Rio 2016 Olympics: Great Britain beat New Zealand in rugby sevens thriller
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ByEurosport
Updated 10/08/2016 at 17:07 GMT
Great Britain won a thrilling Olympic rugby sevens match 21-19 against New Zealand in a game which came down to the final few seconds - but the All Blacks stayed in the tournament.
2016 Rio Olympics - Rugby - Preliminary - Men's Pool C New Zealand v Britain - Deodoro Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Daniel Bibby (GBR) of United Kingdom tackles Regan Ware (NZL) of New Zealand.
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The British side looked unstoppable early on, racing into a 21-0 lead by half-time.
But in the second half, with the wind in their faces, Britain toiled - and New Zealand ran in tries almost at will at one point.
They ran out of time to press their dominance home, however, with Britain gaining the ball from the final restart and safely getting it into touch after the clock went into the red.
Having won both previous group games, 31-7 against Kenya and 21-19 against Japan, Britain's men topped their group.
And New Zealand went through regardless thanks to Fiji beating USA in their final match of the pool stage.
The Fijians' reward? A match against New Zealand in the first knockout stage.
New Zealand have looked were without Sonny Bill Williams who is out of the tournament - and out of the game for nine months - after partially rupturing his Achilles tendon.
The eight qualifiers for the last eight are Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, France, Britain, Argentina, South Africa and Australia.
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