Uren: We must learn from Olympic setback

EMMA Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a ground Olympic breaking campaign after they finished seventh at Paris 2024.

- PAUL EDDISON

The GB women finished on a high, beating Ireland for the second time in the tournament, but had earlier seen their medal hopes ended by a quarter-final defeat to eventual bronze medallists the USA.

Having brought in Red. Roses stars Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones, the latter was previously a stalwart of the sevens set-up, GB were hoping to turn their status as dark horses into an unlikely medal.

But despite a promising start with victory over Ireland in their first pool game, they paid the price for a poor second half against the Americans, going down 17-7, having led at the break.