Canada lift Hong Kong crown

Canada today lifted the Hong Kong women's 7s title, defeating France in the final on a 28-14 scoreline. It was the second crown for the Canadians in as many months as they recently lifted another major title in Las Vegas.

Mandy Marchak and her side followed their victory in Las Vegas last month against Netherlands with more hard work in Hong Kong and gained a deserved victory with tries from Ghislaine Landry (2) and Ashley Patzer (2).

"It wasn't pretty but it was a win," said Marchak after a physical match.

"I'm extremely proud of my team, we worked really hard for the last month so we really deserved this one. I feel this is the start of something great. Next it is Amsterdam, so here we come."

The women's tournament was played over just one day, meaning that Canada played five matchesinless than 12 hoursto nail home their success.

They started with a 31-0 win against Japan and followed that up with a 64-0beating of Chinese Taipei and a 40-7 win against Russia in their pool.

They then scored a morale-boosting 26-5 win over rivals USA in the semi finals before taking on France in front of the giant crowd in the main stadium.

The French had beaten Hong Kong, Philippines, Netherlands and China to reach the final, but had no answer to Canada.

The Netherlands finished third after they defeated the USA in the play-off game.

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