CARDIFF -- Wales cut loose after a first-half red card to Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg to cruise to a seven-try 51-3 win at Millennium Stadium, ending the deposed champions patchy Six Nations campaign in style on Saturday. wholesale jerseys . George North and Jamie Roberts helped themselves to two tries each in a record Welsh victory over Scotland, which was never in doubt from the moment Hogg was sent off for a late hit on flyhalf Dan Biggar in the 23rd minute when the score was 10-3. Liam Williams and Taulupe Faletau added further scores to put Wales 39-3 ahead by the 48th minute before the Scots stemmed the tide, conceding just one more try to Rhodri Williams late on. Biggar kicked 14 points. Wales, which started out seeking to win an unprecedented third straight title outright, finished on six points -- with its three victories all coming at home -- and in third place in the standings. Scott Johnson, taking charge of his final match as Scotland coach before being replaced by Vern Cotter this summer, endured a miserable return to Wales -- the country with whom his international coaching career began 12 years ago. It was never going to be a winning end for Johnson from the time Hogg was dismissed, the British Lions tourist leading with his left shoulder and elbow to smash into the face of Biggar. It was a rash challenge, especially since Scotland was under no pressure and Biggar was kicking an up-and-under inside his own half. "I have let people down," Hogg said in a statement. "I have said sorry in person to Dan Biggar. I always try to play hard and fair and what happened today was out of character for me." French referee Jerome Garces initially gave a yellow card to Hogg but changed his mind after seeing a replay on the big screen inside Millennium Stadium. Garces trotted over to the touchline and brandished the red card, with Hogg already off the pitch and getting ready for 10 minutes in the sin-bin. The Welsh had a deserved lead at the time, thanks to fullback Liam Williams left-wing try and a conversion and penalty by Biggar, and were starting to assert their dominance. After that, it was a case of how big the margin of victory would be. Given how the match panned out, it wasnt the ideal platform to assess the performance of a new-look Wales team that featured six changes to the one that started the 29-18 loss to England last weekend. What was not in doubt, however, was the quality of the tries in what, by halftime, turned into an indoor party under the roof. Scores by North and Roberts in the final six minutes of the first half started from the halfway line and were both down the left channel, with debutant Scottish wing Dougie Fife hopelessly outnumbered. Norths second try, less than a minute after the interval, also came down the left as Jonathan Davies sent the hulking winger scampering along the touchline past the beleaguered Fife. The best try of the afternoon belonged to Roberts, who finished off a length-of-the-field move that had its origins from an overthrown lineout by Scotland near Wales line. Williams sprinted 50 metres and the ball went through the hands of Davies and Faletau before Roberts arrived late to crash over. With the score 39-3, the Welsh were already way past their previous biggest margin of victory over the Scots -- 24 points in a 46-22 win in Cardiff in 2005 -- and there was still 32 minutes left. However, the hosts crossed only once more to hit the half century. Scotland finished in fifth place with one win, against bottom-place Italy. cheap jerseys . NHL hockey is returning to the Manitoba capital. 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The 32-year-old from Langley, B.C., who needed a victory to qualify for London, scored 476.8, only 0.1 points better than silver medallist Maribel Pineda of Venezuela. American Sandra Uptagrafft won the bronze. Canadas dressage team of Tom Dvorak of Hillsburg, Ont., Tina Irwin of Stouffville, Ont., Crystal Kroetch of Innisfail, Alta., and Roberta Byng-Morris of Godmanchester, Que., won silver and qualified for the Olympics. "The team chemistry has been great. It is such a good team. Im super pleased," Dvorak said. "Our goal was to come and get a medal, but to win a silver medal is an accomplishment. There was a lot riding on us and the competition was such a high caliber this year." The rhythmic gymnastics team -- Katrina Cameron of Mississauga, Ont., Torontos Rose Cossar, Anastasiya Muntyanu, and Anjelika Reznik, Alexandra Landry of Ajax, Ont., and Kelsey Titmarsh of Thornhill, Ont. -- won silver in the group all-around event. "Our team could have been much better today but it is really important that we come back and really show what we can do," said Muntyanu. "Weve practised so long for this and we can achieve amazing things and impress everyone." Earlier in the day, Laura Brown of Vancouver raced to bronze in cyclings individual time trial. Ludwig, mother to six-month-old son Erden, said she tried not to focus too much about the Olympic berth on the line. "The biggest thing for me was to stay relaxed, and to remind myself its not the end of the world and I am here with the training I had behind me, and I could only do my best," Ludwig said. "Today my best was an excellent performance and it got me what I wanted." The Canadian, whos been a competitive shooter for 19 years, sat in third place before her final shot clinched the gold. "Its a bit of a surreal experience," said Ludwig. 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Denise Ramsden of Hay River, N.W.T., was seventh. Marlon Perez of Colombia won the mens race. Remi Pelletier-Roy of Longueuil, Que., was ninth, while Rob Britton of Regina was 12th. Browns medal came a day after Max Plaxton claimed silver in the mens mountain bike and Amanda Sin won bronze in the womens event, and Brown said her teammates provided a big motivational boost. "Just the look on their faces was enough, tears in their eyes, the big applause when they came up and showed us their medals. They didnt have to say anything, that did it for me," she said. Fans have flocked to the cycling races both days. Two days into the Games, the people of Guadalajara seem to be embracing the biggest sporting event Mexico has held since the 1986 World Cup. The swimming and taekwondo venues have both been jam-packed, and there was a line that stretched some 100 metres long at the main ticket window Sunday. "Ive never been to a Games, and Im blown away," Brown said. 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World bronze medallist Steven Van Knotsenburg of Beamsville, Ont., and Peter McClelland of Aurora, Ont., advanced to the final after finishing second in their repechage, while the womens quad was fourth in what is essentially a race for lanes, with all boats advancing to the final. In beach volleyball at Puerto Vallarta, Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto won their opening beach, defeating Virginia Zonta and Ana Gallay of Argentina 18-21, 22-20, 15-6 at the beach resort city. "We were a little nervous at the start," said Maloney. "Its a pair we have never played before and it took us a couple of sets to figure them out." In swiming, Gabrielle Soucisse of Montreal finished sixth in the womens 100 backstroke while the mens 4X100 freestyle relay took seventh spot. In the relay, the Canadian team members were Lyam Dias of Pointe-Claire, Que., Rory Biskupski of Vancouver, Frank Despond of Toronto and Ashton Baumann of Ottawa. 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