Canada safely secure World Cup spot

Canadas womens side blitzed all before them to win the NACRA Sevens title on home soil and join neighbours USA at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013.

The overwhelming favourite to secure the one place on offer at the NACRA regional qualifier, Canada did so by scoring 320 points and not conceding a single point in six matches at Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa.

Canada picked up where they had left off on day one to add the scalp of Trinidad & Tobago to those of Mexico (62-0), Cayman Islands (50) and Jamaica 45-0 and qualify for the semi finals as top seeds.

Julia Greenshields and Bianca Farella both scored twice in the 39-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago which got day two of the NACRA Sevens underway on Sunday.

Next up for Canada was a rematch with Mexico, who had finished fourth in the five-team round robin. The margin was not as great this time, Ottawa local Julianne Zussman scoring two of Canadas eight tries in a 42-0 victory.

In the other semi final, Trinidad & Tobago avenged a 19-7 loss in the round robin stages by beating Jamaica 22-5 with Kwanieze John scoring her sides first two tries. Nicolette Panter and Jenliee Limada although touched down to confirm Trinidad & Tobago as Caribbean champions.

Trinidad & Tobago, though, were no match for the free-scoring Canadians in the final with captain Jen Kish grabbing a hat-trick to ensure her side realised their target of RWC Sevens 2013 qualification.

Zussman, Arielle Dubisette-Borrice, Magalie Harvery, Farella and Kaya Moleschi also got their names on the scoresheet in the final despite the plucky efforts of their opponents.

Canadas qualification for RWC Sevens 2013 now means that 11 of the 16 places in the womens event have been filled, five by automatic qualifiers (Australia, New Zealand, USA, South Africa and hosts Russia) and five from the European qualifier (England, Spain, France, Netherlands and Ireland).

The remaining places will be filled through the Africa qualifier in Morocco on 29-30 September (one place), the Asia qualifier in India on 6-7 October (three places) and the South America qualifier in Brazil (one place) on 23-24 February 2013.

Day one results:

Canada 62-0 Mexico

Jamaica 17-0 Cayman Islands

Canada 50-0 Cayman Islands

Jamaica 19-7 Trindad & Tobago

Canada 45-0 Jamaica

Trinidad & Tobago 25-12 Mexico

Day two fixtures:

09:20 - Canada 39-0 Trinidad & Tobago

09:40 - Mexico 34-0 Cayman Islands

11:50 - Jamaica 24-0 Mexico

12:10 - Cayman Islands 0-36 Trinidad & Tobago

14:40 - Semi final - Jamaica 5-22 Trindad & Tobago

15:00 - Semi final - Canada 42-0 Mexico

16:20 - Final - Trindad & Tobago 0-46 Canada

Qualifying process for RWC Sevens 2013:

Europe one automatic place (host Russia) plus England, Spain, France, Netherlands, Ireland qualified

Oceania two automatic places (New Zealand and Australia); Fiji to compete in Asia qualifier

North America/Caribbean one automatic place (USA) and Canada qualified

Africa one automatic place (South Africa) plus one qualifier

Asia three qualifiers (with the best-placed team in Oceania outside of Australia and New Zealand competing)

South America one qualifier