Canadian men’s rugby team gets reinforcements prior to HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Los Angeles
Alex Russell and Lockie Kratz return from injury to bolster Canada’s lineup for the Feb. 25-26 Los Angeles Sevens, the sixth stop on the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.The reinforcements are welcome. The Canadian men currently stand 14th in the overall standings – in danger of relegation.
The relegation playoff will be a round-robin format with the top two teams meeting in the final. The winner becomes the 12th core team on the 2024 Series, while the other three teams will enter their respective Regional Sevens Championships in order to qualify for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.
The Los Angeles tournament is the last stop on the World Series before the Canada Sevens on March 3-5 in Vancouver.The Canadian men are coming off a 15th-place finish in Sydney, Australia, where they lost all five outings, beaten in pool play by Argentina , Australia and Britain before falling 35-14 to Tonga, an invitational team, and 17-14 to Spain in consolation play.
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