{"id":71093,"date":"2016-02-21T21:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T02:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71093"},"modified":"2016-02-21T21:47:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T02:47:05","slug":"canadian-women-earn-historic-19-10-rugby-victory-over-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/21\/canadian-women-earn-historic-19-10-rugby-victory-over-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian women earn historic 19 10 rugby victory over New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada beats New Zealand Sevens for the first time (Photo courtesy of the official Facebook page of Rugby Canada<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAO PAULO\u2014Ghislaine Landry, Kayla Moleschi and Jen Kish had tries to lead Canada to a historic 19-10 semifinal win over New Zealand on Sunday at the Sao Paulo sevens women’s rugby event.<\/span><\/p>\n

The win was Canada’s first ever against New Zealand, the three-time defending series champions. The Canadians had dropped seven of the previous eight matches, the other ending in a tie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to facing Canada, New Zealand was unbeaten at the tournament. Last season’s series champion had defeated the U.S., Spain, Russia and Brazil, allowing just four tries along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadians rallied from an early 5-0 deficit and will face Australia in the Cup final. Canada lost 29-14 to the Australians on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Landry added to conversions against New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier, the Canadians defeated France 19-0 in a quarter-final match to improve to 8-1 all-time versus the French.<\/span><\/p>\n

Landry, Kish and Britt Benn all had tries for Canada. Kelly Russell added a conversion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadians won two of their three games Saturday, beating Ireland 26-7 and Fiji 24-7 before losing to Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada finished second in the overall women’s seven series standings last year to secure Olympic qualification.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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