Dingbatt: Hooray! Another rugby world event not decided by a referees call.
Both the winners in the Gold and Bronze medal matches absolutely beanzed their opponents. Well done Fiji.

I'm pretty sure NZ lost 12-7 to Fiji, and 12-10 to both Japan and G Britain (didn't face S Africa) so the margins are small. All you have to do is look at what happened to the NZ eventing team to see what Olympic heartbreak is like.
You have to love the fact that the games aren't decided by someone taking a dive in the penalty box.

As a side note, I had to watch the second half with the sound turned off. Keith Quinn's commentary was so painful it was spoiling the game. Note to Sky Sport, he is well past his use by date.

Yes, Fiji beat NZ 12-7, so we did better against Fiji than Great Britain in the final where Fiji won 43-7. NZ lost 14-12 to Japan and also lost to Great Britain by 21-19, so they didn't lose by much (but even a loss by 1 point is too much in any competition)!

And the fact that South Africa beat Japan by 54-14 shows what can be done against this team!

NZ is regarded as a rugby strong country so if the Olympics are important to us, do we need to set up sevens competitions in our colleges and have people who only play sevens and never compete in the 15's?