Canada beat Fiji as big guns advance

Canada produced the first major upset of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Hong Kong Sevens on Day Two, on Saturday, with a 14-12 win over Sevens specialists, Fiji, but all the favourites, the Fijians included, progressed into Sunday's Cup quarter-finals.

The historic victory set the Canucks up with a quarter-final clash against the winners of the Los Angeles leg of the series, Argentina.

Chris Strubin scored the crucial try for Canada - who were 12-7 down at half-time - and Mike Danskin slotted the match-winning conversion to give the Canucks a famous win.

It proved to be the biggest shock of the day as everything else went according to plan for the favourites, with early wins for Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Samoa getting the first round on Day Two under way.

Australia's 68-0 demolition of Chinese Taipei was the biggest score of the first session - and ultimately the day - and they followed it up with a hard-fought 19-12 win over Samoa, which now sees the Australians up against South Africa, the winners of the opening leg of the series in Dubai last year, in the quarter-finals.

Fiji, despite the loss to Canada, progressed to the knockout stages with a win over hosts Hong Kong earlier in the day and next meet reigning Hong Kong champions, England, with the latter looking to record their thrid consective tournament win after resounding victories over Scotland and Georgia.

The final Cup quarter-final will be decided by Samoa and New Zealand with the latter breezing through the second day of Pool matches with a 38-7 win over the USA followed by a 52-0 demolition of Italy.

Results from Day Two:
Game 13: Italy 33 Japan 19
Game 14: Georgia 22 China 17
Game 15: Kenya 38 Thailand 5
Game 16: Canada 52 Portugal 0
Game 17: France 48 Singapore 0
Game 18: Australia 68 Chinese Taipei 0
Game 19: New Zealand 38 USA 7
Game 20: England 38 Scotland 12
Game 21: South Africa 45 Cook Islands 12
Game 22: Fiji 31 Hong Kong 0
Game 23: Argentina 31 Korea 7
Game 24: Samoa 31 Namibia 0
Game 25: USA 27 Japan 12
Game 26: Scotland 36 China 12
Game 27: Cook Islands 31 Thailand 24
Game 28: Hong Kong 21 Portugal 12
Game 29: Korea 45 Singapore 5
Game 30: Namibia 33 Chinese Taipei 28
Game 31: New Zealand 52 Italy 0
Game 32: England 42 Georgia 0
Game 33: South Africa 24 Kenya 12
Game 34: Fiji 12 Canada 14
Game 35: Argentina 12 France 0
Game 36: Samoa 12 Australia 19

Day Three fixtures:
(All kick-off times GMT)
Quarter-finals:
Game 37: Bowl QF 1: Cook Islands v Singapore 01.46
Game 38: Bowl QF 2: Portugal v China, 02.08
Game 39: Bowl QF 3: Japan v Thailand, 02.30
Game 40: Bowl QF 4: Chines Taipei v Georgia, 02.52
Game 41: Plate QF 1: France v Namibia, 03.14
Game 42: Plate QF 2: Kore v USA, 03.36
Game 43: Plate QF 3: Scotland v Italy, 03.58
Game 44: Plate QF 4: Hong Kong v Kenya, 04.20
Game 45: Cup QF 1: New Zealand v Samoa, 05.15
Game 46: Cup QF 2: Argentina v Canada, 05.37
Game 47: Cup QF 3: South Africa v Australia, 05.59
Game 48: Cup QF 4: Fiji v England, 06.21

Semi-finals:
Game 49: Bowl SF 1, 06.43
Game 50: Bowl SF 2, 07.05
Game 51: Plate SF 1, 07.27
Game 52: Plate SF 2, 07.49
Game 53: Cup SF 1, 08.11
Game 54: Cup SF 2, 08.33

Finals:
Game 55: Bowl, 09.17
Game 56: Plate, 09.51
Game 57: Cup, 10.31