sa国际传媒 went 1-2 on the opening-day Saturday of the Nelson Mandela Bay rugby sevens tournament in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
It was considered a disappointing outcome for sa国际传媒 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Dubai Sevens last week.
sa国际传媒 opened with a 26-0 win over Zimbabwe, but was downed 26-12 by the U.S. and 28-7 by Portugal and is now relegated to today's consolation Bowl side of the draw.
sa国际传媒 was done in by a red card to Phil Mack of Victoria just four minutes into the loss to the U.S. It is difficult to win in sevens down a man.
The Canadian roster included Jeff Hassler, Thyssen De Goede and John Moonlight of James Bay Athletic Association, Nanyak Dala, Ciaran Hearn and Chauncey O'Toole of the Castaway Wanderers of Oak Bay and Mack, Sean Duke and Nathan Hirayama of the University of Victoria Vikes.
Rugby sevens makes its Summer Olympics debut at Rio in 2016.
