Magali Harvey and Natasha Watcham-Roy return from injury to bolster Canada at this weekend's Clermont-Ferrand Sevens, the final stop on the 2015-16 Women's Sevens series. The Canadian women, second last season, stand fourth in the series standings with 54 points behind Australia (76), New Zealand (64) and England (60). The Aussies can clinch their first-ever series title with a top-six finish in France.

Canada rebounded from a 12-match losing streak on the HSBC World Series to upset Samoa 24-19 at the London Sevens on Saturday.

France thumped Canada 42-5 Friday in the opening game for both teams at the Paris Sevens.

Toronto's newest team is the Toronto Wolfpack, which plans to play in the third tier of English rugby league come 2017. The owners are billing it as the first transatlantic professional sports team.

DTH van der Merwe, recently named Canada's men's 15s player of the year for 2015, has joined fellow Canadian winger Jeff Hassler on the sidelines with a shoulder injury.

Canada crumbled in the quarter-finals of the HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament on Sunday, squandering a 12-0 lead in the last two minutes to lose 14-12 to France.

As it gears up for the Rio Olympics, the Canadian women's rugby sevens team has a former world champion in its corner. Victoria mixed martial artist Sarah Kaufman, a former Strikeforce title-holder currently campaigning in the UFC, has close ties to the women rugby players.