#Rio2016 | Recap Day 1 | Women's Sevens

Pic: World Rugby

On a historical day for rugby sevens, Australia, New Zealand, France, Canada and Great Britain all booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament without a loss in the pool stage.

Results

DAY 1

MATCH 1

11:00

06.08.

FRA

24

v

7

ESP

MATCH 2

11:30

06.08.

NZL

52

v

0

KEN

MATCH 3

12:00

06.08.

GB

29

v

3

BRA

MATCH 4

12:30

06.08.

CAN

45

v

0

JPN

MATCH 5

13:00

06.08.

USA

7

v

12

FIJ

MATCH 6

13:30

06.08.

AUS

53

v

0

COL

MATCH 7

14:00

06.08.

FRA

40

v

7

KEN

MATCH 8

14:30

06.08.

NZL

31

v

5

ESP

MATCH 9

15:00

06.08.

GB

40

v

0

JPN

MATCH 10

15:30

06.08.

CAN

38

v

0

BRA

MATCH 11

16:00

06.08.

USA

48

v

0

COL

MATCH 12

16:30

06.08.

AUS

36

v

0

FIJ

DAY 2

MATCH 13

11:00

07.08.

ESP

19

v

10

KEN

MATCH 14

11:30

07.08.

NZL

26

v

7

FRA

MATCH 15

12:00

07.08.

BRA

26

v

10

JPN

MATCH 16

12:30

07.08.

CAN

0

v

22

GBR

MATCH 17

13:00

07.08.

FIJ

36

v

0

COL

MATCH 18

13:30

07.08.

AUS

12

v

12

USA

MATCH 19

16:00

07.08.

BRA

24

v

0

COL

MATCH 20

16:30

07.08.

KEN

0

v

24

JPN

MATCH 21

17:00

07.08.

AUS

24

v

0

ESP

MATCH 22

17:30

07.08.

CAN

15

v

5

FRA

MATCH 23

18:00

07.08.

GBR

26

v

7

FIJ

MATCH 24

18:30

07.08.

NZL

5

v

0

USA

DAY 3

MATCH 25

12:30

08.08.

COL

10

v

22

KEN

MATCH 26

13:00

08.08.

BRA

33

v

5

JPN

MATCH 27

13:30

08.08.

ESP

12

v

24

FRA

MATCH 28

14:00

08.08.

FIJ

7

v

12

USA

MATCH 29

14:30

08.08.

AUS

17

v

5

CAN

MATCH 30

15:00

08.08.

GBR

7

v

25

NZL

MATCH 31

17:30

08.08.

ESP

21

v

0

FIJ

MATCH 32

18:00

08.08.

FRA

5

v

19

USA

MATCH 33

18:30

08.08.

CAN

33

v

10

GBR

MATCH 34

19:00

08.08.

AUS

24

v

17

NZL

In Pool A World Sevens Series Champs Australia were the outstanding team with a 53-0 win over Colombia and a comfortable 36-0 victory against Fiji. However, Fiji are still in the mix for a quarter-final spot following a 12-7 win against USA. The Americans showed a much improved performance in their second match against Colombia as Kathryn Johnson and Alev Kelter were the outstanding performers in the 48-0 win.

A perfect unbeaten day for #NZL #GBR #AUS #FRA #CAN who all qualify for the quarter finals at #Rio2016 #Rugby7s pic.twitter.com/SKNlgSFhdL

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) August 6, 2016

In Pool B New Zealand underlined their ambitions to win gold by two impressive wins over Kenya (52-0) and Spain (31-5). Portia Woodman and Kayla McAlister, both selected in the Rio Dream Team, were among the star-players for New Zealand. France who opened the tournament with a 24-7 win over Spain looked also very strong on Day 1. 

A clear 41-7 victory against Kenya sets up a pool decider with New Zealand on Day 2. Another group decider awaits today in Pool C as Canada and Great Britain both went unbeaten through the first day. The Canadians made it through the day without conceding any points. A 45-0 win over Japan and a 38-0 against Brazil secured the pole position in Group C for the Canadian ladies. Great Britain had a nervous start in their first match against the hosts. Brazil enjoyed a lot of possession especially in the first half. However in the second half, Team GB found their way into the game scoring a total five tries and a 29-3 win.

