GB women’s team led at half-time but Black Ferns win 26-21British side will face Kenya next in Group AGreat
Britain were so far ahead that, just for a moment, Tyla Nathan-Wong struggled to remember the score – “21-0 down, or however it was,” the
New Zealand player said. That is exactly how it was, as three tries in the first four-and-a-half minutes gave GB an improbably large lead against the world’s top women’s sevens team.
But in this format a lot can happen in a little time and the Black Ferns bit back with three tries from Michaela Blyde and one from Nathan-Wong. The winning try came with less than 30 seconds remaining as Britain, reduced to six players after Jasmine Joyce’s yellow card, were unable to cling on and record a surprise victory that looked within their clutches after early tries by Helena Rowland, Megan Jones and Joyce.