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Canada falls from Cup contention with two losses at Paris Sevens
PARIS – Canada dropped from Cup contention at the Paris World Rugby Sevens Series with two losses on Saturday, the first day of competition.
The Canadians, who will face Russia in a Challenge Trophy quarter-final, entered Paris as defending champions for the first time after winning the Cup title in Singapore last month.
Canada opened Saturday with a 21-17 win over Japan but lost 26-19 to Scotland and 31-7 to South Africa.
South Africa raced out to a commanding 17-0 lead at half time on two tries from Werner Kok and one from Chris Dry. Both scored again in the second half to go up 31-0 before a Justin Douglas try gave Canada its only points.
Canada’s loss to Scotland came on a last minute-try from James Fleming.
Harry Jones scored two tries for Canada in its opening win against Japan.
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