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Pool Draw: Your pools for the 6th round of the #HSBC7s in Vancouver 10 - 11 March #Canada7s pic.twitter.com/5ZuLoJtS0e — World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) March 5, 2018

Canada will face the Americans, who will travel to Vancouver this week on a high. But the challenge of performing in the second week of the sevens series’ back-to-back tournament pairing has proved a daunting task for most.

Even so, you have to think they’re hot favourites — if they’re healthy. The South Africans have travelled with a collection of veterans but also a smattering of inexperience; that they lost to Argentina in the Vegas semis is a statement about that. Meanwhile New Zealand and England both proved themselves to be flawed despite big power.

Anyway, enough about the U.S. Also in the pool are Australia, who’ve had some great moments this season and do sit fourth overall. But they’ve won five and lost five over their last ten games. They’re another who are running out a mix of old and young, but don’t think that means they’re light on talent. They’re second seeds for a reason.

The other team in the group are Uruguay, who won their spot by winning a South American qualifying series in January. They battled hard early on in Las Vegas, but they’re a fully amateur side and just couldn’t keep up.

In other words, for Canada to chase the title, they’ve got to pull a win over either a flying high but possibly tired USA or over a powerful but possibly inconsistent Australia.

The schedule

Both days this year kick off at 9:30 a.m. Day one closes just before 8 p.m., day two just about 6:30 p.m.

Day one starts with what could be a real thriller: New Zealand against Scotland, who are in a bit of a slow patch but who are always a threat to win.