Revenge is a dish best served while knocking somebody sideways, and the USA earned retribution for defeat in Tokyo by denying Great Britain progress to the wheelchair rugby final with a performance of no little style but maximum aggression.
In Paris, Uncle Sam struck back. A blitz of blocking, pressing and crashing in the second quarter of this semi-final did the damage, with Britain ceding possession and valuable points.
We talked about it in the planning meeting before, we even made a statement about how intense they were going to be, said a clearly devastated Stuart Robinson, Britain's linchpin.
Most of the time you've just got to absorb their intensity. You've got to take it all in and know that they can't play that intensively for the whole game.
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