While Canada’s women battle for silverware this weekend in the HSBC SVNS season finale in Madrid, the men are fighting for survival on World Rugby’s sevens circuit.

For the second year in a row, the Canadian men find themselves in a relegation battle.

Canada survived a four-team playoff last year, defeating Kenya 12-7 in London in the final on a last-minute Alex Russell try to preserve its status as a core team on World Rugby’s sevens series.