RIO DE JANEIRO -- With the deftest of kicks, Spains Patricia Garcia etched her
name in history as the player who officially signalled rugbys return to the
Olympic Games after a 92-year hiatus.
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Rugby has arrived at the Olympics, but the womens sport cannot afford to miss
this opportunity to grow the game worldwide.On Friday, Bill Beaumont, chairman
of World Rugby, labelled sevens introduction into the Olympics as a
game-changer. Brazil had a lot to live up to.The opening day at the Deodoro
Stadium did its best to play up to sevens reputation as a sport anchored on
entertainment both on and off the field. Songs in the charts and those tunes
more arrowed on a mass drink-swaying sing-along boomed out of the PA system even
before spectators were allowed into the stands. Once theyd traipsed in, with the
stadium two-thirds full, a camera panned around the stadium spotting fans
dancing to the various beats, all attempting to wear as little clothing as
possible under the beating sun.Athletes before and after they played were either
soaking up the rays in the stands or walking around the grounds confines,
talking on phones to friends and family back home or catching up with players
from other nations.And all the time a crocodile -- now unofficially named
ruckadile -- swam along the Rio Pavuna.It was welcoming, unique, friendly and
fun -- the perfect cocktail for attracting new followers and players of the
sport but now comes the challenge to grasp this opportunity and use it to
inspire future generations.Brazil already have the perfect athlete to inspire a
new following: the brilliant, diminutive, electric Edna Santini. Standing at
just 1.50m, she slips under flailing arms and has the pace to exploit any
wayward positioning. Its the type of raw ability that causes folk to
involuntarily leap from their seats in expectation. She has the star quality to
become a continent-wide face for the sport but below this squad in the Olympics,
the signs are optimistic.The legacy planning in this part of the world seems
sound. Dotted around the stadium were various rugby-focused charity projects;
one was Instituto Rugby Para Todos whose mission is to promote the education of
children through the principles of rugby. Inspire the young, eager-eyed children
and you have a foundation.And then there is World Rugbys IMPACT Beyond Rio
programme, which was instigated in March 2015 reaching 175,000 players, coaches
and young match officials.But thats just Brazil. World Rugbys vice-chairman,
Argentina-born Agustin Pichot, wants to see the ripple effect of rugby in the
Games carry to the other Latin America countries with Colombias qualification
for the womens tournament a key catalyst in growing the game there while
Argentina are already established as one of rugbys power-houses.But this talk of
legacy is not just of Latin American importance. The USA has huge room to grow
and they have the infrastructure and playing pool to become one of the worlds
top sides in both mens and womens rugby but they need to start producing the
goods on the field to get wider exposure. And then at the other end of the scale
in terms of financial resources are Fiji.While the mens Fiji side are favourites
to win the tournament, the women are less fancied but theirs is an inspirational
story that needs to be told.In a country that has never won an Olympic medal,
Fiji are daring to dream of their prospects here in Rio and if Fijis women end
up medalling then it will be one of the most remarkable stories to emanate from
the sport in recent times.The brilliant Litia Naiqato used to baffle her
coaches. She was their fittest player but was tailing off in training sessions;
only after looking into her circumstances did Chris Cracknell, Fiji womens head
coach, find that she was running five miles to catch the bus in the morning to
training and then five miles back in the evening. She was exhausted. Then
Cyclone Winston struck in February and her village was obliterated. Yet here she
is in Rio playing in a team that has three players under 18, five who have
played the sport less than a year and Raijieli Daveau who played netball for
Fiji with the Olympics her first ever rugby tournament.They dont use GPS
equipment, instead they utilise the natural facilities available in Fiji such as
their Sigatoka sand dunes. Regardless of whether they medal, they are here,
beating the USA because of natural ability, good coaching and a love for the
sport.On such tales, future generations can be inspired.Beaumont wants clubs
worldwide to be inundated with new players after the Games, looking to play both
15s and sevens. Furthermore, he hopes those clubs who play the traditional 15s
will look to sevens and see an opportunity to offer an easier pathway into the
sport.The womens game has the potential to take rugby away from the traditional
powerhouses and develop a sport with worldwide appeal. Get this opportunity
right, grasp the legacy and having the sport in the Olympics will prove to be
that game-changer for the womens rugby.
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the ball in play. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Green Bay Packers finally have an
experienced traditional running back at their disposal with the return of James
Starks.Starks was cleared to play Sunday at Tennessee for his first action since
Oct. 9. He had surgery to repair a torn meniscus a week later after he
experienced a problem during a workout. He was listed as questionable this
week.Starks and the Packers never indicated which knee was injured.Without
Starks and Eddie Lacy, who last played on Oct. 16 and then went on injured
reserve, Packers coach Mike McCarthy has used a makeshift running game led by
converted receiver Ty Montgomery with undrafted rookie Don Jackson sprinkled
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bulk of the work will fall on Starks and Montgomery.Starks was largely
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week. He hasnt played since Sept. 25, when he sprained his right ankle.As
expected, linebacker Clay Matthews will miss his third straight game (and fourth
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