The Women's National Team suffered a bit of a setback at the Nations Cup after they lost to the U.S. 29-17 on Sunday. The match was to originally take place on Saturday but thunderstorms and a tornado warning moved the matches one day. The loss drops Canada to 1-1 with a match against 0-2 South Africa later in the week. Canada seemed to have an advantage in the match thanks to some ill-discipline from the Americans but it didn't work out that way as they fell behind 10-5 at the half. Prop Laura Russell scored for Canada. In the second half the U.S. was simply too much. Canada got tries from Sammy Crandell and Mary-Jane Kirby but it wasn't enough.
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Maple Leafs Bronze at World Games
The Maple Leafs, the men's 7's development team, took home the bronze from the World Games in Colombia last week. The team finished second in Pool B on day one. They lost to South Africa but beat Hong Kong and hosts Colombia. On day two the team started out by beating Brazil in the Cup quarterfinals 26-7. However, they lost to Argentina, who would claim Silver, 26-7 in the semi-finals. They then beat France to 26-14 to take the Bronze.
Westhills Stadium To Expand
Westhills Stadium, the home of the Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence, will be doubling its capacity to roughly 3,000 in the next few months according to the Victoria Times-Colonist. The stadium had been capable of holding that many with temporary seating but this makes that number permanent. As the stadium showed last year at the Americas Rugby Championship the appetite for rugby in Victoria is strong. The addition should allow the stadium to hold more events in the future. Half of the $465,000 cost comes from a government grant.
Extra Kicks
The National Championship Festival kicks off today at the University of British Columbia.
Ultra Sevens, an expanded version of 7's recently was featured in front of a thousands fans.
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