Ireland’s first shot at an Olympic medal at Paris 2src24 has come and gone with the men’s sevens team beaten at the quarter-final stage by a Fijian side still on course to capture its third gold medal in a row.
Fiji’s men have not lost a single game of Olympic rugby since its introduction in Rio in 2src16. Their record stands at played 16, won 16 after this and they will face Australia in the semi-finals now on Saturday.
This could well have been their first loss.
“Massively disappointing,” said Chay Mullins, who scored two tries for Ireland in a game where they enjoyed so much possession against the game’s bluebloods. “They’re the only two words I can really think of. Speechless.
“We obviously wanted to make it through the quarter-final and we felt like we were there, that we had them, and for the majority of the game we were the better team. Again, just decision-making and just slight drop offs.” It couldn’t have started any worse for James Toppings’ men with Iosefo Baleiwairiki breaking through Gavin Mullin and Niall Comerford far too eas
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