Jasmine Joyce admitted she is living the dream after scoring another hat-trick as Great Britain’s women were crowned World Rugby Sevens Series champions in Canada.
The 25-year-old double Olympian repeated her treble from her side’s Vancouver triumph a week earlier to defeat USA once again in the Fast Four final in Edmonton.
With the 2021 series shortened to just two events in Canada due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Great Britain’s back-to-back tournament wins secured them the overall title.
And having scored three tries in the opening nine minutes of GB’s 22-5 victory over the USA to be named Player of the Final again, Joyce said she wished the series could be all year round.
“To play alongside these girls has been fantastic, to come away with back-to-back wins is incredible,” said the Welsh speedster, who scored ten tries overall in Edmonton.
“Credit to all of the girls. We have had so much fun and literally every one of us is living the dream. Why can't we do this every day, all year round?”
Joyce scored five tries as Great Britain progressed from their three pool matches as the top seeds to set up a semi-final meeting with Mexico, which ended in a comfortable 50-5 win.
After scoring a brace against Mexico to help her side reach the final, Joyce’s first-half double helped GB go into the half-time interval 10-0 up against the USA.
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The two-time Olympian scored her first from close range and then left Summer Harris-Jones in her wake with a sudden burst of acceleration to put the Brits in control at the break.
She brought up her hat-trick soon after the restart to take her overall tournament tally to 10 tries, with Emma Uren landing the first of her three conversion attempts to make it 17-0.
USA responded with two minutes to go when Jaz Gray sprinted down the left touchline but Great Britain had the final word as Amy Wilson Hardy completed the scoring.
Meanwhile, Great Britain’s men also reached the final in Edmonton a week after taking bronze in Vancouver but they were unable to match the women’s triumph.
Facing South Africa, who beat Kenya 38-5 in the Vancouver final last weekend, GB’s men couldn't prevent the Blitzboks from being crowned World Rugby Sevens Series champions.
Scotland’s Robbie Ferguson opened the scoring in the showpiece final and Tom Bowen also crossed but South Africa dotted down four times to prevail 24-12.