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Aussie women go 2-0 at Vancouver Sevens on opening day
By AAP
Reigning world series champions Australia have dominated their opening-day matches at the Vancouver Sevens tournament.
Captain Charlotte Caslick scored a try in her 250th world series match as the Aussies beat Japan 26-7 before going on to thrash Spain 48-0 and lead Pool B going into Saturday's play.
New Zealand lead the overall women's standings with 78 points. Australia, the only other country to have won a tournament - in Dubai - are tied second with the United States on 66 points.
New Zealand were also unbeaten on Friday, outscoring their opponents Colombia and Great Britain by a combined 103-7 to lead Pool A as they look to back-up titles in the last three tournaments in Cape Town, Hamilton and Sydney.
In men's matches, Australia beat Chile 36-12 but lost to Canada 29-12 in the final match of the day.
Men's series leaders New Zealand were 2-0 and will meet Samoa in a rematch of last weekend's pool clash in Los Angeles which ended with a win for the Pacific Islanders.
Argentina, who lost to New Zealand in the Los Angeles men's final, got their campaign off to a winning start in Pool B, while South Africa's Ricardo Duarttee slotted an extra-time conversion for the Blitzboks to finish level with France at 19-19.
New Zealand lead the men's series standings with 107 points, followed by Argentina and South Africa with 86 each. Fiji are fourth with 84 points through six tournaments.
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Willis is incredible and probably the best of the bunch but in Underhill and Earl we have two excellent alternatives.
Willis is solid in the lineout but I don't think Borthwick would pick a backrow without a 6'5" blindside.
Go to commentsAs an ABs fan there’s nothing to justify
The Boks are the best and just know how to win
And their depth is incredible now
And when they don’t they lose late on by one point
The rest of us aren’t too far away (some closer than others)
But in reality if we include England Argentina and now Aus rugby looks greatly competitive
Bongis knock on and Lomaxes double bank
These things happen
The fact is the ABs overall have evolved with new players and others like Aumua Vaai and Williams who have progressed immensely
But by and large although it has improved overall our second halves are a massive work in progress
So a B- is about right provided there is no loss to Italy
A loss drops it to C- !!
Remember we could have lost all three games to England but were just slightly better that’s all
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