![Australia defeated New Zealand 24-17 in the final of the women's rugby sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.](/web/20160821083719im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/v/v/3/r/image.related.landscape.460x307.gqwor0.png/1471676994799.jpg)
Sevens gold as valuable as World Cup wins
There have been plenty of memorable moments at the Rio Olympic Games, and you don't have to be a rugby supporter to have been swept up in the euphoria of the Australian women's sevens team picking up a gold medal.