The Irish side started well but France’s athleticism came up trumps in a 19-7 win.
IRELAND WILL FACE Great Britain for seventh position at the Olympic 7s in Paris after losing to hosts France in their placing game this afternoon.
Roared on by a vocal home crowd, the French had to get over their huge defeat to Canada in the quarter-finals yesterday and did so to advance into the fifth-place play-off against China this evening. It all means that this Irish side will finish seventh or eighth at their first Olympic Games depending on the result of their clash with Great Britain at 5pm Irish time this evening.
Advertisement France nearly struck back before the break but Stacey Flood came up with a lung-busting tackle to force a knock-on from Camille Grassineau metres out from the Irish tryline.Ireland led 7-0 as the second half got underway but it lasted just two minutes as France forced a turnover penalty and swung the ball wide left to the brilliant Okemba, who powered past Higgins to finish, Caroline Drouin converting.
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