Men’s rugby placement matches: United States shut out in Olympic finale

Seventh place was on the line between Argentina and the United States and the South Americans dominated on the way to a 19-0 win.

A good start was wasted by the Americans when Madison Hughes was tackled out of bounds right before the try line. Perry Baker was assessed a yellow card before the half for slapping the ball. Argentina used the man-advantage to feed the ball out wide to Matias Osadczuk for the 7-0 lead at the half. 

Osadczuk tacked on early second-half try. The Americans best scoring chance came after a Lucas Lacamp breakaway but an ankle tackle by Luciano Gonzalez and a not releasing penalty by Matai Leuta killed the opportunity. 

With four minutes remaining, Argentina great Gaston Revol received a loud cheer from the crowd as he was subbed out in his last sevens match of his career. Rodrigo Isgro scored the game-sealing try for Argentina. The Americans were shut out for the second time in Olympic tournament in what was likely Baker’s last international match.

Argentina 19, United States 0