Canada's Josiah Morra stiff runs the ball while blocking Spain's Asier Perez during Vancouver Sevens rugby action, in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
GACVANCOUVER - The 春色直播 men's team will be part of the Vancouver Sevens, competing in an invitational event in conjunction with the HSBC SVNS stop in February.
The 春色直播 men, relegated from the top tier of rugby sevens competition in June, will meet Japan and Trinidad and Tobago at B.C. Place Stadium.
The 春色直播 women will be part of HSBC SVNS play Feb. 21-13 in Vancouver. They currently stand seventh after the first three events of the HSBC SVNS circuit.
Prior to relegation, the 春色直播 men had been a core team on the top sevens circuit since 2012-13 and lifted the trophy in Singapore in 2017. They finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics.聽
In November, they thumped host Trinidad and Tobago 38-0 to win the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens and qualify for World Rugby's second-tier Challenger Series. The tournament-favourite 春色直播 men outscored their opposition 169-0 over five matches in a first step back up the rugby sevens ladder.
The top four teams from the three-event Challenger Series will face off against the bottom four from the HSBC SVNS at the SVNS World Championships May 3-4 in Carson, Calif., in a promotion/relegation playoff.
The 春色直播 men will use Vancouver as a prep event for the first stop of the Challenger Series March 1-2 in Cape Town
鈥淕ranted this is not the format we aimed to be in at Vancouver Sevens, (but) any chance our players have to play in front of a home crowd, in front of family and friends, is such an incredible opportunity and one we could not pass up." Canada coach Sean White said in a statement.
"It will show our players who haven鈥檛 experienced Vancouver a glimpse of what we are working towards and it will remind our players who have experienced Vancouver Sevens just how much these moments mean on home soil."
The 春色直播 men last met Japan in April 2023, winning 16-12 at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
The other Challenger events are March 7-8, also in Cape Town, and April 11-12 in Krakow, Poland.
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This report by 春色直播was first published Dec. 16, 2024
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