Olympic Rugby Sevens

[Mozz71]

Some wonderful matches in the quarter finals. GB coming from 21-0 down to beat USA 26-21, followed by Argentina's 19-14 win over South Africa after having a man sent off after 2 mins. Breathtaking stuff.

[jno]

it halps having an opponent carded, I suppose. I feel the same way about full rugby matches: an early red card and the match is all but lost, which is a pretty extreme punishment..

[Mozz71]

Sorry jno, I worded that badly, it was Argentina who had the man sent off, but went on to win. I can only imagine that having a man sent off in Sevens is even more crucial than in the full game.

[jourdain2]

1st time we've seen Rugby 7's - definitely fast and furious and most enjoyable. Will watch from now on.

[jno]

the Americans had a man carded. In the Korea-NZ game there seemed to be two yellow cards (I don't know how long they keep you off the field - 7 seconds?) and the result was 50-5. I'm not querying the reasons for the cards but they seem to have disproportionate effect on the outcome.

[theshedman]

Turned tv on just as the Agentinian player got red carded. Good game and the next one. Don't think the Aussies liked losing and not even scoring though.