Today the action continues with the last round of pool matches starting at 11:00am local time (3pm UK time) and the first round of knock-out games. 

Results Day 2 & Fixtures Day 3

DAY 1

MATCH 1

11:00

06.08.

FRA

24

v

7

ESP

MATCH 2

11:30

06.08.

NZL

52

v

0

KEN

MATCH 3

12:00

06.08.

GB

29

v

3

BRA

MATCH 4

12:30

06.08.

CAN

45

v

0

JPN

MATCH 5

13:00

06.08.

USA

7

v

12

FIJ

MATCH 6

13:30

06.08.

AUS

53

v

0

COL

MATCH 7

14:00

06.08.

FRA

40

v

7

KEN

MATCH 8

14:30

06.08.

NZL

31

v

5

ESP

MATCH 9

15:00

06.08.

GB

40

v

0

JPN

MATCH 10

15:30

06.08.

CAN

38

v

0

BRA

MATCH 11

16:00

06.08.

USA

48

v

0

COL

MATCH 12

16:30

06.08.

AUS

36

v

0

FIJ

DAY 2

MATCH 13

11:00

07.08.

ESP

19

v

10

KEN

MATCH 14

11:30

07.08.

NZL

26

v

7

FRA

MATCH 15

12:00

07.08.

BRA

26

v

10

JPN

MATCH 16

12:30

07.08.

CAN

0

v

22

GBR

MATCH 17

13:00

07.08.

FIJ

36

v

0

COL

MATCH 18

13:30

07.08.

AUS

12

v

12

USA

MATCH 19

16:00

07.08.

BRA

24

v

0

COL

MATCH 20

16:30

07.08.

KEN

0

v

24

JPN

MATCH 21

17:00

07.08.

AUS

24

v

0

ESP

MATCH 22

17:30

07.08.

CAN

15

v

5

FRA

MATCH 23

18:00

07.08.

GBR

26

v

7

FIJ

MATCH 24

18:30

07.08.

NZL

5

v

0

USA

DAY 3

MATCH 25

12:30

08.08.

COL

v

KEN

MATCH 26

13:00

08.08.

BRA

v

JPN

MATCH 27

13:30

08.08.

ESP

v

FRA

MATCH 28

14:00

08.08.

FIJ

v

USA

MATCH 29

14:30

08.08.

AUS

v

CAN

MATCH 30

15:00

08.08.

GBR

v

NZL

MATCH 31

17:30

08.08.

TBC

v

TBC

MATCH 32

18:00

08.08.

TBC

v

TBC

MATCH 33

18:30

08.08.

TBC

v

TBC

MATCH 34

19:00

08.08.

TBC

v

TBC

#Rio2016 | Preview Day 1 | Women's Sevens

With an impressive and colourful opening ceremony Rio welcomed the world for a massive two-week long party on Friday night. Now with the big welcome done and dusted it is getting serious. Today as the games kick-off the first-ever Olympic rugby sevens tournament will also kick-off. First up are the women’s. 12 teams from all continents are fighting for golden glory. Here is our preview.

Who is playing?

12 matches are scheduled for today. The teams play their first two out of three pool matches today.

DAY 1

MATCH 1

11:00

06.08.

FRA

24

v

7

ESP

MATCH 2

11:30

06.08.

NZL

52

v

0

KEN

MATCH 3

12:00

06.08.

GB

29

v

3

BRA

MATCH 4

12:30

06.08.

CAN

45

v

0

JPN

MATCH 5

13:00

06.08.

USA

7

v

12

FIJ

MATCH 6

13:30

06.08.

AUS

53

v

0

COL

MATCH 7

14:00

06.08.

FRA

40

v

7

KEN

MATCH 8

14:30

06.08.

NZL

31

v

5

ESP

MATCH 9

15:00

06.08.

GB

40

v

0

JPN

MATCH 10

15:30

06.08.

CAN

38

v

0

BRA

MATCH 11

16:00

06.08.

USA

48

v

0

COL

MATCH 12

16:30

06.08.

AUS

36

v

0

FIJ

DAY 2

MATCH 13

11:00

07.08.

ESP

19

v

10

KEN

MATCH 14

11:30

07.08.

