France would lead by double digits in the third-quarter after a 10-0 run. With 92 seconds left France were a point down.

Amongst the drama of a spying scandal, Canada would win all three group games but were docked six points. 

France, led by an incredible assist and two tries from Antoine Dupont managed to take gold and become the first team to beat Fiji

United States  ? 41 32 China ? 40 41 32 China 🇨🇳 39 32 18 GB 🇬🇧 25 26 23 France 🇫🇷 23 21 33

206 countries are competing in the Paris Olympics. Some nations will expect to take home 100 medals whilst others will be happy with one.

This does feel like quite an open tournament. Overall I do think Italy and Spain have been the strongest.

There will be a new Olympic champion in Paris. China will expect to win a gold medal here. The weakness could be the technical

They have also recruited Antoine Dupont, a former world rugby player of the year and early signs suggest he will be just as good at sevens.

France arguably has the greatest talent pool in the sport at the moment though and if a strong squad is picked will no doubt challenge

France is the reigning Olympic champions and will be buoyed by home support. They’ve also won the 2022 and 2024 Nations League

This is perhaps more in question than any time in recent history as some of the best players in the world are from other countries.

The final round of fixtures saw the top two, middle two and bottom two all clash. The US beat Japan in the final group stage match

There, they came up against China who had overcome Brazil, winning 3-2 in the shock of the tournament.

New Zealand turned it on in the semi-final, with Portia Woodman scoring a hat trick to help beat Great Britain 25-7

In the semi-finals, the Netherlands beat Germany after an epic 14-shot penalty shootout. Great Britain joined them in the final

In the other semi-final once again Sweden and Brazil would head to a penalty shootout. This time Sweden would get the win

Once again, it took an expected route with the United States averaging 104 points in their group stage games.

Fiji were 14-12 down at halftime before scoring 14 unanswered points to set up the dream final.

Britain slowly began to close the gap whilst Italy also began to claw time back on Romania in the battle for bronze.

The first shock happened on day one as Sweden overcame World Cup winners United States 3-0.