Ah, so gutted for the Aussie Men’s 7s team whose gold medal chances unfortunately came to an end at the hands of Fiji, 31-7.
Yes, great start by Ben Dowling who found the ball that came to him after one of the Fijian players couldn’t put the ball down first at the in-goal area. They just couldn’t build on it when Fiji levelled the scoreboard going into half-time 7-7 before being simply unstoppable throughout the 2nd x 7 minutes of play including that brilliant finish to the Medal semi-final.
Less ball didn’t help especially when going up against a seasoned gold medalist side while their attack lacked support at times including in defense & the Aussies should’ve brought some new faces a bit earlier than expected if one thing would’ve helped them get past tactically the Flying Fijians. One thing for sure though that the Aussie Men’s Rugby 7s side has made it this far having gone from a long, long way. But they still got a chance though to take home the bronze later on v South Africa.
All the best to Fiji if they can go all the way with their three-peat for the Olympic 7s gold since the sport’s inception back in 2016. But if there’s one nation that can stop the Flying Fijians, then it’s the host nation France as well, who wants to light up Stade De France with a match-winning gold medal right in front of their home crowd, off the back of their unbelievable late turnaround when they were scoreless during first 7 minutes v South Africa, 5-19.
UPDATE: Fiji unable to get through France in the gold medal match on what has been their first ever loss at the Olympics as congratulations to the host nation with the 28-7 win while the Aussies unfortunately got left out of the 3rd and final podium spot for bronze by South Africa who got away from them unscathed 26-19. Again, our men’s sevens team made it as far as they can which was unbelievable – let’s hope they can continue to dominate the yearly 7s circuit that would mean everything.
Now over to you the Aussie women’s 7s team as their bid to bring back their Olympic crown from 2016 will begin later tonight at the same venue.