NZL

26

v

7

FRA

MATCH 15

12:00

07.08.

BRA

26

v

10

JPN

MATCH 16

12:30

07.08.

CAN

0

v

22

GBR

MATCH 17

13:00

07.08.

FIJ

36

v

0

COL

MATCH 18

13:30

07.08.

AUS

12

v

12

USA

MATCH 19

16:00

07.08.

BRA

24

v

0

COL

MATCH 20

16:30

07.08.

KEN

0

v

24

JPN

MATCH 21

17:00

07.08.

AUS

24

v

0

ESP

MATCH 22

17:30

07.08.

CAN

15

v

5

FRA

MATCH 23

18:00

07.08.

GBR

26

v

7

FIJ

MATCH 24

18:30

07.08.

NZL

5

v

0

USA

DAY 3

MATCH 25

12:30

08.08.

COL

10

v

22

KEN

MATCH 26

13:00

08.08.

BRA

33

v

5

JPN

MATCH 27

13:30

08.08.

ESP

12

v

24

FRA

MATCH 28

14:00

08.08.

FIJ

7

v

12

USA

MATCH 29

14:30

08.08.

AUS

17

v

5

CAN

MATCH 30

15:00

08.08.

GBR

7

v

25

NZL

MATCH 31

17:30

08.08.

ESP

21

v

0

FIJ

MATCH 32

18:00

08.08.

FRA

5

v

19

USA

MATCH 33

18:30

08.08.

CAN

33

v

10

GBR

MATCH 34

19:00

08.08.

AUS

24

v

17

NZL

When are they playing?

The matches kick-off 11am local time (3pm UK time) and go on until 4.30pm local time (8.30pm UK time)

Where are they playing?

All matches take place at the Deodoro Stadium north-west of Rio. The stadium hosts 15,000 spectators and stages beside rugby the modern pentathlon competition as well.

Where can I watch the action?

In the UK the BBC is covering the tournament across all channels. World Rugby also offers a live stream here.

Who are the favourites?

Watch out for Australia, they are the top-favourites. New Zealand and Great Britain are also in favour to win medals.

One to watch | Emilee Cherry

Sevens super star @emilee_cherry is off to Rio https://t.co/3TJC6aGsZ1#OneTeam @Aussie7s pic.twitter.com/1WF3UzOEil

— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) 14 July 2016

Emilee Cherry has been named the IRB Women’s Sevens Player of the Year in 2014. Her coach Tim Walsh says about Cherry: “She is certainly an absolute talent, she has an array of skills and she does it in the big moments.” The 23-year old is one of the reasons for the remarkable success of the Australian women’s team. She scored 82 tries last season and became the second-highest try scorer.    

#Rio2016 | Olympic Rugby Sevens Guide

The Deodoro Stadium in Rio - Home of the Olympic Rugby Sevens tournament. Photo: Portal Brasil 2016 

The waiting is over. After 92 years rugby returns to the Olympics – and it is all set to become a massive success. Whereas between 1900 and 1924 the 15-player version of the sport appeared, Rio 2016 marks the debut of 7s, a faster, shorter adaption of the game. Bravery, skill and speed will be in abundance in the men’s and women’s tournaments.     

Both events are structured the same. There are three pools of four teams each. The top two from each group plus the two best third-place teams advance to the quarterfinals. With 68 fast-paced matches played every half-hour over six days, 7s could be the viral sensation of the Games.

The women’s tournament is up first kicking-off on the 6th of August over three days. On Tuesday the 9th of August Australia and France open the men’s tournament at the Deodoro Stadium north-west of the Brazilian mega-city. The stadium hosts 15,000 spectators and stages beside rugby the modern pentathlon competition as well. 

Anything is possible in 7s which is one reason for the sports recent success. So, in a game which is known for great surprises, the battle for the medals is set to be breath-taking. The bookies see World 7s Series back-to-back champions Fiji (9/4) and two-times 15s World Cup Winners South Africa (9/4) in front within the men’s competition followed by New Zealand (5/2), Australia (10/1) and Great Britain (10/1). In the women’s tournament Australia (8/11) are currently the team to beat followed by New Zealand (7/4) and Great Britain (9/1).    

