Earlier than the brand new HSBC SVNS Collection season will get underway in Dubai on the finish of the month, rugby followers in Portland can have the chance to look at a number of Olympic medallists take the sector at Windfall Park on Sunday, November 17.
Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) introduced on Friday that the Canadian Ladies’s Sevens facet will be part of the PR7s All-Star Event that weekend. The Olympic silver medallists will come up in opposition to North American rivals the USA as a part of that occasion.
This can be a important announcement, with this addition to the PR7s All-Star Event pitting two of the three Olympic medal-winning girls’s groups from Paris in opposition to one another. Canada and the USA registered their best-ever finishes, claiming silver and bronze respectively.
These in attendance will watch 14-minute video games in a tournament-style competitors as each USA and Canada ramp up their preparations for the SVNS Collection. The groups will come up in opposition to Olympians and legends of the game on the residence of the Portland Timbers.
“Welcoming the Canadian girls’s group to the PR7s All-Star Event brings an thrilling new dimension to this extremely anticipated occasion,” CEO and founding father of Premier Rugby Sevens, Owen Scannell, mentioned in a press release.
“We’re thrilled to companion with each USA Rugby and Rugby Canada to rejoice Olympic medallists that captivated followers in the course of the Paris Olympics.”
What each Canada and the USA achieved in Paris will dwell on perpetually as a milestone second for the expansion of ladies’s rugby in North America. Canada surprised Olympic hosts France 19-14 within the quarter-finals earlier than backing that up with one other unimaginable win.
The Canadians obtained the higher of SVNS Collection total champions Australia in a sensational upset, they usually pushed Group New Zealand shut within the battle for gold. New Zealand gained their spot on the highest of the rostrum with a valiant 19-12 win, nevertheless it was certainly not one-way site visitors.
As for the USA, they have been crushed by New Zealand within the semi-finals 24-12. However, they nonetheless had yet one more likelihood to make historical past, as they chased america of America’s first-ever Olympic medal in rugby sevens.
The Individuals fell behind within the bronze medal playoff after a second of brilliance from Australia’s Levi sisters, however the match isn’t over till the full-time whistle sounds. Alex ‘Spiff’ Sedrick raced away to attain a sensational 95-metre attempt to tie the scores at 12-all.
Then, Sedrick lined up a conversion from in entrance which ended up going over. The USA gamers rushed the sector as they celebrated their second of triumph – claiming bronze whereas Australia missed out on an Olympic medal fully.
Make no mistake, this announcement from PR7s is large. Canada and the USA are among the many greatest girls’s groups in rugby sevens, they usually’ll be keen to place their abilities on present forward of the SVNS Collection opener in Dubai from November 30.
“We’re wanting ahead to collaborating within the PR7s All-Star Event in opposition to the USA and in preparation for the upcoming 2025 HSBC SVNS Collection,” Head Coach of Canada’s Ladies’s Sevens facet, Jocelyn Barrieau, defined.
“We are going to face some nice competitors in what will probably be our program’s first event post-Paris 2024. Everybody is worked up to get on the pitch and proceed to indicate how girls’s rugby is rising in North America.”
