RWC Sevens 2018: Women first round results.

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I said in my preview that there would be two close matches in the opening round with Fiji v Spain and England v Ireland the only matches likely to cause an upset to the carefully crafted seeded games.

And so it proved, but I must admit that I got my predictions for the winners of those games completely wrong with Spain and Ireland both coming out on top against their higher seeded opponents.

Pla opened the scoring for Spain in their match against Fiji. However, when Fiji it back, through Cumu, almost immediately it looked as though Fiji would push on for the win.

However tries from Bravo and Martinez Garcia either side of half time gave Spain the decisive lead. Fiji’s Ravisa crossed with five minutes still on the clock, a huge amount of time in Sevens rugby, but Spain dug deep in defence and, marshalled expertly by Patricia Garcia, they held on for a remarkable win . . .

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