Louise Galvin: Sobering lessons from Sao Paolo for Women’s Rugby Sevens team

Five matches, five losses. There might have been some positives from the Ireland Women’s Rugby Sevens Series in Brazil, but in a results-driven environment, that’s simply not good enough

IF SAO Paulo is on the bucket list, I wouldn’t bother. The largest city in South America, it is home to 10m people within the confines of the city, stretching to 20m inhabiting its hinterland. A mass concrete jungle of traffic, smog and people scurrying along dilapidated footpaths.

The weather is hot, humid and muggy. That is of course, until the thunder showers hit. I witnessed one lightning strike that wouldn’t have been out of place in Harry Potter, followed by rain cascading down flooding the streets within minutes.