Paris 2024: GB crushed by USA in girls’s rugby sevens final eight


Dealing with errors price Group GB pricey as they misplaced their girls’s rugby sevens quarter-final 17-7 to USA at Stade de France.

GB took the lead within the first half by way of Ellie Boatman’s strive in the precise nook, which was properly transformed by Lisa Thomson from the touchline.

However the British group did not press their benefit with a number of passes going astray earlier than Naya Tapper struck again for the Individuals to make it 7-5 at half-time.

And the USA raised their sport after the break with tries from Kirsti Krishe and Sammy Sullivan making certain they progress to Tuesday’s semi-finals.

GB in the meantime will go into the Fifth-Eighth place play-off bracket, having completed fourth at every of the earlier two Olympics.

It completes a nasty day for the group, after British Olympic Affiliation stated it’s investigating an alleged racist message despatched by participant Amy Wilson-Hardy.

Elsewhere in girls’s rugby sevens, reigning champions New Zealand progressed to the final 4 after working in 9 tries throughout a 57-5 thumping of China. They are going to tackle USA within the final 4.

Hosts France in the meantime had been shocked 19-14 by Canada, who scored a last-minute profitable strive by way of Chloe Daniels.

The French girls had hoped to emulate the boys’s rugby sevens group, who claimed gold on the opening day of the Video games, however a ahead go through the remaining play of the sport left the group devastated.

Canada’s semi-final can be in opposition to Australia, who thrashed Eire 40-7 of their final eight sport.

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