Women’s Eagles charge into Cape Town Semi Finals

The USA are into the Final Four of the Women’s bracket at the Cape Town Sevens. It follows up on their Bronze finish in last weekend’s tournament in Dubai. Canada will compete for 5th place on Sunday, with Brazil aiming for a best-possible 9th place spot.

A late try from Sam Sullivan gave the USA a tense Quarter Final victory over Fiji. It redeemed a poor performance against France in the final round of the pool stage. The Eagles had earlier beaten Japan and Canada to secure their place in the Cup draw.

Canada showed improvement from last week and are now guaranteed to finish higher than their 9th-place result in Dubai. They will be disappointed to blow a 19-nil halftime lead against France that ultimately ended in a draw. A win over Japan put the Canadians into the Quarter Final, but a raft of injuries left them with only 9 fit bodies against New Zealand who cruised to a one-sided win.

Brazil remain winless again after an exceedingly difficult draw in Pool B. New Zealand, Fiji, and Great Britain all proved superior. As Yaras at least scored tries in each game, including two against the Fijians. They will now enter the 9th Place Semi Finals and must win at least one game to improve on their last-place result from last weekend.

The Eagles will take on Dubai winners Australia in the Cup Semi Final, while Canada has a rematch against France in the 5th Place draw. Brazil’s next contest will be against Japan.

A complete list of fixtures can be seen here.

 

POOL STAGE RESULTS

POOL A
Ireland 33 – 12 Spain
Australia 52 – 0 South Africa
Ireland 24 – 0 South Africa
Australia 38 – 0 Spain
Spain 17 – 14 South Africa
Australia 29 – 0 Ireland

POOL B
Fiji 19 – 10 Great Britain
New Zealand 31 – 7 Brazil
Fiji 31 – 10 Brazil
New Zealand 19 – 7 Great Britain
Great Britain 29 – 5 Brazil
New Zealand 26 – 21 Fiji

POOL C
France 19 – 19 Canada
USA 19 – 14 Japan
France 26 – 12 Japan
USA 24 – 7 Canada
Canada 21 – 12 Japan
USA 7 – 31 France

 

KNOCKOUT RESULTS

CUP QUARTER FINALS
New Zealand 50 – 5 Canada
France 10 – 12 Ireland
Fiji 7 – 10 USA
Australia 38 – 0 Great Britain

 

DAY THREE FIXTURES

9th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Japan vs Brazil
Spain vs South Africa

5th PLACE SEMI FINALS
Canada vs France
Fiji vs Great Britain

CUP SEMI FINALS
New Zealand vs Ireland
USA vs Australia