Canadians struggle to keep pace with Great Britain in Olympic men's rugby sevens opener, needing win by large margin against Japan to keep quarter-final hopes alive Tokyo2020 TokyoTakeTwo
The fact they avoided a blowout against Fiji was key, as they find themselves on par with the fourth team in their pool, Japan, who dropped a big loss to Great Britain after losing a close encounter with the Fijians to open the days play.
After playing a very hard, scoreless six minutes to open the day, a stretch that same Canada match Great Britain tackle for tackle, the Canadians suddenly found themselves dragging a touch and that’s all that British superstar Dan Norton needed. Norton scored again to open the second half after his teammates retained possession following the second-half kickoff and forced the Canadians, who had tried to win the ball back as it descended from high above following a Nathan Hirayama kick, into scramble mode.
The Brits also flew to Japan a week before the tournament to acclimatize, while the Canadians only arrived in Japan on Friday, after having tried living in Japan Time during their final two weeks of training at the Rugby Canada training centre in Langford, B.C.CHOFU, JAPAN – JULY 26: A robot delivers match balls on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 26, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.“Weren’t good enough in attack.
Before the game’s kickoff, the British players all took a knee, like many other athletes have done since the NFL’s Colin Kaepernick first did so a half-decade ago, as a protest against police brutality and racism.
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