Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team fell to New Zealand 29-12 in Sunday’s Women’s Sevens World Cup Final.
It was the second straight loss in a final to New Zealand for Canada, who lost in last month’s Amsterdam Sevens final.
It was a very successful World Cup for the Canadian women, who despiteaspirations of winning the tournament, will come home with their headsheld high. The silver medal was a first for Canadian rugby at any WorldCup event.
Canada 15 – 12 Russia
(Starting seven: Magali Harvey, Jen Kish, Ghislaine Landry, Mandy Marchak, Kayla Moleschi, Kelly Russell, Ashley Steacy)
Canada’s National Women’s Sevens Team has advanced to the Rugby WorldCup Sevens semi-final on the heels of a thrilling 15-12 quarterfinal winover host Russia.
After trailing 12-5 at half time, Canadascored two second half tries, including one in the dying seconds tosecure their place in the final four.
Just a 1:16 into the match Ghislaine Landry scored her third try of the tournament, giving Canada an early 5-0 lead.
However, Russia, playing in front of a boisterous home crowd, fed offthe energy of their fans, answering with two tries to take a 12-5 leadinto half.
Needing to put points on the board as soon aspossible, Canada got a try from Kayla Moleschi 1:38 into the secondhalf. The missed conversion had Canada down 12-10.
AfterLandry made a game-saving tackle, Canada moved inside the Russianterritory, pressuring the hosts on the goal-line. With 13 seconds leftin the match, Landry scored her team leading fourth try of the WorldCup, giving Canada the 15-12 win.
With the win Canada advances to the cup semi-final where it will face Spain.
What captain Jen Kish said...
“It was a hard fought battle against a very strong and fast Russianteam. We knew that it wasn't going to be easy and to me it felt like afinal. I am very proud of all the girls; we stuck to our game plan anddidn't panic when we were down. Fortunately enough that's what made thedifference between losing and winning for us.
We're looking forward to our next match in the stadium and will continue to cup hunt. Taking one game at a time.”
Canada 10 – 0 Spain
Canada’s National Women’s Sevens Team has advanced to their first everRugby World Cup Sevens final with a 10-0 semi-final win over Spain.
Spain, who defeated defending World Cup champions Australia in thequarterfinal, were held off the score sheet for the first time in thetournament. It was the Canadians second clean sheet after beatingTunisia 43-0 in pool play on Saturday.
The first few minutesof the match saw a lot of change in possession, with some timelytackles from Spain keeping Canada from crossing the goal-line.
The Canadians applied pressure on defence, keeping Spain on their side of half for the entire opening seven minutes.
A great tackle from Canadian captain Jen Kish pushed Spain over their goal-line, giving Canada a five-metre scrum.
After Canada was awarded a penalty, they worked the ball wide toGhislaine Landry who scored her fifth try of the tournament and theCanadians took a 5-0 lead into half time.
It was greatawareness from Canada off the restart, as Mandy Marchak and Kishcontrolled possession inside the Russian 22-metre line before KellyRussell offloaded to Landry on the wing to give Canada a 10-0 lead. Itwas Landry’s second try of the match, fourth try of the day andteam-leading sixth try of the tournament.
With the win,Canada will face New Zealand, who won the inaugural Women’s Sevens WorldSeries this year. It will be a rematch of last month’s highlyentertaining Amsterdam Sevens final, which New Zealand won 33-24.
What Mandy Marchak said...
“We came out and did what we had to do. We have executed the process and stuck to our roles. I'm really proud of the girls!
We had a few moments where we were scrambled, but we bent and did notbreak. We are exactly where we planned to be and couldn't be happier.Connected we have one goal in mind, we came here to win a World Cup andwe now have the perfect opportunity to do that.”
Canada 12-29 New Zealand
(Starting seven: Arielle Dubissette-Borrice, Jen Kish, GhislaineLandry, Mandy Marchak, Karen Paquin, Kelly Russell, Ashley Steacy)
Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team fell to New Zealand 29-12 Sunday in the Women’s Sevens World Cup Final.
Playing in a World Cup Final for the first time in the country’shistory, Canada came within five points in the second half, but NewZealand showed why they were crowned champions at this seasons Women’sSevens World Series.
With the game delayed over 30 minutesdue to extreme weather conditions in Moscow, both teams were forced touse a slippery ball, which changed the pace of the match.
New Zealand’s Portia Woodman opened the scoring 2:14 into the match withher 11th try of the tournament, giving New Zealand an early 7-0 lead.Less than two minutes later, Kelly Brazier increased the lead to 12-0.
With wet conditions, Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team head coach John Taitdecided to insert Arielle Dubissette-Borrice into the starting lineup.The move paid off as Dubissette-Borrice scored the first try of thematch for Canada, cutting the lead to 12-5.
However, just 79 seconds later, Honey Hireme scored to give New Zealand a 17-5 lead at half.
Ghislaine Landry continued her strong performance on Sunday with hersixth try of the day and team-leading seventh of the tournament,bringing Canada within five points, down 17-12. Landry finished thetournament second in tries scored (7) and second in points scored (37).
From there, New Zealand took control of the match, scoring two triesin the final four minutes as Tait used a number of substitutions inhopes of finding a combination that could put up quick points.
RWC Sevens Viewing Schedule - June 28-30
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Day Two– Follow updates LIVE on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RugbyCanada
Canada 17 - 7 Netherlands
Canada 43 - 0 Tunisia
Canada 5 - 20 New Zealand
Day Three- Follow updates LIVE on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RugbyCanada
Canada 15 - 12 Russia
Canada 10 - 5 Spain
Canada 12 - 29
Canada’s Roster for Moscow, Russia – Name, (Club) Hometown
Arielle Dubissette-Borrice, (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON Bianca Farella, (Town of Mount Royal RFC) Montreal, QC Magali Harvey, (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC Jennifer Kish, (Edmonton Rockers RFC) Edmonton, AB (Captain) Ghislaine Landry, (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON Mandy Marchak, (Capilano RFC) Winnipeg, MB Kayla Moleschi, (Williams Lake Rustlers) Williams Lake, BC Heather Moyse, (Toronto Scottish RFC) Summerside, PEI Karen Paquin, (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC Kelly Russell, (Toronto Nomads) Bolton, ON Ashley Steacy, (Lethbridge Rugby Club) Lethbridge, AB Brittany Waters, (Meraloma Athletic Club) Vancouver, BC
Travelling Reserves
Jessica Dovanne, (Velox RFC) Victoria, BC Julia Greenshields, (Sarnia Saints) Sarnia, ON
Non-Travelling Reserves
Elissa Alarie, (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Rugby Club) Trois-Rivieres, QC Megan Gibbs, (Markham Irish RFC) Barrie, ON Cheryl Phillips (Toronto Scottish RFC) Scarborough, ON Amanda Thornborough, (Brandon Barbarians RFC) Brandon, MB Julianne Zussman, (Town of Mount Royal RFC) Montreal, QC
