Canadian women’s rugby team takes silver at Paris 2024

Canada battled to a hard-fought 19-12 loss to defending champion New Zealand in the sevens final in Paris to earn Canada's sixth medal of the Games.

A spirited silver medal from the women’s rugby sevens team kept Canada’s medal streak alive Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.

Canada battled to a hard-fought 19-12 loss to defending champion New Zealand in the sevens final in Paris to earn Canada’s sixth medal of the Games.

The plucky Canadians seemed poised to shock the rugby juggernauts when they took a 12-7 lead at the break with two late first-half tries.

Chloe Daniels had a try and conversion to tie the game 7-7, then with time running out in the half Alysha Corrigan stole the ball and found a gap to run it in for a stunning Canadian lead.

But New Zealand responded in the second half with tries from Michaela Blyde and Stacey Waaka and a conversion from Tyla King to defend its title.

The rugby silver gave Canada six medals (two gold, two silver, two bronze) through four days of full competition.

Canada’s run to the rugby final included a stunning 21-12 semifinal win over Australia. It was one of three wins in team sport competition for Canada over its Commonwealth cousin on Tuesday.

Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett had 24 points as Canada improved to 2-0 in men’s basketball with a 93-83 win over Australia in Lille. And in women’s 3×3 basketball, Canada opened with a tidy 22-14 win over the Aussies.