Great sportsmanship from 19 year old Portuguese 7's player vs Fiji

This is a lovely bit of action from the World Sevens Series last season, as young Portuguese player João Belo owned up to something that he could so easily have got away with. It's a short clip but it's worth seeing this display of great sportsmanship. At 17-0 down against Fiji, Portugal needed every inch they could get to try to make it back into the game. They got their chance in the second half, as Fiji had a man yellow carded for throwing the ball away. In 7's, playing against a team a man down is naturally a massive advantage. South African referee Rasta Rasivhenge assumed it was one of…

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