Friday (21) was historic for the Brazilian female team of Rugby Sevens (seven rugby). The team defeated Australia – current world champion – for the first time. The triumph – 14 to 12 – obviously obtained, came in the second round of the fourth stage of the World Circuit of the sport, which is being played in Vancouver, Canada.
As is common in Rugby Sevenswhich is Olympic mode, the team had already played another match on the same day, being defeated by Canada 26 to 19 in the debut.
The historical result was conquered by turn. Australia went to the break by winning 12-0, but Brazil scored two attacks, turning the scoring to 14 to 12. In the last move of the match, Thalia prevented the Australian team scoring and probably won the game, putting the game an exclamation point in Brazilian triumph.
To get an idea of the size of the feat, in the second stage of the 2024-25 circuit of the sport, in Cape Town, South Africa, YARS They ended up defeated by the same Australia by 45 to 5.
Brazil x Spain
Still this Saturday (22), Brazil plays with Spain, and tries to confirm the classification for the quarterfinals, the same result it obtained in the previous stage in Perth, Australia.
Whatever happens, after facing the Spanish at 7:46 pm (GMT), the team will have another commitment on Saturday night or dawn on Sunday. If you do not advance the phase, you will throw the semifinals of ninth place, which begin to define who ends from ninth to 12th place. If you get the classification, play the quarterfinals at dawn.
