Click on the video player above to watch full coverage of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens from San Francisco. Click on the player below at 4 p.m. ET for CBC's coverage of the tournament. Canada has entries in both the men's and women's tournament. The women's side fell 26-14 to Spain in the Championship Cup placement (5th-8th) match and will […]
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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018: Schedules & Results
Stay up to date on the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 with the full schedules and results for both the men's and women's tournaments below. Competition runs July 20-22 in San Francisco. Here's how the formats work: Women's tournament: There are 16 teams. They're paired off for the opening round of 16. The 8 winners advance to the Championship […]
Canadian teams fall at Rugby World Cup Sevens
SAN FRANCISCO — Canada's women's and men's rugby sevens team were both knocked out of title contention on Friday night at the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The women's team lost 24-19 to France on a last-second try that capped off a back-and-forth quarter-final match. The Canadians were 3-0 against the French this year, but it was France that […]
Canadian teams ready for Rugby World Cup Sevens
It's been five years since the last Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow. Rugby sevens has reached new heights since that tournament, with its Olympic debut in Rio in 2016 a major benchmark for the sport's continued growth. Ghislaine Landry and Nathan Hirayama have been fixtures of Canada's women's and men's teams during that stretch of […]
Watch Women's World Rugby Sevens Series from Langford, B.C.
Click on the video player above now to watch live action from the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series women's tournament from Langford, B.C. The Canadians began their tourney by falling 22-7 to Australia, then rebounded to beat Spain 24-10. They have but one pool match remaining against Ireland (8 p.m. ET). The knockout round begins on Sunday at […]
Canada looks for composure ahead of rugby sevens semis at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia — This was the match the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team were waiting for. The team had broken their opponent’s shutout streak and were ahead on the scoreboard by the end of the first half. The second half was another game entirely. New Zealand rallied from a 7-5 deficit by capitalizing on […]
Canadian rugby sevens team wants to do more than make history
GOLD COAST, Australia — For Canadian women’s rugby sevens veteran Ghislaine Landry, it’s nice to finally be here. But that’s not enough. The all-time leading scorer in women’s Sevens World Series history got her first chance to compete at the Commonwealth Games on Friday after a women’s tournament was added to the programme for the first […]
Watch the World Rugby Sevens Series in Hong Kong
Watch live coverage of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series men’s tournament from Hong Kong. Canada opens against Kenya at 7:54 a.m. ET. It has been an up-and-down year on the World Series for the Canadian men. Canada was fourth in Cape Town, with an impressive victory over Fiji en route to a loss to South […]
Canada falls in Challenge Trophy final at rugby Sevens World Series
Tevaughn Campbell scored back-to-back tries as Canada mounted a late rally but came up short in a 26-19 loss on Sunday in the Challenge Trophy final at the HSBC Las Vegas Sevens Series. Canada fought back from a 12-point deficit to level the scores at 19-19 in the second half before a late interception from France […]
Watch the World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas
Click on the video player above on Friday at 6 p.m. ET to watch live action from the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas. Canada opens pool play against England on Friday at 8:12 p.m. ET, followed by a match against South Africa at 11:35 p.m. ET and a game against Wales on Saturday at 4:48 […]