The victory is another feather in the cap for Canada's coach Damian McGrath, who led Samoa to a shock win at last year's Paris Sevens.
Following the restart, Harry Jones played the ball to Johnny Moonlight who, in his 56th event for Canada, drew in the United States defence before offloading to the onrushing Jones to run in from halfway and touch down for the second try. "A lot of us have been on the scene a while and we came through some dark times, but to come away with that win was special".
"By beating them in that crucial match‚ we could actually extend our lead over them‚ which is a massive bonus for us‚" coach Neil Powell said.
"It's hard to put into words how it feels", captain John Moonlight told CNN pitchside after the win.
Mullins, one of four Ontario players on the 13-man Canadian roster in Singapore, trains with the national men's Rugby Sevens centralized program at the Rugby Canada centre of excellence in Victoria, BC.
In a remarkable final two plays Canada seemed to capitulate.
Capping an extraordinary day of upset results, Canada earned their way into the final the hard way, beating New Zealand 26-14 in the quarter-finals then England 17-5 in the semis.
Canada scored two more tries to lead 19-0 before the US got on the board.
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The Vodafone Fiji 7s team was starved of possession yesterday in the quarterfinals of the Singapore Sevens losing 19-24 to a dominant US team to exit the main competition.
The 22-year-old ran over two tries to lead his side to a 24-19 win.
The tournament certainly had not gone according to script, as the heavyweights New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa and Kenya all crashed out in the quarter-finals.
Trailing by 10 points with just a minute remaining, Tom Lucas ensured a grandstand finale by running half the length of the pitch to give Australia a fighting chance.
Meantime, England claim the bronze with a 14-12 victory over Australia while Wales win the Challenge Trophy Final with 24-12 win over Scotland.
Hirayama was gifted his second try when Canada's Mike Fuailefau ran 60m through several missed tackles and shipped the ball off to Hirayama in close support to score out wide, taking the lead to 12-7.
"I think it's great for world rugby but wait til you get China playing too, that's another one that's going to come on in leaps and bounds", he said.
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