🏉 A try to remember

In the sport of rugby, a long try run in from before the halfway line is a thing of beauty. It’s not a well-placed shot in football or a three-pointer in basketball, where success only becomes clear at the moment the ball touches the net — as the runner bears down on the goal line, there are a good few seconds for the try to sink in before it has actually been scored.

Imagine what was going through the mind of 27-year-old winger Bianca Silva, then, as she exploded through the French defensive formation, saw off all chasers and sprinted around 65 yards toward the line to …

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