Charlotte Caslick lay on the turf midway through the first half. Rocked to the core from a massive Fiji hit after playing on from a penalty. She looked up in disbelief to the referee asking for something. Anything.
Rumbles came from the sky and lightning followed suit delaying Australia’s quarter-final by 30 minutes as they readied to run out. But, just as was the case during their final Pool C loss against USA when a Sharni Williams missed penalty proved the difference in their 14-12 loss and put them on a more difficult path to the gold medal match, another two points were left out there as the co-captain missed.
Fiji will now take on gold medal favourites New Zealand for a place in the final, with Great Britain set to take on France in the second semi-final.For Fiji, the women’s triumph, just two nights after the men’s side defended their Olympic gold medal, will inspire the Island Nation.A touch of the knuckle on gate six and a rueful shake of the head at the bottom of the course.
It was a disappointing result for Delfour, who had booked his place in the final with a time of 97.52 in the semi-final - almost five seconds faster than his time in the final.A brutal double-bogey on the 18th has seen Aussie cult hero Cameron Smith drop back to four under after two rounds in the golf.
The Australian women got off to a less-than-ideal start to the match with ROC quickly gaining a five point lead. Starc was equal second in his heat, while there were 13 people across two groups who made the height.Later tonight in the first medal event of the athletics, Patrick Tiernan will compete in the final of the 10,000m.
“It became apparent to the medical staff that this was a bit more serious than just an average injury.”Baynes is out of the Tokyo Olympics due to a neck injury.Australia’s women’s sevens side will have to do it the hard way after a shock loss to the USA on Friday morning in their final pool match at Tokyo Stadium.
While Australia are the favourites, even if they progress a date with gold medal favourites New Zealand, who they beat five years ago in Rio to win the competition, looms in the semi-finals.“We had opportunities to ice that game fairly early, we probably bombed two tries in the first-half.“They’re a good side, they’re a big physical side and they kept coming at us and ultimately that probably wore us down a bit. We played without the football for too long.
Would be surprised if he didn't take a few tins around with him, while puffin on a cuban
We were awful, especially in the first half. Slow, lethargic, like they’ve never played together before.
Should of been 2 Fijian in the bin in the first half
We’ll done buddy. Unfortunate it’s not front page news!
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