The Brazilian Rugby Sevens team concluded the World Cup on a positive note. This Sunday, the national team beat Spain 19-17, to reach eleventh place overall in the tournament held at Cape Town Stadium, in Cape Town, South Africa.
The result is the second largest in Yaras history in the competition, surpassing the 2013 and 2018 World Cup campaigns, the previous two editions.
Spain finished the 2021-22 World Rugby Sevens Tour first season over Brazil and the victory came with the taste of defeating the Brazilian national team.
Luisa Campos, captain of Brazil, commented: “We are happy with the victory over Spain because they finished in front of us last season, but we started the new season in front of them and we can feel what the teams have to offer on the World Tour.” .
Brazil opened the scoring with a fast attempt by Talia Costa, but the Spaniards turned it around with an attempt from Argodo, followed by a turn. Talia fired off the second attempt before the break, taking the duel to the end of the first half with Yaras leading the score 12 to 7.
The second half started perfectly for Yaras with a precious attempt from Marcel Sousa, but Spain reacted again with an attempt from Elias and Erbina. Without transfers, the Spaniards failed to turn the score and Brazil kept the win by 19-17 in the last moments, ensuring possession of the ball at a crucial moment in the dark, with a solid defense.
“It was not the tournament we were expecting because we wanted to beat Ireland in the round of 16 and then Japan. But in the last match against Spain we were able to play a few of what we wanted, we tried a few different games, and to finish the match with victory is always important,” emphasized Will Broderick. Brazil coach.
Yaris campaign in the tournament
Brazil 12 x 24 Ireland
Brazil 33 x 00 Colombia
Brazil 10 x 19 Japan
Brazil 19 x 17 Spain – 11th place match
