"It means any team can win on any day in sevens," Lemeki said. But they will savour the defeat of New Zealand, just as they did when they toppled the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup. New Zealand were also put under immense pressure in their second pool match and made a host of uncharacteristic mistakes against Kenya before kicking clear. Related Content Rio Olympics 2016: Is this New Zealand's darkest Olympic day? Japan almost pulled off their second upset of the day but a missed conversion after fulltime cost them a draw with GB, who won 21-19.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 09, 2016 21:08 UTC