New Zealand was an excessive amount of for Group USA to deal with within the ladies’s rugby semifinals on the Paris Olympics.

The defending gold medalists defeated the U.S. 24-12 in Tuesday’s tilt on the Stade de France.

American Alev Kelter received the scoring began with a attempt within the opening minutes, however New Zealand took the lead with a try to conversion a couple of minutes later.

The second half, like a lot of the Olympic match, belong to the Black Ferns. Stacey Waaka received a attempt within the opening minute of the second half and Michaela Blyde scored one other attempt to put New Zealand up 19-5 with three minutes left to play.

New Zealand has been totally dominant in Paris. It gained every of its first 4 matches by at the least 26 factors and had but to concede greater than seven factors in a single contest till Kristi Kirshe received a attempt on the ultimate play of Tuesday’s semifinal.

The U.S. will now play the loser of the Canada-Australia semifinal within the bronze medal match at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.

New Zealand will then face the Canada-Australia winner for the gold medal at 1:45 p.m. ET/10:45 a.m. PT.