Australia’s women’s sevens side has atoned for Commonwealth Games heartbreak four years ago by beating Fiji 22-12 in the gold medal match in Birmingham.
Even before Australia’s women sliced and diced Fiji in breathtaking fashion on Sunday night to win a maiden Commonwealth Games rugby sevens gold medal, they knew they were going to win.Australia celebrate their rugby sevens gold medal on Sunday night.
“I’m still lost for words to be honest,” said Sharni Williams, more than an hour after John Farnham’s“The win over New Zealand was huge then it was about stamping our foot down and showing all that hard work that we’ve really been doing.” As Australia’s wonderful women celebrated their triumph, it was a bittersweet day for men’s coach John Manenti after his side suffered two losses on Sunday to South Africa and then New Zealand in a bronze medal match.
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