By Andrew Baldock, PA Sport Rugby Union Correspondent

England reached the Commonwealth Games sevens plate final as they tried to make amends for their medal flop.

Having crashed out of the main competition last night, England had to make do with contesting the minor placings.

And they produced arguably their best performance of the three-day tournament in brushing aside Canada to set up a plate final appointment with Australia.

Despite captain Phil Greening's early sin-binning for a dangerous tackle, England slipped smoothly through the gears, securing a 29-0 victory thanks to tries by Paul Sampson (2), Josh Lewsey, Pat Sanderson and Greening, with Henry Paul booting two conversions.

Wales made a controversial exit from the plate, beaten 7-5 by Australia and having skipper Jason Forster sin-binned.

Newport flanker Forster was yellow-carded for some footwork at a ruck, his early exit coming after Emyr Lewis had seen a try disallowed following sustained Welsh pressure.

Lewis looked to have grounded the ball under pressure from an Australian tackler, but referee Rob Dickson didn't award it.