Canadian men make history, down U.S. Eagles to win Singapore rugby sevens
SINGAPORE — Canada made men’s rugby sevens history Sunday, winning a Cup final on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time.
And the Canadians did it the hard way at the Singapore Sevens, defeating No. 4 New Zealand 26-14 and No. 3 England 17-5 before dispatching the fifth-ranked U.S. Eagles 26-19 in the final.
Series leader South Africa and No. 2 Fiji were upset in the quarter-finals.
Canada, which came into the weekend ranked ninth in the standings, raced into a 19-0 lead in the final but the Eagles roared back with 19 points of their own before Lucas Hammond scored the winning try with less than two minutes remaining.