7s Competitions

[Refabit]

Does anyone know of other 7s and 10 tournaments that are on leading up to the start of this season?
Is there a mudgee 7s. I know about Kiama

In the Sunshine State this weekend, there is a big 10's tournament at Palm Beach/Currumbin (18/19 February).
The rather large prize money ($10,000) usually attracts some decent teams.
Breakers premier side has had a good run in it recently but it would be great to see some other challengers.
Get down and watch if you're in the area. Always a fun weekend.

 

[Jets]

Sunnybank are fielding teams in the Men's, U20 and Women's divisions.

 

[philsale]

VRU 7s this Saturday, 15:15 at AAMI Stadium - curtain raiser to REBvCRU

 

[What2040]

In the Sunshine State this weekend, there is a big 10's tournament at Palm Beach/Currumbin (18/19 February).
The rather large prize money ($10,000) usually attracts some decent teams.
Breakers premier side has had a good run in it recently but it would be great to see some other challengers.
Get down and watch if you're in the area. Always a fun weekend.

Palm Beach/Currumbin are a very pro-active club on the Coast and should be congratulated for the event - went last year and it was fun fun fun and HOT HOT HOT

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Sunnybank are fielding teams in the Men's, U20 and Women's divisions.

Cant help but have a bit of a chuckle about the sunnybank womens side we played them at Crescent head sevens last year & lets just say they seemed very confident of taking it out. Until we beat them, I was wondering why they werent coming this year (nice girls though). Anyhow, I'd take up the opportunity to play 10's rather than 7's anyday so who'd blame them.

Crescent Head Sevens is on this weekend too.

• Mens Premier Division Winner - $5,000
• Mens Bowl Division Winner - $2,000
• Mens Plate Winner - $500
• Womens Division Winner - $2,000
• Plus prize money for Runners-Up and Semi-Finalists

Would be nice to gradually see the 7's comps become 10's comps, IMO.

 

[Jets]

Not going to happen. With 7's in the Olympic's now there will be more 7's comps pop up all over the place. I think 10's comps wont be around for much longer as there is no real demand for them.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Well then turn Olympic 7's into 10's. I disagree that 10's are going to go away, teams are always going to favour 10's over 7's for pre-season hit outs for 15's.

 

[Jets]

As a coach I always favour 15's trials as a preseason hit out for 15's. 7's is a bit of fun to play at the end of the season or on its own. It is also a development tool for younger players.

 

[happyjack]

Sunnybank undefeated in both Open and U20 Divisions at PBC 10s on Day 1.
Prems play Breakers in SF while U20 play Breakers in Final tomorrow.
The Women's Division was cancelled as Sunnybank was the only entrant.
Any news/results from Crescent Head yet????

 

[2bluesfan]

Any news/results from Crescent Head yet????

Parramatta's Twitter feed reports that the Parramatta Women's team won and their Men's team were beaten 24-29 after two periods of extra time in the final at Crescent Head. Unfortunately it doesn't mention who won!
https://twitter.com/#!/ParramattaRugby

 

[Done that]

Any results from yesterdays Queanbeyan 7's ?

 

[Empire]

I believe the Western Wolfpack won it again, defeating West Harbour - just going off what I've seen on Twitter.

 

[happyjack]

Brisbane Fiji won the PBC 10s Open Division 38 - 17 against Sunnybank
Breakers won the Colts 19 - 5 against Sunnybank

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Parramatta's Twitter feed reports that the Parramatta Women's team won and their Men's team were beaten 24-29 after two periods of extra time in the final at Crescent Head. Unfortunately it doesn't mention who won!
https://twitter.com/#!/ParramattaRugby

It was the Manly Marlins who won the mens. I'd also mention a big hats off to Inverell mens side who travelled to CH that morning apparently and had the crappest of draws in concerns to recovery time. Our Newcastle Uni mens team did not feature in the finals.

On the womens side it was Parra & Wanderers (from Newcastle) who played out the final (funny because both teams come from clubs called the "Two Blues", if Wanderers hadnt worn t-shirts that they had rigged up their jerseys would have been identical). I cant remember the score but it was a close win to Parra.

