Fancy Bermudez scored a pair of tries as the Canadian women defeated Ireland 24-12 Sunday to put themselves in position for their best result this season at the HSBC Canada Sevens tournament.

The women can place fifth in the tournament with a win over Fiji. Their previous best was eighth in Cape Town, South Africa.

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The men, who staged an upset over Australia Friday but missed advancing to the quarterfinals due to a points differential, lost 31-14 to South Africa in their only game Sunday and finished in a tie for 15th place.

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The poor finish was a blow to a men91裸聊视频檚 team that came into the tournament sitting 14th in the World Rugby Sevens Series standings and fighting to avoid relegation

The women fell behind 7-0 against Ireland but responded with 24 straight points. The game turned when prop Olivia De Couvreur of Ottawa delivered a crunching hit early in the first half.

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Co-captain Olivia Apps of Lindsay, Ont., scored a try and kicked two converts. Keyara Wardley of Vulcan, Alta., also scored a try.

The Canadian women entered the tournament with 16 points and ranked 10th after four stops on their tour.

Fans at BC Place Stadium were decked out in elaborate and colourful costumes. There were furry onesies and bright wigs. Some pink pigs with floppy ears sat near a flock of bees. A group of abominable snowmen waved a Canadian flag.

There were sailors, pirates, construction workers, and a group in orange prison suits watched over by police in sunglasses.

People danced to the music and waved flags from the different nations playing.

Lachlan Kratz of Victoria scored a try and kicked two converts in the men91裸聊视频檚 loss to South Africa. Jake Thiel of Abbotsford, B.C., added a try.

Both teams had a roller-coaster ride during the tournament but the men probably deserved a better fate. The women took advantage of a smaller field and a points differential system that worked in their favour.

This year the tournament was expanded to include a full slate of 12 women91裸聊视频檚 teams competing at the same time as the 16 men91裸聊视频檚 teams.

The Canadian women lost their opening games 28-7 Ireland and 17-12 to the U.S, then rebounded to beat Brazil 31-7.

They finished with a 1-2 record in Pool C but moved on because of their point differential. The top two teams from the three women91裸聊视频檚 pools advanced to the quarterfinals, along with the two best third-place teams.

The women then showed a determined effort in a 10-5 loss to New Zealand, one of the best teams in the world.

The men looked terrible in a 35-5 loss to Ireland in their opening game then played one of their best games of the tournament to beat Australia 29-12. They beat Chile 35-7 Saturday morning.

Despite a 2-1 record, they failed to advance to the medal round. The top two teams of the four men91裸聊视频檚 pools moved on. The men91裸聊视频檚 point differential left them in third.

They lost 19-14 to Spain in the ninth-place quarterfinal.

Men91裸聊视频檚 interim coach Sean White saw positives in his team91裸聊视频檚 performance.

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91裸聊视频淥ur highs are really high right now and our lows are quite low. We91裸聊视频檝e just got to find that even keel. I think we91裸聊视频檝e shown what we91裸聊视频檙e capable of, it91裸聊视频檚 just about that repeat performance.91裸聊视频�

Berna said the team is like a jigsaw puzzle that hasn91裸聊视频檛 been put together yet.

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The sevens series is reducing the number of men91裸聊视频檚 core teams for the 2024 season from 16 to 12, to equal the number of women91裸聊视频檚 teams and align with the Olympic competition structure.

The men needed to reach the quarterfinals of the final four tournaments 91裸聊视频� while managing wins when playing teams ahead of them 91裸聊视频� to gain enough points to climb into 11th place or better and avoid playing in a relegation playoff.

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91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e trying to put the best performance in for each game and see where we get to.91裸聊视频�

The top four men91裸聊视频檚 and women91裸聊视频檚 teams at the end of the season will qualify automatically for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Jim Morris, The Canadian Press

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