With 12 teams in the mix for each event and an opportunity to create rugby history, Rio 2016 will be the ultimate stage for 7s. Find out more about who is playing, all the pools, schedules and the stars of the game with our Rio 2016 guide below. 

Get to know 7s

How did the teams qualify?

THE SCHEDULE | MEN 

DAY 1

MATCH 1

11:00

09.08.

AUS

14

v

31

FRA

MATCH 2

11:30

09.08.

RSA

24

v

0

ESP

MATCH 3

12:00

09.08.

GB

31

v

7

KEN

MATCH 4

12:30

09.08.

NZ

12

v

14

JPN

MATCH 5

13:00

09.08.

USA

14

v

17

ARG

MATCH 6

13:30

09.08.

FIJ

40

v

12

BRA

MATCH 7

14:00

09.08.

AUS

26

v

12

ESP

MATCH 8

14:30

09.08.

RSA

26

v

0

FRA

MATCH 9

15:00

09.08.

GB

21

v

19

JPN

MATCH 10

15:30

09.08.

NZ

28

v

5

KEN

MATCH 11

16:00

09.08.

USA

26

v

0

BRA

MATCH 12

16:30

09.08.

FIJ

21

v

14

ARG

DAY 2

MATCH 13

11:00

10.08.

FRA

26

v

5

ESP

MATCH 14

11:30

10.08.

RSA

5

v

12

AUS

MATCH 15

12:00

10.08.

KEN

7

v

31

JPN

MATCH 16

12:30

10.08.

NZL

19

v

21

GBR

MATCH 17

13:00

10.08.

ARG

31

v

0

BRA

MATCH 18

13:30

10.08.

FIJ

24

v

19

USA

MATCH 19

16:00

10.08.

USA

24

v

12

BRA

MATCH 20

16:30

10.08.

ESP

14

v

12

KEN

MATCH 21

17:00

10.08.

FIJ

12

v

7

NZL

MATCH 22

17:30

10.08.

JPN

12

v

7

FRA

MATCH 23

18:00

10.08.

GBR

5

v

0

ARG

MATCH 24

18:30

10.08.

RSA

22

v

5

AUS

DAY 3

MATCH 25

12:30

11.08.

BRA

0

v

24

KEN

MATCH 26

13:00

11.08.

USA

24

v

12

ESP

MATCH 27

13:30

11.08.

NZL

24

v

19

FRA

MATCH 28

14:00

11.08.

ARG

26

v

21

AUS

MATCH 29

14:30

11.08.

FIJ

20

v

5

JPN

MATCH 30

15:00

11.08.

GBR

7

v

5

RSA

MATCH 31

17:30

11.08.

FRA

12

v

10

AUS

MATCH 32

18:00

11.08.

NZL

17

v

14

ARG

MATCH 33

18:30

11.08.

RSA

54

v

17

JPN

MATCH 34

19:00

11.08.

GRB

7

v

43

FIJ

THE POOLS | MEN

THE SQUADS | MEN

One to watch | Osea Kolinisau

Fiji’s captain is one of the most exciting players to watch. Extremely fast, unbelievable skilful and tough in defence. With a height of 5ft7in, Kolinisau isn’t the tallest player comparing to his physical team mates, however this doesn’t stop the 30-year old from being among the best. During the past World Series he scored 1026 points; expect him to score a few more this summer in Rio.

THE SCHEDULE | WOMEN

DAY 1

MATCH 1

11:00

06.08.

FRA

24

v

7

ESP

MATCH 2

11:30

06.08.

NZL

52

v

0

KEN

MATCH 3

12:00

06.08.

GB

29

v

3

BRA

MATCH 4

12:30

06.08.

CAN

45

v

0

JPN

MATCH 5

13:00

06.08.

USA

7

v

12

FIJ

MATCH 6

13:30

06.08.

AUS

53

v

0

COL

MATCH 7

14:00

06.08.

FRA

40

v

7

KEN

MATCH 8

14:30

06.08.

NZL

31

v

5

ESP

MATCH 9

15:00

06.08.

GB

40

v

0

JPN

MATCH 10

15:30

06.08.

CAN

38

v

0

BRA

MATCH 11

16:00

06.08.

USA

48

v

0

COL

MATCH 12

16:30

06.08.

