Canadian under-18 rugby sevens men caught up in Youth Olympic numbers game
TORONTO — The Canadian men’s under-18 rugby sevens team did its part to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires later this year.
The young Canadians went undefeated at a qualifying tournament earlier this month, defeating the U.S. 14-10 in the final at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. The Canadian women did the same, downing the Americans 36-5 in their final.
But under IOC guidelines, each country is limited to one women’s and one men’s team for the Summer Youth Olympic Games.
The women are going to Argentina this fall. But the men’s rugby team, caught in a numbers game, has had to give way to Canada’s men’s under-18 field hockey team.