Let's go @nz7s we still in this," Williams later tweeted. New Zealand's hopes of becoming the first men's Olympic rugby sevens champions has suffered a major setback after losing their opening match to Japan and Sonny Bill Williams for the tournament to an Achilles injury. The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) later confirmed he would miss the rest of the tournament. In echoes of the victory of their team over South Africa at the Rugby World Cup last year, the Japanese showed no deference to the superpower of the international game. Teruya Goto and Kameli Soejima scored the tries for Japan and, crucially, Lemeki and Katsuyuki Sakai slotted the conversions.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 09, 2016 22:30 UTC