Olympic Games: Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe’s two first-half tries saw Ireland lead 12-7 at the break on debut
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However, Britain hit straight back the restart from that opening score, Isla Norman-Bell taking advantage of a missed tackle to score under the posts, the try easily converted to give them a 7-5 lead. Murphy Crowe scored again as the clock spilled some three minutes overtime in the first half, and this time Lucy Mulhall Rock converted to give Ireland that 12-7 lead at the break.
Another try from their captain Emma Uren, following her impressive injection of pace, left Ireland chasing a worrying deficit, that try also converted. Despite one last scoring chance Ireland were unable to breach the solid British defence.
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