I had a great time except I've sprained my ankle I think, its really puffy. I wasnt real happy with our draw we had Merewether then a fresh Parra (their first game) - they had to be the two biggest teams. Beat Merewether about 4 tries to nil, went down to Parra 10-0 & got some injuries out of that game. Because Newcastle Uni took x2 womens teams we only had about 2 reserves each team (we learnt the hard way not to do this again, especially when its 30+deg heat & you do get injuries). My Uni team (Uni2) had to play Parra again in the quarters with injured players & lost but as a true 15's orientated team we managed to get our prop to go over & she hurt someone which kinda gave one back to the Parra girls for all the casualties we got in our previous game . Our Uni1 team beat Wanderers (our rivals so we were happy with that ), & Tamworth but then were beaten by Parra in the semi final in a close game.

In one of the womens semi finals Wanderers played Hamilton (another local Newie grudge match) & everybody got to see a huge hit, pity it was a shoulder charge & illegal. Come the 15's season those two teams are going to have at it, I was surprised a brawl didnt break out.

Parra womens were very good, deserving winners, clearly had some experienced players. They really knew how to suck us into playing their game. I hope they come back again next year because we need teams with their kind of competitiveness in the womens draw.

Its a shame about Sunnybank womens they should have came to CH, it wouldve made the draw an even 10 rather than 9 which made it a bit messy.

 

[Ole Two Blue]

It was the Manly Marlins who won the mens. I'd also mention a big hats off to Inverell mens side who travelled to CH that morning apparently and had the crappest of draws in concerns to recovery time. Our Newcastle Uni mens team did not feature in the finals.

On the womens side it was Parra & Wanderers (from Newcastle) who played out the final (funny because both teams come from clubs called the "Two Blues", if Wanderers hadnt worn t-shirts that they had rigged up their jerseys would have been identical). I cant remember the score but it was a close win to Parra.

I had a great time except I've sprained my ankle I think, its really puffy. I wasnt real happy with our draw we had Merewether then a fresh Parra (their first game) - they had to be the two biggest teams. Beat Merewether about 4 tries to nil, went down to Parra 10-0 & got some injuries out of that game. Because Newcastle Uni took x2 womens teams we only had about 2 reserves each team (we learnt the hard way not to do this again, especially when its 30+deg heat & you do get injuries). My Uni team (Uni2) had to play Parra again in the quarters with injured players & lost but as a true 15's orientated team we managed to get our prop to go over & she hurt someone which kinda gave one back to the Parra girls for all the casualties we got in our previous game . Our Uni1 team beat Wanderers (our rivals so we were happy with that ), & Tamworth but then were beaten by Parra in the semi final in a close game.

In one of the womens semi finals Wanderers played Hamilton (another local Newie grudge match) & everybody got to see a huge hit, pity it was a shoulder charge & illegal. Come the 15's season those two teams are going to have at it, I was surprised a brawl didnt break out.

Parra womens were very good, deserving winners, clearly had some experienced players. They really knew how to suck us into playing their game. I hope they come back again next year because we need teams with their kind of competitiveness in the womens draw.

Its a shame about Sunnybank womens they should have came to CH, it wouldve made the draw an even 10 rather than 9 which made it a bit messy.

One of the Wanderers girls was hit very hard in a tackle and immediately came off crying and was clearly in a huge amount of pain. Does anyone know how she is?

 

[Ole Two Blue]

Parramatta's Twitter feed reports that the Parramatta Women's team won and their Men's team were beaten 24-29 after two periods of extra time in the final at Crescent Head. Unfortunately it doesn't mention who won!
https://twitter.com/#!/ParramattaRugby

It was against the same Manly side that won Kiama last year. It was a sensational final. Parra scored 1st to lead 5-0 only for Manly to reply in kind and lead 17-5 with 3 minutes remaining. Parra then got it back to 17-17 at fulltime. 3 minutes of extra time was played (each way) and Manly lead 24-17 at half time. Parra then scored with 90 seconds remaining to make it 24-24. If they managed to hold on, they would have won being the 1st try scorer but unfortunately a missed tackle lead to a manly try in the corner with 40 seconds remaining. The vast majority of the Parra side are all U20 years of age and they showed we have some real fire power. They showed great courage to come back from 5-17 down and will certainly be better for the experience. As shattered as they were at losing, they now know what it takes to win a final.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

One of the Wanderers girls was hit very hard in a tackle and immediately came off crying and was clearly in a huge amount of pain. Does anyone know how she is?

