Canada claimed victory in the Men\u2019s bracket at the World Sevens qualifier tournament in Dubai on Sunday, in doing so securing their place in the next stage of the Series that will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, next month. Argentina Women will also advance after finishing in second, with the South Africans taking bragging rights on the Women\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
The Canadians overcame a shaky pool stage that saw them lose to Belgium and getting a genuine test from Madagascar. It took a late score from Adam Doane to defeat Hong Kong in the Semi Final. Captain Lockie Kratz led the way in the final, scoring two tries to redeem the earlier loss to the Belgians and close the tournament on a high note.<\/p>\n
Argentina came through the pool stage unbeaten with Antonella Reding\u2019s try putting the semi final against the Czechs beyond doubt. The South Africans \u2013 coached by former Blitzboks star Cecil Afrika \u2013 outclassed all opponents until the Women\u2019s Final. With the scores level, a yellow card to Reding in the 12th minute opened the door for Patience Mokone to score the game-winning try.<\/p>\n
The next stage of the second-tier series will see three tournaments played between mid-February and late-March. Nairobi plays host to the first stop on February 14-15, with Montevideo the second on March 21-22 and finally S\u00e3o Paulo on March 28-29. The top four finishers will advance to the World Championship series that begins in Hong Kong in mid-April.<\/p>\n
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WOMEN\u2019S POOL A RESULTS
Thailand 5 \u2013 32 Czech Republic
South Africa 61 \u2013 0 Mexico
Thailand 45 \u2013 0 Mexico
South Africa 24 \u2013 5 Czech Republic
Czech Republic 54 \u2013 0 Mexico
South Africa 33 \u2013 5 Thailand<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S POOL B RESULTS
Colombia 5 \u2013 31 Poland
Argentina 45 \u2013 0 Samoa
Colombia 21 \u2013 14 Samoa
Argentina 22 \u2013 5 Poland
Poland 31 \u2013 5 Samoa
Argentina 14 \u2013 0 Colombia<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S POOL A RESULTS
Tonga 14 \u2013 33 Hong Kong
Samoa 26 \u2013 7 Colombia
Tonga 19 \u2013 12 Colombia
Samoa 31 \u2013 17 Hong Kong
Hong Kong 38 \u2013 10 Colombia
Samoa 34 \u2013 12 Tonga<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S POOL B RESULTS
Madagascar 0 \u2013 24 Belgium
Canada 33 \u2013 7 Italy
Madagascar 31 \u2013 19 Italy
Canada 15 \u2013 19 Belgium
Belgium 14 \u2013 22 Italy
Canada 24 \u2013 17 Madagascar<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S 5th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Thailand 31 \u2013 10 Samoa
Colombia 26 \u2013 10 Mexico<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S 5th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Tonga 26 \u2013 28 Italy
Madagascar 26 \u2013 10 Colombia<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S CUP SEMI FINALS
South Africa 36 \u2013 5 Poland
Argentina 22 \u2013 12 Czech Republic<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S CUP SEMI FINALS
Samoa 14 \u2013 26 Belgium
Canada 24 \u2013 19 Hong Kong<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S 7th PLACE FINAL
Samoa 29 \u2013 0 Mexico<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019s 7th PLACE FINAL
Tonga 21 \u2013 26 Colombia<\/p>\n
WOMENS 5th PLACE FINAL
Thailand 0 \u2013 17 Colombia<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019s 5th PLACE FINAL
Italy 22 \u2013 31 Madagascar<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S BRONZE FINAL
Poland 14 \u2013 24 Czech Republic<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S BRONZE FINAL
Samoa 26 \u2013 5 Hong Kong<\/p>\n
WOMEN\u2019S CUP FINAL
South Africa 12 \u2013 5 Argentina<\/p>\n
MEN\u2019S CUP FINAL
Belgium 10 \u2013 28 Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada claimed victory in the Men\u2019s bracket at the World Sevens qualifier tournament in Dubai on Sunday, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,178902,760,85,58463,222019],"class_list":{"0":"post-421878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dubai-sevens","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-womens-rugby","14":"tag-world-sevens-series"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}