France hold off Eagles in Paris

Day Two of the HSBC Paris 7s offered little sympathy for the plight of North America’s representatives, both of whom suffered crushing defeats on Day One. The Eagles improved somewhat but were still decidedly second best to France, losing 24-12 before taking out their frustrations in a 33-12 win over their northern neighbors. For Canada it was their 9th consecutive loss after falling to Argentina earlier in the day by a convincing 28-7 score.

The Pumas also found difficulties with France, losing 26-14 as the home side swept the pool and moved into the Cup finals as legitimate challengers for the title. Brazil meanwhile lost by considerable margins but will take credit for making South Africa work hard and scoring once through André Nascimento. The took it one better against England with two tries, one for André Silva and the other to Lucas Muller.

Argentina will now be the only Americas representative in the Cup finals, with the other three all headed to the Bowl quarters. Fiji and South Africa look neck-and-neck as favorites once again, with New Zealand just avoiding another upset loss to Kenya by two points.

All matches will be streamed live by World Rugby.

POOL STAGES RESULTS

POOL A
Kenya 29 – 14 Portugal
New Zealand 35 – 10 Russia
Kenya 22 – 7 Russia
New Zealand 31 – 0 Portugal
Portugal 10 – 17 Russia
Kenya 17 – 19 New Zealand

POOL B
Fiji 38 – 12 Scotland
Samoa 52 – 10 Wales
Fiji 33 – 14 Wales
Samoa 17 – 12 Scotland
Scotland 35 – 7 Wales
Fiji 42 – 5 Samoa

POOL C
South Africa 24 – 5 England
Australia 38 – 0 Brazil
South Africa 30 – 7 Brazil
Australia 24 – 19 England
England 38 – 12 Brazil
South Africa 31 – 0 Australia

POOL D
Argentina 36 – 0 USA
France 42 – 5 Canada
Argentina 28 – 7 Canada
France 24 – 12 USA
USA 33 – 12 Canada
Argentina 14 – 26 France

DAY THREE FIXTURES

Sun, May 15 – 03:45 ET – BOWL QF – Russia vs Canada
Sun, May 15 – 04:07 ET – BOWL QF – Engand vs Wales
Sun, May 15 – 04:29 ET – BOWL QF – USA vs Portugal
Sun, May 15 – 04:51 ET – BOWL QF – Scotland vs Brazil

Sun, May 15 – 05:13 ET – CUP QF – New Zealand vs Argentina
Sun, May 15 – 05:35 ET – CUP QF – South Africa vs Samoa
Sun, May 15 – 05:57 ET – CUP QF – France vs Kenya
Sun, May 15 – 06:19 ET – CUP QF – Fiji vs Australia