Aussie women settle for Perth Sevens silver with New Zealand too strong

[ad_1] The Australian ladies's Rugby Sevens staff have some soul-searching to do after falling to arch rivals New Zealand but once more in a last.

However the Australian males had been in a position to put their Trans-Tasman rivals again of their place, successful 12-10 on Sunday to assert bronze in a spiteful after-the-siren thriller.

On an entertaining last day of motion in Perth, the Australian ladies defeated the USA 26-5 of their semi-final in 34-degree warmth at HBF Park.

It arrange a tantalising decider in opposition to NZ, who had already overwhelmed Australia twice in three finals this season, together with a 36-7 romp in Singapore per week earlier.

Australia was stewing over that heavy defeat all week, and made a shocking begin to the decider through a attempt to Heidi Dennis.

However it all went pear-shaped from that time on, with unforced errors and missed tackles bringing about Australia's downfall as NZ went on to win comfortably 29-7.

NZ's two tries within the first half each got here by means of its means to fend or shake off a number of tackles, and the guests piled on extra ache within the second half to assert their third match win from 4 occasions this 12 months.

It meant Australia had been pressured to accept silver, a 12 months after they gained gold on the Perth Sevens.

Australian star Maddison Levi struggled for house in opposition to a good Kiwi defence within the last.

It was in stark distinction to the semi-final earlier within the day when Levi scored two tries, together with a stunner wherein she fended off two opponents in fast succession.

The Australian males suffered a 28-12 semi-final loss to South Africa, and had been down 10-5 early within the second half in opposition to New Zealand within the bronze medal play-off.