Argentina takes advantage of early errors to down Canada at Hong Kong Sevens Globe_Sports
Canadian speedster Justin Douglas celebrated his 25th birthday with the 130th try of his career but it wasn’t enough for Canada to beat Argentina in their opening match Friday at the Hong Kong Sevens.
Argentina, which stands eighth in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, took advantage of early errors from No. 12 Canada to prevail 19-14. No. 10 France, runner-up last month in Vancouver, thumped invitational side Portugal 40-7 in the other Pool B match.Story continues below advertisement Argentina built a 12-0 lead with Nathan Hirayama sent to the sin bin for an intentional knock-on just before the break. Luciano Gonzalez’s try early in the second half proved to be enough for the win with subsequent tries by Douglas and Connor Braid leaving Canada just short despite Argentina going a man down with back-to-back yellow cards.In other action, England winger Dan Norton became the leading try-scorer in Hong Kong Sevens history, helping his team beat Wales 36-19.
Norton, who leads the circuit with 324 career tries, broke the record set by Collins Injera at the 2017 tournament. England moved into second place in Pool D with the victory. The United States, which leads the overall standings, is first in the group after beating Spain 36-7.The Pool C match between New Zealand and Australia started with a minute’s silence to commemorate victims in the Christchurch shootings.New Zealand ended up winning the match 40-19. In the other pool match, it was a repeat of last year’s final with Fiji beating Kenya 22-5.
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