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Perfect start: Canadian women on a roll at Sevens World Series in Sydney

The Canadian women's team are off to a perfect start in their championship defence at the HSBC Sevens World Series event in Sydney.

Lead Pool C after victories over Fiji, Ireland and Russia

Canada's Ghislaine Landry, pictured at the Olympics in Rio last year, helped Canada to a 3-0 start at the HSBC Women's Seven Series in Sydney. (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)

The Canadian women's team is off to a perfect start in their title defence at the HSBC Sevens World Series event in Sydney.

The women's team leads Pool C with a 3-0 record after victories over Fiji (24-12), Ireland (24-12) and Russia (19-5) on Friday in Australia. They won the inaugural event last year.

On the men's side, Canada began their tournament on Friday morning with a 52-5 loss to Scotland.

The men – who sit seventh overall after a fourth-place finish in Cape Town – continue their Sydney tourney on Saturday against Australia at 1:15 a.m. ET and the United States at 4:26 a.m. ET. 

All matches will be streamed live on CBCSports.ca.

Canadian women off to perfect start at rugby sevens World Series

7 years ago
Duration 22:08
Canada beats Russia 19-5, leads Pool C with 3-0 record.