Australia’s women beat New Zealand 24-17 to win the first ever Olympic rugby sevens gold medal, after Great Britain lost to Canada in the bronze match.

Favourites Australia outscored the Black Ferns four tries to three, with two of those coming while New Zealand’s Portia Woodman was in the sin bin.

Meanwhile, Britain’s women missed out on Olympic medal as they lost 33-10.

Canada – who lost to GB in the pool game between the two – led throughout in the bronze medal match.

Despite her disappointment, GB captain Emily Scarratt said: “If we’ve inspired any girls to take up rugby, we’ve done our job.”

Britain, who were beaten 25-7 by silver medallists New Zealand in the last four earlier on Monday, trailed 26-5 at half-time, with Canada taking full advantage of Scarratt’s yellow card for a deliberate knock on.

Tries by Jasmine Joyce and Danielle Waterman were little consolation, as third seeds Canada put in a physical performance, dominating at the breakdown.

The men’s sevens competition begins on Tuesday in Rio with Australia against France at 15:00 BST.

GB’s men begin their bid for a medal against Kenya an hour later.

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