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NFT: US womens rugby wins bronze with shocking last second score

Greg from LI : 7/30/2024 2:04 pm
A 90+ meter run to the winning score as time expired. I don't know much about rugby but I have always appreciated some power running. The American trucked the Australian as if she were channeling Brandon Jacobs
Here's a video link  
Mad Mike : 7/30/2024 2:08 pm : link
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link - ( New Window )
The video yesterday of the New Zealand woman  
UConn4523 : 7/30/2024 2:10 pm : link
was frightening, lol
Wow!  
whispa : 7/30/2024 2:26 pm : link
THat's incredible! Go USA!
Great win!  
Nick in NH : 7/30/2024 2:41 pm : link
Thanks for sharing. I passed this along to my ex-rugger friends/children. Go USA! Too bad it had to be the Australians. I'm not sure I could have tackled her in my prime.
Just to be clear,  
Gruber : 7/30/2024 2:52 pm : link
it's rugby sevens. The proper game has 15 players on each side, so you don't usually get that kind of space to run.
And Australia is one of the top rugby nations, so they'll be majorly pissed at losing to the USA.
That was awesome thanks for sharing  
slickwilly : 7/30/2024 2:57 pm : link
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That actually happens alot with 7s....  
George from PA : 7/30/2024 4:24 pm : link
Being the last play makes it special.

They got crushed by the Old Blacks in the semis....

The US Women's are ahead of the US mens on the international level.

Good for them
RE: Just to be clear,  
Jim in Fairfax : 7/30/2024 4:32 pm : link
In comment 16563956 Gruber said:
Quote:
it's rugby sevens. The proper game has 15 players on each side, so you don't usually get that kind of space to run.
And Australia is one of the top rugby nations, so they'll be majorly pissed at losing to the USA.


The proper game dumped the scrums:

Nice to see someone wearing a #8 red, white and blue jersey break...  
DCGMan : 7/30/2024 5:18 pm : link
a long one and not trip on their own feet.
RE: That actually happens alot with 7s....  
CT Charlie : 7/30/2024 11:43 pm : link
In comment 16564072 George from PA said:
Quote:
Being the last play makes it special.

They got crushed by the Old Blacks in the semis....

The US Women's are ahead of the US mens on the international level.

Good for them

I believe it's the All Blacks, who were actually on the young side.
RE: RE: Just to be clear,  
Gruber : 7/31/2024 8:46 am : link
In comment 16564079 Jim in Fairfax said:
Quote:
In comment 16563956 Gruber said:


Quote:


it's rugby sevens. The proper game has 15 players on each side, so you don't usually get that kind of space to run.
And Australia is one of the top rugby nations, so they'll be majorly pissed at losing to the USA.



The proper game dumped the scrums:



Scrums are great.
Now imagine American Football with the play not called dead the moment the ball touches the ground, but instead the player having to release it.
The US women's star  
pjcas18 : 7/31/2024 10:01 am : link
player - not the one who scored in the clip Greg linked, played at Quinnipiac for three years.
That was the most awesome moment of the Olympics so far IMO  
PatersonPlank : 7/31/2024 10:30 am : link
Like a 90 yd hail mary with no time on the clock. All the girls were crying on the sidelines, they couldn't believe it (austrailans were crying too). In that situation I guess you are expecting to lose and going through the motions.

Also Canada gave the All Blacks everything they could handle in the finals.
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