Canadian 7s men face relegation with 2 rugby events left after another losing weekend

New Zealand defeated Argentina 19-17 Sunday to win the HSBC Singapore Sevens and become the first men's team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The news was not so good for the Canadian men, who finished 14th and face relegation with two events remaining in Toulouse, France, and London.

The top four teams in the standings at the end of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series automatically qualify for the Olympics. After Singapore, the All Blacks have a 24-point lead atop the table and cannot drop out of the top four.

"To qualify for Paris means everything to us," New Zealand coach Clark Laidlaw said from Kalang. "The first thing this year is to qualify for the Olympics. Everybody talks about it, but you have to be there to have a crack so we're super-happy we've managed to do that and win another final. Now we look ahead to France and London to try to win the World Series."

Brady Rush scored the winning try against No. 2 Argentina as New Zealand recorded its first Cup win in Singapore since 2005.

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New Zealand has reached the podium in seven of the nine stops this season, winning four of the last five events.

No. 3 Fiji rallied from a 19-7 deficit to down No. 6 Samoa 24-19 in the bronze-medal game. Samoa, which has lost 10 straight third-place games on the circuit, had beaten Fiji 28-7 earlier in Pool B play.

France currently sits fourth in the overall standings, 10 points ahead of Australia and 11 ahead of Samoa. Australia beat No. 10 Britain 24-21 in the fifth-place game.

The Canadian men, who dropped into the consolation bracket after finishing third in Pool B, had another tough weekend.

They went 2-4-0, losing the 13th-place playoff 22-17 to the