#GREAT BRITAIN OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 SERIES#
With five core teams on the world series involved, the women's competition was expected to be one not to miss with Ireland the first to fall by the wayside on Sunday, losing 17-7 to England in the quarter-finals.įrance, who had finished fifth in the 2019 series, met England in the first semi-final with Holly Aitchison's conversion proving the difference after two tries apiece. Half of the teams are now confirmed for the 12-team repechage tournaments with Russia and France joining Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Jamaica in the women's event while France and Ireland join Brazil, Chile, Jamaica and Mexico in the men's. The Olympic dream remains alive for beaten finalists Russia and France, who progress to the global repechage next year, alongside France’s women and Ireland’s men who finished third in their respective events.
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Great Britain are the eighth men’s qualifier, joining hosts Japan, regional qualifiers Argentina (South America) and Canada (North America) and the four sides who qualified through the 2019 series in Fiji, USA, New Zealand and South Africa. Seven women's teams have now confirmed their place at Tokyo 2020 in hosts Japan, South American champions Brazil, Great Britain and the four teams who qualified courtesy of a top-four finish in the series in New Zealand, USA, Canada and Australia. Their male counterparts also faced a partisan home crowd in Colomiers, but a first-half hat-trick by Dan Norton – the all-time leading try-scorer in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series history – set England on the way to a 31-7 victory over France. Great Britain are the latest to confirm their places in the men’s and women’s competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England won the Rugby Europe regional qualifiers in France and Russia respectively on Sunday.Įngland’s women were the first celebrating after silencing the home crowd in Kazan with a 19-0 victory over Russia in the final, avenging their loss in the pool stages with second-half tries from Heather Fisher, Emma Uren and Alex Matthews.