Olympic Rugby Latest - Women Day 1
Olympic Rugby Latest - Women Day 1
Here are the standings after Day One at the Women's Rugby competition in the Olympic Games in Rio.
Australia dominated in Pool A, New Zealand in Pool B, and Canada and Great Britain in Pool C. Those four teams have given up a total of eight points.
France is also 2-0, but a little less dominant than New Zealand.
The only highly-regarded team to lose is the USA, the Eagles being upset by Fiji 12-7. But the Americans rebounded with a nice result over Colombia that should set them up for a quarterfinal spot, albeit a quarterfinal that won't be easy. The USA will likely lose to Australia, but unless they lose big and 0-2 teams from both other pools win really big, they will still make the QFs.
On Sunday, here are the games:
11am local, 10am ET, 7am PT: Spain v Kenya
11:30 / 10:30 / 7:30: New Zealand v France
Noon / 11am / 8am: Brazil v Japan
12:30pm / 11:30am / 8:30am: Canada v Great Britain
1pm / Noon / 9am: Fiji v Colombia (USA Network)
1:30pm / 12:30 / 9:30am: Australia v USA (USA Network)
Then the top eight teams play the quarterfinals. The 9th-through-12th teams play off for the Bowl. The USA will likely play either 5pm (4pmET) against the Pool A winners (Australia) or, much more likely, at 6:30pm (5:30ET, 3:30PT) against the Pool B winners, which will probably be New Zealand.
NBCSN will show that Australia v Wild Card game, but isn't planning on the New Zealand game. However, you can see it all here: http://www.nbcolympics.com/rugby (where you can also see replays of Saturday's games).
Here are the standings so far:
Pool A | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | Pts |
AUS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 6 |
USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 43 | 4 |
FIJ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 43 | -31 | 4 |
COL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 | -101 | 2 |
Pool B | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | Pts |
NZL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | 78 | 6 |
FRA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 14 | 50 | 6 |
ESP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 55 | -43 | 2 |
KEN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 92 | -85 | 2 |
Pool C | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | Pts |
CAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 6 |
GBR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 66 | 6 |
BRA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 67 | -64 | 2 |
JPN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | -85 | 2 |