Williams Lake’s Kayla Moleschi and Canada’s women’s sevens team has won its third HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series cup title after capturing the Sydney Sevens with a 21-17 win over the U.S.
Its Canada’s second cup title in the last three series events and comes on the heels of a bronze medal at the Olympic Summer Games in Rio, Brazil.
They previously won the cup title at the Clermont Sevens last May in the final stop of the 2015/16 season and the Amsterdam Sevens during the 2014/15 season. Canada improved to 3-4 all-time in series cup finals.
“Really happy for the girls to rebound after our first tournament in Dubai,” head coach John Tait said. “We just showed a lot of resolve coming back. We didn’t have a good finish to day one but they really focused.”
Canada entered Sydney in sixth place in the series standings through one event this season, but after earning 20 points with their first-place finish, they jumped ahead of Fiji, England and Russia into third.
New Zealand stays atop the series standings after claiming the bronze medal in Sydney, while Australia remain in second place just two points up on Canada after finishing fourth.
Canada began day two action with a 26-5 win over Russia in the cup quarterfinals, then followed that up with a 12-7 victory over host Australia. The next stop in the series is the Las Vegas Sevens in early March.
