Olympics-Rugby-France and New Zealand through to gold medal match

France will take on New Zealand to decide the gold medal winner at the women's Olympic Rugby Sevens after both countries edged through thrilling semi-finals at the Tokyo Stadium on Saturday.

New Zealand needed extra time to get past Fiji 22-17 and end their hopes of reprising their men’s gold while France outscored Britain four tries to three for a narrow 26-19 win in the second of the semis.The two winners meet later on Saturday to decide the gold with Britain and Fiji to tussle for bronze.

New Zealand should have regained the lead before halftime when Ruby Tui broke through middle but was chased down by Alowesi Nakoci, who knocked the ball out of her hands as Tui was looking to dive over for the try. Fiji, who edged Rio gold medalists Australia in a dramatic quarter-final, refused to concede and took the contest into extra time with a dramatic break and sprint to the corner from Reapi Ulunisau. Viniana Riwai could have won the game with the conversion but her effort was not good enough.

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