The simple beauty of the Olympic games is that it gives the average viewer a rare chance to watch a sport that otherwise isn’t broadcast or popularized within their home country. Ireland women’s rugby’s match against Great Britain on Tuesday did just that, and offered so much more.
The Ireland women’s rugby sevens team lost to Great Britain, 28-12, in the 7th/8th-place playoff match at the Stade de France and fell well short of the podium in the Paris Games this summer. Though the team won’t take home any silverware, they’ll carry with them a frame-it-in-the-Louvre moment that will live in Olympic history forever.
