Prepare for an thrilling closing day of motion on the Stade de France?
No one can say you don’t get worth for cash with the Olympics Rugby Sevens. Over the primary two days of the event followers on the Stade de France in Paris have been handled to 24 matches, because the 12 groups who began the competitors have been whittled all the way down to 4. The passionate dwelling assist will probably be doing their greatest to push Antoine Dupont and his French workforce over the road, however they’ll face stiff competitors from a Fiji aspect in search of their third gold medal in a row.
Learn on to learn how and when the medals will probably be selected Saturday, and don’t overlook that you would be able to watch the lads’s Olympics Rugby Sevens wherever you’re on the planet.
Who’s nonetheless in competition for medals?
After two days of group phases and quarter finals, simply 4 groups stay in competition for the massive prize: South Africa, Australia, hosts France, and reigning champions Fiji. Fiji will full a powerful hat trick of males’s Olympics Rugby Sevens gold medals in the event that they win on Saturday.
The semi-final fixtures seem like this:
- South Africa v France (2.30pm BST)
- Fiji v Australia (3.00pm)
When will the lads’s Olympics Rugby Sevens medals be determined?
The three medals will probably be selected Saturday night, on the finish of the third day of Olympics Rugby Sevens motion on the Stade de France. The 2 shedding semi-finalists will play one another for the bronze medal at 6pm BST, earlier than the 2 victors combat it out for the gold at 6.45pm.
What else is occurring on the ultimate day of the lads’s Olympics Rugby Sevens?
The excellent news for followers is that the Stade de France motion isn’t restricted to a mere 4 matches. There’ll be six further putting matches within the males’s Olympics Rugby Sevens because the eight defeated groups play six matches to determine their general rating within the event.
5-8 putting:
- New Zealand v Argentina (1.30pm)
- Eire v United States (2.00pm)
11-12 putting:
9-10 putting:
7-8 putting:
- Losers of 5-8 putting matches (5.00pm)
5-6 putting:
- Winners of 5-8 putting matches (5.30pm)
The place can I watch the medals being selected TV?
There’s intensive protection of the Olympics world wide, together with free choices in Australia (Channel 9), Canada (CBC) and the UK (throughout the BBC). US followers may tune in by way of NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service. For extra info, take a look at our information to watching the males’s Olympic Rugby Sevens wherever you’re on the planet.
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