USA Beats Fiji, Shoots for 5th
The USA got some measure of revenge over Fiji, winning the 5th place semifinal against the Fijians in RIo.
The USA’s Olympic medal dreams may be over, but there are still rugby games to be played and national pride at stake. The Eagles lost to Fiji in the opening game of their Olympics thanks to mistakes prompted by Fiji’s blitz’ defense.
USA Women Out of Medal Contention
There will be no Olympic medal for the USA Women’s 7s team after the Eagles lost a tight, tense quarterfinal 5-0 to New Zealand Sunday at Deordoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Women Olympic QFs Set - Eagles Improve
The quarterfinals for the inaugural Olympic Games women's rugby sevens competition have been confirmed after the final pool games in Sunday's morning session at the Deodoro Stadium.
Olympic Rugby Latest - Women Day 1
Here are the standings after Day One at the Women's Rugby competition in the Olympic Games in Rio.
Australia dominated in Pool A, New Zealand in Pool B, and Canada and Great Britain in Pool C. Those four teams have given up a total of eight points.
France is also 2-0, but a little less dominant than New Zealand.
USA Women Rebound Against Colombia
The USA Women’s 7s team did what they needed to do after the initial disappointment of losing to Fiji, beating Colombia 48-0 to move to 1-1 and drastically improve their points difference in the Women’s Rugby bracket at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
