Australia skilled up and down fortunes on the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Grand Closing in Madrid with the ladies’s facet scoring a complete win however the males happening to France in an error-riddled efficiency.
The boys had been by no means within the contest in opposition to the French on the way in which to a 38-5 flogging.
In humid situations at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium, the Aussies welcomed again the likes of Josh Turner and Matt Gonzalez from damage however it wasn’t sufficient as France racked up a 19-0 lead by half-time.
France added three extra within the second half as Australia managed a late comfort attempt through Nathan Lawson after combining with Hayden Sargeant on the suitable edge.
John Manenti’s facet wants to provide an enormous turnaround in opposition to Nice Britain (Sunday 1:27am AEST) and Argentina (5:17am AEST).
The Aussie girls surged to a 33-14 win over Eire to start out their marketing campaign with the Levi sisters crossing for doubles every and captain Charlotte Caslick celebrating her return to the facet with a attempt.
Bienne Terita produced a charging run for Teagan Levi to open the scoring early on the suitable edge earlier than Caslick backed up an offload from Bella Nasser to go over below the posts.
Eire returned serve within the minutes previous to half-time with back-to-back transformed tries to stage the scores at 14-14 however the Aussies hit one other gear within the second half.
Three extra tries to the Levi sisters – Teagan grabbing a double after the break and Maddison scoring two – arrange a cushty victory.
Teagan Levi on the run for Australia in opposition to Eire at Madrid. (Photograph By Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press through Getty Pictures)
“We went to Montpellier final week for a pre-Olympic camp and main in we’ve bonded very well and all need the identical factor,” Teagan stated.
“This weekend will likely be an excellent likelihood to indicate what we’ve been engaged on. It’s been a really upsetting time with [the season-ending injuries to Madison Ashby and Lily Dick] however as we are saying the subsequent particular person in line will likely be there to do the job.
“We’re such a tight-knit sisterhood and we’re there for one another and have stepped up somewhat bit every to rally round these [injured] at dwelling.”
They return to the sector on Saturday night in opposition to Fiji at 8:22pm AEST, adopted by a conflict with France at 11:27pm AEST.
