'Amazing atmosphere:' HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament draws a crowd

They came to watch rugby and to party. In no particular order.
More than 35,000 fans — many of them in costume — gathered for the first day of this year’s HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament Saturday at B.C. Place.
Dressed as a sunflower with a green tulle skirt, green Converse and a halo of yellow petals encircling her face, former Simon Fraser University rugby player Sharon Thompson said she was excited about the “amazing atmosphere,” not to mention the action on