Must've been on the other side of the field as I didnt see it. I did see one girl get flattened & not get up immediately but then do a super big run shortly after so I dont think it was her. If I hear of anything approaching the season (in terms of big injuries) I'll update here but I'm sure she'll be fine - we breed em' tough in the Hunter

 

[2bluesfan]

Parra's website has a Parra-centric report on the Crescent Head 7s:
http://twobluesrugby.com.au/index.php?msg=9

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Parra's website has a Parra-centric report on the Crescent Head 7s:
http://twobluesrugby.com.au/index.php?msg=9

You're not wrong that its parra-centric, it also contains blatant lies. I was more than happy to not bring up the details & just say Parra deserved their win, which they did, but when a report like this throws shit at predominately Newcastle teams I feel abliged to defend our honour even if it is just 7s so here comes the return fling of shit from me - with interest.

Here are the facts. The report said Parra did not concede a single try in the womens but they did!!! They conceded a try against my team Uni2 when our biggest slowest player (good player though) went over the line - I suppose the report found that too humiliating to mention. They also conceded x2 tries to our other Uni1 team from our 400m sprinter/winger who beat the opposing winger on the outside to go most of the field to score under the sticks & the youngest player in the team who needed permission to play (17 yrs old), our 15's capt converted the tries.

The Uni2 team had to play Parra when they were fresh, Uni2 was mostly made up of tight 5 full 15's players & had injuries, I was playing at Hooker with a sprained ankle for both games we played against them. The report failed to mention the Parra girls pushed the scrum before the ball was in, didnt know how to bind & had no concept of tackling below the neck on many occasions - but didnt get penalised. Despite that the first game they only put 2 tries on us. They then had the luxury to play our injury ravaged team again in the quarters but still conceded a try to our prop. They then played the other smaller but faster Uni team in the semis who put up a big fight & clearly had a pace advantage out wide & scored twice. On the final well you've heard the old saying that "the score doesnt always reflect the game" I wouldnt say Wanderers were "outclassed", as much as they are our rivals they put up a gutsy effort & were very unlucky not to have gone over for a few tries. I'm amazed at the scoreline because it didnt seem like Wanderers were far out of it all game. They did go over the line at one stage but were brought back, cant remember what for exactly.

Parra deserved their victory and having talked to them they are lovely girls, I'm not arguing with that, infact Uni was cheering for Parra against Wanderers - but seriously, it wasnt exactly as the report made it out to be. We were chuffed that we won last year but we werent spruiking a whole heap of lies about Sunnybank who took it to us & pushed us all the way. Oh well, cant let the facts get in the way of a good story. Hope they come back next year.

They are not from Newcastle but I'm defending Manly, who the report seems to think just got lucky - they didnt, they earnt their victory. Fact is that one of the Manly players was sent off just before extra time so Manly actually had to play a man down. I love a good attack but defence is what wins games, Manly had wonderful defence, particularly cover defence, they shut down a lot of Parras attacks out wide with wonderful tackling. Manly also had great counter attack. I thought Parra looked the much better attacking team but Manly constantly holding them out lead to Parra imploding, I could hear one of the Parra players blowing up at his other team mates despite the fact that they looked to have the momentum. I had backed Parra against a mate that they would win, so I ended up buying the drinks that night. Well deservd victory from the Marlins.

If it werent for an ankle injury I'd be rolling around on the floor LMFAO at the reports comment on "capacity crowd" there was a crowd but of the numbers that were there for most of the day by the finals only about 40% of the original crowd were there. Most had gone off to get "pissed", its been the same in prior years.

