Fancy Bermudez, a sevens player in her 15s international debut, and Sabrina Poulin each scored two tries as Canada thumped South Africa 66-7 Saturday in its first match since finishing fourth at the Women's Rugby World Cup in November in New Zealand.
The game was a warmup for the fourth-ranked Canadian women ahead of next Saturday's Pacific Four Series opener against the seventh-ranked U.S., also to be played at Estadio Nacional de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.No. 13 South Africa was reduced to 14 women in the seventh minute when flanker Catha Jacobs, following video review, was red-carded for a high tackle.
“We had a lot of mistakes for sure, but the first half we tried, and we scored a lot of points. We could have scored more, but after just 2 1/2 practices I’m very proud of them," said Canada coach Kevin Rouet. "We know we have to refine all those mistakes, all those offloads, all those passes on the ground, so there’s a lot to work on for sure, but there’s a lot of positives.”
The Canadians went ahead 7-0 with a converted try by Menin in the ninth minute, catching the South Africa defence short on a multi-phase attack. Bermudez scored on a brilliant solo run in the 38th minute, cutting through the South Africa backline.
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