Australia into women's sevens quarters

Australia have gone through their group undefeated at the Canadian leg of the world rugby sevens series.

The Australian women's rugby sevens team will play the US in the quarter-finals of the Canadian leg of the world series.

Reigning Olympic and world champions Australia progressed with victories over Spain and Ireland and a draw against Fiji.

They face the world No.6 US on Monday morning (AEST) after beating Spain 26-0, Ireland 21-0 and drawing 24-24 with the Fijians.

Australian coach Tim Walsh was far from pleased despite his side topping their group.

"We are not happy to be honest. We didn't play our best rugby and didn't respect the ball when we had it," Walsh said.

"When we did make the tackles, we did well but I think it was very uncharacteristic around our ball handling."

The tournament in Langford is the penultimate event on the six-stop world series, with Australia trailing New Zealand by 10 points.

In the other quarter-finals, New Zealand face Russia, France play Ireland and Canada take on England.


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