ON)



Canada Rugby World Cup Sevens Schedule



Canada 43-19 Brazil – Round of 16

Canada 19-24 France - Quarterfinals

Canada 14-26 Spain - 5/8 place

Canada vs. Russia - 7/8 place

Where to Watch:

Live Stream - All games from the weekend can be streamed live at www.cbcsports.ca



Television - For the complete match schedule and live streams of all matches, visit cbcsports.ca or the CBC Sports app. *The broadcast schedule is subject to change without notice.

Saturday, July 21

· 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) – Women’s Championship Semifinals

· 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) – Men’s Championship QF and Women’s Championship Final



Sunday, July 22

· 2:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. PT) – Men’s Championship Semifinals

· 8 p.m. local (6:30 p.m. AT) – Men’s Championship Final