Canada rebounded from two losses and a win on Day One of the IRB Wellington Sevens to string together three wins in succession on Day Two to win the Bowl Final at the IRB Wellington Sevens in New Zealand.

Canada came into their Day I opener against Fiji as the heavy underdog. As in past games against the traditional powers, Canada began cautiously and that tentativeness led to a quick 19-0 Fijian lead. However, to its credit, Canada came back with some fine work of its own setting up tries by Dave Moonlight, who was tabbed in the tournament program as the "Man to Watch" for Canada, and Chris Pack.

Pack tested the Fiji line at every chance and made several good breaks which resulted in a try by him. Canada dropped that decision 35-19.

Next up was France and Canada felt that it could compete with the French on equal terms. France employed kick and chase tactics with their fast players chasing the ball down-field which forced Canada, when it got the ball, to mount attacks from within its own half. Canada started well and was rewarded with a try by Dave Moonlight to take an early 5-0 lead, however, France came right back with two of their own to go up 12-5 at the half.

In the second half, Canada came with some enterprising play rewarded with a try by Chris Pack to even the score. France, however, again kicked and chased and with an abundance of speed took the final score to 19-12.

The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue was the last encounter on opening day. Most expected Canada to win and the Maple Leafs didn't disappoint. They came out firing on all cylinders and made no mistakes in the early going to take a 28-0 lead into the half with two tries by Shane Thompson and singles by Dave Moonlight, and Matt Cohen.

In the second half, Canada appeared to let its foot off the gas a little, which allowed Niue to score twice, but in the end the Canadians ran out comfortable 35-12 winners.

Canada defeated China in the Quarter-Finals 38-0 and the Cook Islands 31-5 in the Semi-Finals before defeating Nuie 47-5 in front of 25, 000 in Wellington to win the Bowl Final.