Whew!!! I'm dedicating too much time to worrying about 7s, thank god 15's (the real rugby) is just around the corner. Note, I had to correct the score info a few times as my coach was trying to sort out who scored & who simply kicked the goals.

 

[Ole Two Blue]

You're not wrong that its parra-centric, it also contains blatant lies. I was more than happy to not bring up the details & just say Parra deserved their win, which they did, but when a report like this throws shit at predominately Newcastle teams I feel abliged to defend our honour even if it is just 7s so here comes the return fling of shit from me - with interest.

Here are the facts. The report said Parra did not concede a single try in the womens but they did!!! They conceded a try against my team Uni2 when our biggest slowest player (good player though) went over the line - I suppose the report found that too humiliating to mention. They also conceded x2 tries to our other Uni1 team from our 400m sprinter/winger who beat the opposing winger on the outside to go most of the field to score under the sticks & the youngest player in the team who needed permission to play (17 yrs old), our 15's capt converted the tries.

The Uni2 team had to play Parra when they were fresh, Uni2 was mostly made up of tight 5 full 15's players & had injuries, I was playing at Hooker with a sprained ankle for both games we played against them. The report failed to mention the Parra girls pushed the scrum before the ball was in, didnt know how to bind & had no concept of tackling below the neck on many occasions - but didnt get penalised. Despite that the first game they only put 2 tries on us. They then had the luxury to play our injury ravaged team again in the quarters but still conceded a try to our prop. They then played the other smaller but faster Uni team in the semis who put up a big fight & clearly had a pace advantage out wide & scored twice. On the final well you've heard the old saying that "the score doesnt always reflect the game" I wouldnt say Wanderers were "outclassed", as much as they are our rivals they put up a gutsy effort & were very unlucky not to have gone over for a few tries. I'm amazed at the scoreline because it didnt seem like Wanderers were far out of it all game. They did go over the line at one stage but were brought back, cant remember what for exactly.

Parra deserved their victory and having talked to them they are lovely girls, I'm not arguing with that, infact Uni was cheering for Parra against Wanderers - but seriously, it wasnt exactly as the report made it out to be. We were chuffed that we won last year but we werent spruiking a whole heap of lies about Sunnybank who took it to us & pushed us all the way. Oh well, cant let the facts get in the way of a good story. Hope they come back next year.

They are not from Newcastle but I'm defending Manly, who the report seems to think just got lucky - they didnt, they earnt their victory. Fact is that one of the Manly players was sent off just before extra time so Manly actually had to play a man down. I love a good attack but defence is what wins games, Manly had wonderful defence, particularly cover defence, they shut down a lot of Parras attacks out wide with wonderful tackling. Manly also had great counter attack. I thought Parra looked the much better attacking team but Manly constantly holding them out lead to Parra imploding, I could hear one of the Parra players blowing up at his other team mates despite the fact that they looked to have the momentum. I had backed Parra against a mate that they would win, so I ended up buying the drinks that night. Well deservd victory from the Marlins.

If it werent for an ankle injury I'd be rolling around on the floor LMFAO at the reports comment on "capacity crowd" there was a crowd but of the numbers that were there for most of the day by the finals only about 40% of the original crowd were there. Most had gone off to get "pissed", its been the same in prior years.

Whew!!! I'm dedicating too much time to worrying about 7s, thank god 15's (the real rugby) is just around the corner. Note, I had to correct the score info a few times as my coach was trying to sort out who scored & who simply kicked the goals.

Maybe the author just made a mistake in regards to the women's team defensive record. No point getting your knickers in a twist......

As for the comments on the manly game, it doesn't mention at all that Manly were lucky. It even mentioned the defensive error that lead to the game winning try. And perhaps the mention of a capacity crowd was a little artistic licence to capture the imagination of the reader and more importantly, the Parra fans and sponsors!

Take a breath, treat that ankle injury, and get over it.The club has struggled for success for many years, at any level across all competitions and tournaments. The win will do wonders for the club so let them enjoy their moment. To the victor go the spoils