Olympic dream over for Hong Kong women’s rugby team
Anna Richards’ side lose vital pool game in last minute
Hong Kong’s Olympic dream came to an abrupt end in Dublin on Saturday, with the fourth seeds suffering a heart-breaking 17-15 defeat to Argentina in their final pool match.
Hong Kong led 15-10 in the dying stages of the must-win encounter before Argentina’s Isabel Fontanarrosa broke free to score a brilliant try in the last minute.
Coach Anna Richards is determined to get something out of the second day’s play – which sees Hong Kong battle it our for ninth spot – before assessing what the early exit means for the progress of her side.
“We want to win the bottom half of the draw now given we didn’t make the quarter-finals,” she said.
“We thought we were a realistic chance to make the quarter-finals, but things didn’t really go our way today unfortunately.”
