Double-Gold for Canada at RAN 7s

Canada has claimed the title in both the men’s and women’s brackets of the Rugby Americas North 7s tournament in Trinidad & Tobago. While the two teams competed under the ‘Maple Leafs’ development banner, the men sent a near-full strength side under new head coach Damian McGrath to prepare for the start of the upcoming 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series. The women sent a very young team with a number of players new to international rugby. Both succeeded in convincing fashion.

The men had a comfortable ride to the finals with only two pool matches, defeating the British Virgin Islands 59-0 and Bermuda 52-0. Mexico gave them their toughest contest of the weekend in the cup quarter final, with the final score 24-0. The rest of the way proved a formality, with 40-0 and 52-5 wins over Jamaica and Guyana respectively, though Guyana will take pride in being the only team to score a try against the runaway winners during the competition.

The women went one better, winning all six of their matches. Perhaps most impressive is that they did not concede a single point during the entire tournament, finishing with a points differential of 287-0. Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, and Jamaica all fell in the pool stages, with Mexico their opposition in the semi finals and a rematch with Jamaica in the cup final. Head coach Sandro Fiorino will be very pleased with his charges, and will have plenty to discuss with senior women’s head coach John Tait when it comes time to select the HSBC Sevens Series team for Dubai.

Other results saw Jamaica defeat Trinidad & Tobago in the men’s bronze final, while Mexico took the plate final with a win over Bermuda. The host team finished one higher in the women’s bracket, taking home third spot by topping Mexico, while Guyana defeated the Bahamas to finish in 5th.

 

MEN’S RESULTS

POOL A
Bermuda 19 – 5 British Virgin Islands
Canada 59 – 0 British Virgin Islands
Canada 52 – 0 Bermuda

POOL B
Trinidad & Tobago 52 – 0 St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Mexico 25 – 0 St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Mexico 10 – 12 Trinidad & Tobago

POOL C
Cayman Islands 38 – 0 Curaçao
Barbados 19 – 5 Dominic Republic
Cayman Islands 33 – 7 Dominican Republic
Barbados 33 – 7 Curaçao
Cayman Islands 10 – 17 Barbados
Curaçao 0 – 12 Dominican Republic

POOL D
Guyana 40 – 0 Turks & Caicos
Jamaica 19 – 7 Martinique
Guyana 43 – 7 Martinique
Jamaica 35 – 7 Turks & Caicos
Guyana 7 – 17 Jamaica
Turks & Caicos 0 – 31 Martinique

CUP QUARTER FINALS
Canada 24 – 0 Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago 17 – 7 Bermuda
Barbados 7 – 22 Guyana
Jamaica 26 – 7 Cayman Islands

CONSOLATION ROUND ROBIN
British Virgin Islands 17 – 12 Turks & Caicos
St. Vincent & The Grenadines 0 – 28 Martinique
Dominican Republic 5 – 0 Turks & Caicos
Curaçao 7 – 17 Martinique
British Virgin Islands 10 – 12 Dominican Republic
St. Vincent & The Grenadines 5 – 14 Curaçao

PLATE SEMI FINALS
Mexico 12 – 0 Cayman Islands
Barbados 0 – 21 Bermuda

CUP SEMI FINALS
Canada 40 – 0 Jamaica
Guyana 5 – 0 Trinidad & Tobago

CONSOLATION FINAL
Turks & Caicos 21 – 15 St. Vincent & The Grenadines

SHIELD FINAL
British Virgin Islands 0 – 5 Curaçao

BOWL FINAL
Dominican Republic 0 – 17 Martinique

7th PLACE FINAL
Cayman Islands 5 – 26 Barbados

PLATE FINAL
Mexico 19 – 0 Bermuda

BRONZE FINAL
Jamaica 24 – 19 Trinidad & Tobago

CUP FINAL
Canada 52 – 5 Guyana

 

WOMEN’S RESULTS

POOL A
Canada 52 – 0 Bermuda
Jamaica 19 – 0 Cayman Islands
Jamaica 25 – 0 Turks & Caicos
Canada 52 – 0 Cayman Islands
Canada 59 – 0 Turks & Caicos
Jamaica 21 – 0 Bermuda
Cayman Islands 22 – 0 Bermuda
Canada 40 – 0 Jamaica
Turks & Caicos 5 – 14 Cayman Islands
Turks & Caicos 0 – 19 Bermuda

POOL B
Mexico 33 – 0 Bahamas
Trinidad & Tobago 12 – 0 Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago 27 – 0 Dominican Republic
Mexico 20 – 0 Guyana
Mexico 27 – 0 Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago 24 – 7 Bahamas
Guyana 12 – 0 Bahamas
Mexico 0 – 24 Trinidad & Tobago
Dominican Republic 5 – 12 Guyana
Dominican Republic 0 – 12 Bahamas

CUP SEMI FINALS
Canada 43 – 0 Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago 5 – 10 Jamaica

BOWL SEMI FINALS
Cayman Islands 0 – 7 Bahamas
Guyana 24 – 0 Bermuda

CONSOLATION FINAL
Turks & Caicos 0 – 0 Dominican Republic

SHIELD FINAL
Cayman Islands 19 – 0 Bermuda

BOWL FINAL
Bahamas 12 – 17 Guyana

PLATE FINAL
Mexico 5 – 12 Trinidad & Tobago

CUP FINAL
Canada 41 – Jamaica