AUS

36

v

0

FIJ

DAY 2

MATCH 13

11:00

07.08.

ESP

19

v

10

KEN

MATCH 14

11:30

07.08.

NZL

26

v

7

FRA

MATCH 15

12:00

07.08.

BRA

26

v

10

JPN

MATCH 16

12:30

07.08.

CAN

0

v

22

GBR

MATCH 17

13:00

07.08.

FIJ

36

v

0

COL

MATCH 18

13:30

07.08.

AUS

12

v

12

USA

MATCH 19

16:00

07.08.

BRA

24

v

0

COL

MATCH 20

16:30

07.08.

KEN

0

v

24

JPN

MATCH 21

17:00

07.08.

AUS

24

v

0

ESP

MATCH 22

17:30

07.08.

CAN

15

v

5

FRA

MATCH 23

18:00

07.08.

GBR

26

v

7

FIJ

MATCH 24

18:30

07.08.

NZL

5

v

0

USA

DAY 3

MATCH 25

12:30

08.08.

COL

10

v

22

KEN

MATCH 26

13:00

08.08.

BRA

33

v

5

JPN

MATCH 27

13:30

08.08.

ESP

12

v

24

FRA

MATCH 28

14:00

08.08.

FIJ

7

v

12

USA

MATCH 29

14:30

08.08.

AUS

17

v

5

CAN

MATCH 30

15:00

08.08.

GBR

7

v

25

NZL

MATCH 31

17:30

08.08.

ESP

21

v

0

FIJ

MATCH 32

18:00

08.08.

FRA

5

v

19

USA

MATCH 33

18:30

08.08.

CAN

33

v

10

GBR

MATCH 34

19:00

08.08.

AUS

24

v

17

NZL

THE POOLS | WOMEN

THE SQUADS | WOMEN

One to watch | Emilee Cherry

Sevens super star @emilee_cherry is off to Rio https://t.co/3TJC6aGsZ1#OneTeam @Aussie7s pic.twitter.com/1WF3UzOEil

— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) 14 July 2016

Emilee Cherry has been named the IRB Women’s Sevens Player of the Year in 2014. Her coach Tim Walsh says about Cherry: “She is certainly an absolute talent, she has an array of skills and she does it in the big moments.” The 23-year old is one of the reasons for the remarkable success of the Australian women’s team. She scored 82 tries last season and became the second-highest try scorer.    

Time to GET EXCITED!    

All pictures: World Rugby

Highlights | 2016 Olympic Repechage

Photo: World Rugby

During the last two weekends the women’s and men’s Spanish rugby 7s teams experienced their greatest success in history as both sides successfully qualified for the Olympics this summer. 

A week ago on Sunday, the men’s team beat top-favourites Samoa in most dramatic fashion, when Ignacio Martin scored a last-play try against the islanders to secure the 22-19 win at the final in Monaco.

Photo: World Rugby

Last Sunday the Spanish women’s team booked the very last ticket for Rio by beating Russia 12-19 in their respective repechage final at the UCD Bowl in Dublin. Patricia Garcia was Spain’s top-scorer, scoring two tries and three conversions in the final. 

The rugby sevens tournament at Rio 2016 will be staged between 6th and 11th of August at the Deodoro Stadium. 

Men’s teams | Rio 2016

Brazil, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, United States, France, Japan, Australia, Kenya, Spain 

Women’s teams | Rio 2016

Brazil, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Canada, United States, France, Kenya, Fiji, Japan, Spain 

Quick Links

Rio 2016 | Rugby Sevens Website

Highlights | Clermont-Ferrand

Photo: World Rugby / I Picarel

Australia's women achieved an historical win history in France when they became the first Australian Rugby team to win a World Rugby Sevens Series last weekend.

After five rounds of the series, Australia just needed a quarter-final win over Spain in Clermont to secure the title, after winning series rounds in Dubai, Sao Paulo and Atlanta this season.

However after beating Spain in the quarter-finals and New Zealand in the semi-finals Tim Walsh’s team just lost to Canada in the final. The Canadians earlier overcame Fiji and England on their way to the final.

In the final standings Australia finish ahead of New Zealand and Canada followed by England in fourth position. 

Quick Links

World Rugby Women's Series | Results

World Rugby Women's Series | Standings