sa国际传媒 took part in the glittery march of rugby players down Fremont Street that annually opens the USA Sevens in Las Vegas.
Things went dimmer from there as the Langford-based men鈥檚 national team has only a tie and three losses to show for their trip to Sin City.
After drawing 12-12 against Spain, the Canucks lost 33-19 to world power New Zealand and 26-19 to Samoa in pool play before dropping a tight 21-19 decision to Scotland in the consolation round. That relegated sa国际传媒 to play for 13th place today against France.
One of the few Canadian highlights has been the play of Victoria鈥檚 Connor Braid, who leads the tournament in carries.
Also on the Canadian team are St. Michaels University School-graduates Mike Fuailefau and Luke McCloskey of Victoria, Isaac Kaay of the University of Victoria Vikes and former UVic legend Nathan Hirayama. Pat Kay of Duncan is injured.
Perhaps it鈥檚 better it happened this weekend. sa国际传媒 will certainly want to be at its best next Saturday and Sunday when more than 60,000 fans will be out over two days for the sa国际传媒 Sevens at sa国际传媒 Place.
The top-four teams in the 10-event 2019 World Series will advance directly to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. sa国际传媒 will likely have to go through the repechage process to earn one of the seven Olympic berths that will be remaining after host Japan and the top-four from this World Series season claim their spots.
The top-four women鈥檚 teams in their 2019 World Series will also advance directly to Tokyo 2020. The 2016 Rio Olympics bronze-medallist Canadians are third in the standings after the first three of six World Series events. The fifth women鈥檚 World Series tournament is the sa国际传媒 Sevens from May 11-12 at Westhills Stadium in Langford.
