Canadian rugby sevens men win three straight at Challenger Series event in Poland

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 2:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Canada's men posted wins implicit Madagascar, Japan and Portugal connected Friday to beforehand to the semifinals of World Rugby's second-tier Challenger Series.

Canada defeated Madagascar 29-24 earlier downing Japan 40-10 and Portugal 17-10 successful moving 1 measurement person to regaining its spot connected the elite HSBC SVNS circuit.

The Canadian men arrived successful Poland atop the Challenge Series sevens standings aft finishing 2nd and 3rd successful the archetypal 2 events, some successful Cape Town. Germany was second, followed by Portugal, Chile and Samoa.

Canada finished runner-up successful the opening round, beaten 33-7 by Chile successful the final. The Canadians were 3rd successful the 2nd round, defeating Japan 28-15 successful the consolation final.

The apical 4 teams aft the Poland halt gain a spot successful a promotion/relegation tourney May 3-4 successful Carson, Calif., battling the bottommost 4 teams from the HSBC SVNS to determine 4 spots successful adjacent season's HSBC SVNS field.

Canada, which finished past successful the 12-team elite HSBC SVNS circuit past year, was relegated from the apical tier aft a 22-14 nonaccomplishment to Spain successful June.