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LAS VEGAS — Canada’s women’s sevens team won bronze at the USA Sevens after beating the United States 31-7 on Saturday night.

Canada earned 16 points in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series standings where they remain in third place.

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New Zealand gained another 20 points in Las Vegas with its second tournament win of the season as it continues to lead the series standings with 56 points. Australia stays in second place on 50 points after losing to New Zealand in the cup final, while Canada now has 46 points and a 10-point cushion on fourth-place Fiji.

“Pretty pleased overall, we played some really good rugby,” said head coach John Tait. “We just made a few too many mistakes against Australia and they showed their class and why they are gold medal Olympic champions. They punish you for errors. We kind of gifted them a couple soft ones early on. I was really pleased with the way they came back and responded with a really good performance against the USA.”