Canada went into this weekend’s action as the hottest team in the series
LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team opened its weekend action Saturday with a 38-7 win over Brazil on home field at Westhills Stadium.
Charity Williams of Toronto scored two tries, while captain Ghislaine Landry of Toronto, Kayla Moleschi of Williams Lake, B.C., Emma Chown of Aurora, Ont., and Karen Paquin of Quebec City each scored tries. Canada came into this weekend’s action as the hottest team in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, winning the series stop in Japan last month and looking to earn a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Moleschi says the team had a few jitters playing its opening match of the HSBC Canada Sevens at home.
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