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Craig HillWomens Sevens Australia Defeat China
March 7th 2009 04:55
The Australian Women’s Sevens team has opened their inaugural Rugby World Cup Sevens campaign in style, defeating China 50-12 in their first pool match in Dubai.
Australia’s bout against China will go down in the history books due to being the fist ever women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens match.
“The first match was amazing,” Jason Stanton, Australian Women’s Sevens Coach said. “There was a great atmosphere, the girls were excited and they played really well, and put on some nice tries to please the crowd.”
Australia, who is seeded second in the draw behind England, was in control throughout the game.
Tricia Brown scored Australia’s first try only 38 seconds into the match followed by a conversion. The Chinese hit back at the two minute mark and secured a try and conversion but Australia’s strong attacking and defence prevented China from scoring again in the first half.
Australia continued to dominate play after the break. Bo De la Cruz and Tricia Brown were the stand out performers, securing three tries and three conversions respectively. China was unable to recover and Australia walked away with the win.
In their second Pool A meeting against France, Australia suffered a 10-14 loss.
Australia was unable to put any points on the board in the first half and just before the break Ruan Sims from Sydney was sent to the sin bin.
Australia gathered some momentum mid way through the second half and scored two tries [Debby Hodgkinson, Selena Tranter] but this was not enough to clinch victory.
“We had a lot of things not go our way, it was a disappointing loss” Stanton said.
However, the Aussie women recovered from this upset and defeated The Netherlands 36-0 in their final Pool match.
The draw for tomorrow is yet to be confirmed but it looks like Australia will next play top seed England in a Quarter Final of the Cup competition.
Australia’s bout against China will go down in the history books due to being the fist ever women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens match.
“The first match was amazing,” Jason Stanton, Australian Women’s Sevens Coach said. “There was a great atmosphere, the girls were excited and they played really well, and put on some nice tries to please the crowd.”
Australia, who is seeded second in the draw behind England, was in control throughout the game.
Australian Womens Sevens
Tricia Brown scored Australia’s first try only 38 seconds into the match followed by a conversion. The Chinese hit back at the two minute mark and secured a try and conversion but Australia’s strong attacking and defence prevented China from scoring again in the first half.
Australia continued to dominate play after the break. Bo De la Cruz and Tricia Brown were the stand out performers, securing three tries and three conversions respectively. China was unable to recover and Australia walked away with the win.
In their second Pool A meeting against France, Australia suffered a 10-14 loss.
Australia was unable to put any points on the board in the first half and just before the break Ruan Sims from Sydney was sent to the sin bin.
Australia gathered some momentum mid way through the second half and scored two tries [Debby Hodgkinson, Selena Tranter] but this was not enough to clinch victory.
“We had a lot of things not go our way, it was a disappointing loss” Stanton said.
However, the Aussie women recovered from this upset and defeated The Netherlands 36-0 in their final Pool match.
The draw for tomorrow is yet to be confirmed but it looks like Australia will next play top seed England in a Quarter Final of the Cup competition.
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