Canadian rugby 7s women beat Fiji to reach semis in Hong Kong, will face No. 1 New Zealand

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 29, 2025 12:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Carissa Norsten scored 2 tries to assistance Canada decision Fiji 26-17 successful Cup quarterfinal play Saturday astatine the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.

The Canadian women, who came to Hong Kong lasting sixth successful the wide standings aft 4 events, volition look No. 1 New Zealand successful Sunday's semifinal astatine the caller Kai Tak Stadium.

Fancy Bermudez and, Carmen Izyk besides scored tries for Canada, which led No. 8 Fiji 14-12 astatine the half. Olivia Apps, Breanne Nicholas and Taylor Perry kicked conversions.

Canada moved into the knockout rounds aft finishing 2nd successful Pool C.

Canada opened with a 24-17 triumph implicit No. 5 Japan, dropped a 26-15 determination to No. 2 Australia and downed No. 12 Spain 29-10.

Australia, which topped the excavation astatine 3-0-0, faces No. 3 France connected the different women's semifinal.

The men's semifinals pit No. 6 Australia against No. 1 Argentina and No. 3 Fiji against No. 5 France.

The Canadian women finished eighth successful Dubai, 5th successful Cape Town, 4th successful Perth and seventh past period successful Vancouver. New Zealand won successful Cape Town and Vancouver and finished runner-up to Australia successful Dubai and Perth, Australia.

Following Hong Kong, the circuit shifts to Singapore for the penultimate lawsuit of the play April 5-6. The apical 8 men's and women's teams volition past vie successful the May 3-4 season-ending satellite title astatine Dignity Health Sports Park successful Carson, Calif.

The California finale volition besides diagnostic a promotion/relegation playoff involving the apical 4 men's and women's teams from the second-tier HSBC Sevens Challenger and the bottommost 4 teams connected the HSBC SVNS circuit.

The Canadian men, relegated past June, are acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the last Challenger Series lawsuit April 11-12 successful Krakow, Poland.