After dropping just one match in the group round and winning a quarterfinal against Great Britain, the US Women’s Rugby Sevens team is semifinals-bound for the first time since the sport was introduced in the Olympics in 2016.
Though rugby is a less-popular sport in the US, the team has gained notoriety this year in part due to team member Ilona Maher, who went viral on Tiktok during the 2020 Olympics and has continued to grow a social media audience since.
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If you want to watch some Olympic rugby, this is your last chance — the women’s tournament wraps up today.
USA Women’s Rugby is in the hunt for a medal, and that quest continues with two more guaranteed games today. Below, we outlined everything you need to know to tune in to the United States women’s rugby semifinal at the 2024 Olympics.
The Olympic rugby tournament began with a group stage, before moving onto quarterfinals that wrapped up yesterday. Two games remain for Team USA: the semifinals, then the third-place game or the gold-medal game.
Tuesday, July 30
No matter the result of the semifinal, Team USA will play one more game today for a medal:
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If you want to watch the US women’s rugby team in the group stage for free, consider stacking these two live TV streaming services that offer free trials and carry USA Network, E!, and NBC. If you stagger your subscriptions, you’ll get eight days total free.
The official streaming home of the 2024 Olympics is Peacock, the streaming service from NBCUniversal. This year, Peacock is broadcasting over 5,000 hours of live coverage, which includes all 329 medal events and every single event leading up to them, plus Gold Zone, Peacock’s Olympic answer to NFL RedZone.
Peacock costs $7.99/month with ads and $13.99/month without ads, and since the Olympics wrap up on August 11, you’ll only need one month to watch the entire 2024 Games.
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics will take place on August 11 at 3:00 p.m. ET, but the women’s rugby sevens tournament ends today.
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