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To get near the top of rugby sevens, you need to be consistent in everything you do.

To get to the top, sometimes you just need a little luck.

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This weekend in Cape Town, Canada’s men’s sevens squad showed just how far they’ve progressed under Damian McGrath, making their fourth semi final of 2017.

But the end result was a reminder of that second thing, how luck can play a huge role in achieving ultimate glory.

“Small margins” was how Canadian captain Harry Jones summed the day.

After a comprehensive defeat of France in the quarterfinals — on both sides of the ball, the Canadians were too precise, too quick, too physical for the French — Canada went up against Argentina in the semis.

You knew this would be a tough, tight match. It proved to be so.

Like against France, the Canadians took the initiative in the first half, scoring an early try to take the lead. But as mentioned above, you don’t get to the final four by accident and so you knew the Argentines were going anywhere.