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just reward, Sunnybank have been pouring money into there 7's program the last 2 years..
Dragons Prepare for Bangkok 7s
19 October 2011
Sunnybank have announced their team for the Bangkok 7s to be played on the 29th & 30th October.
The team will be without Captain, Danny Routledge and powerhouse forward Ben Adams who will be in Samoa with the Australian team at the FORU qualifying tournament. With Shalom Suniula captaining the USA at the Pan American Games in Mexico, Jason Hofmeyr having surgery for a torn ACL from the Central Coast tournament and Matthew Feaunati unavailable for the birth of his first child, the Dragons have many new faces from the team that won the Central Coast 7s and made the final of Byron Bay.
Sunnybank 15-a-side captain James Kriukelis will come into the side as captain as the replacement for Ben Adams, while Semiti Tela will replace Danny Routledge. ARU Academy player Matt Lucas will contest his 2nd tournament while Vaughan Eriksen will be rewareded for his leadership of the development team over the last 2 years.
The team will depart on Thursday 27th October and will move onto Singapore for the Singapore Cricket Club 7s on the following weekend. It is hoped that Adams, Routledge and Suniula will join the squad in Singapore with the possibility of a surprise appearance by one of the club's Wallabies.
Squad: 1. James Kriukelis; 2. Vaughan Eriksen; 3. Nigel Ah Wong; 4. Peter Samu; 5. Peter Lee; 6. Matt Lucas; 7. Semiti Tela; 8. Adam Gavegan; 9. Darryl Kepu; 10. Harry Jones; 11. Rota Setu; 12. Walter Petaia
http://sunnybankrugby.com.au/article.php?articleid=226&categoryid=1
19 October 2011
Sunnybank have announced their team for the Bangkok 7s to be played on the 29th & 30th October.
The team will be without Captain, Danny Routledge and powerhouse forward Ben Adams who will be in Samoa with the Australian team at the FORU qualifying tournament. With Shalom Suniula captaining the USA at the Pan American Games in Mexico, Jason Hofmeyr having surgery for a torn ACL from the Central Coast tournament and Matthew Feaunati unavailable for the birth of his first child, the Dragons have many new faces from the team that won the Central Coast 7s and made the final of Byron Bay.
Sunnybank 15-a-side captain James Kriukelis will come into the side as captain as the replacement for Ben Adams, while Semiti Tela will replace Danny Routledge. ARU Academy player Matt Lucas will contest his 2nd tournament while Vaughan Eriksen will be rewareded for his leadership of the development team over the last 2 years.
The team will depart on Thursday 27th October and will move onto Singapore for the Singapore Cricket Club 7s on the following weekend. It is hoped that Adams, Routledge and Suniula will join the squad in Singapore with the possibility of a surprise appearance by one of the club's Wallabies.
Squad: 1. James Kriukelis; 2. Vaughan Eriksen; 3. Nigel Ah Wong; 4. Peter Samu; 5. Peter Lee; 6. Matt Lucas; 7. Semiti Tela; 8. Adam Gavegan; 9. Darryl Kepu; 10. Harry Jones; 11. Rota Setu; 12. Walter Petaia
http://sunnybankrugby.com.au/article.php?articleid=226&categoryid=1
AngrySeahorse
Peter Sullivan (51)
Was meant to be there myself but too many players had other committments so no team, damn I wish I was able to go there.
I believe in around Jan-Feb there is Crescent Head 7's, my team usually goes there, I'll be sure to report on it when it comes around.
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Sydney Middleton (9)
The reason for the investment has more to do with the limitations of the 15-a-side competition structure. 7s allows a club to take their brand where ever you want in the world and play who ever you want instead of the same old teams in a competition that the governing body fails to invest in and promote. The Singapore 7s are televised live throughout Asia and carried on cable in NZ, USA and Europe. The culture of 7s with its carnival atmosphere and touring also bring some of the real spirit of what Rugby was about back to the fore. Basically Sunnybank had a choice to spend money on dominating the 15s club comp for no real gain and to the detriment of the fabric of Qld Rugby, or put the same money into 7s which creates value for the club, its players and for Australian Rugby as there is little investment in our newest Olympic sport. Interestingly Ben Gollongs will be back at the club to conduct some school clinics before the GC IRB 7s event.
AngrySeahorse
Peter Sullivan (51)
Agree with the above but I wish it were 10s, needs more forwards 
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expect a ratinalisation of the 7's tournaments in coming years, at the moment i think it would be more of a hinderance to try and enforce a standarisation or overarching body, especially in the face of the evolving international arm of 7's.. it might also scare some current tournament organisers away from persuing there own ingenuity.
7's tournaments like Gold Coast, Central Coast and Darwin are all growing extremely well as it stands...
I think a regional 7's tournament will be the way to persue forward in the next 5 or so years, try to bring together the Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and various Australiasian tournaments of the game into a standardised league with a points system.
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
Not sure about rationalisation but maybe more status. There is a recognised hierachy of 7s tourney's round the globe. Under the IRB comp there would be two level circuits that cater for pros and anything under that can continue if it is well run and suits the local area.
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ripper868
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Love the Crescent 7's - Played there in 07 with the Kyogle team, was a fantastic weekend - some quality teams attending the tournament now too, as well as the still not so Quality (See X-rats for example)
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Does anybody know what players are representing Randwick in Singapore?
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Al McFarland
Dom Bower
Ethan Ford
Finau Makamaka
Henry Vanderglass
Jack Tovey
Liam Walker
Mark Bannon
Matthew McKay
Terrence Hepetema
Tom Connor
Tom Joseph
Zane Bashford (still in high school)
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truckandtrailor
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I doubt Liam Walker will be there....I heard he is moving on after hearing that Sievert, Valentine and potentially Sua will be there 2012! Looks like a good squad, should be competitive. What's happening with Clint Sills?
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Spot on. Walker is out of the touring side after announcing he is going to Norths as of Tuesday!
I think Clint Sills is still recovering from his ankle/foot injury?
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Australian continue to under achieve in 2011 coming 4th in the Oceania Sevens. The Australian squad lost to Samoa, Fiji and Tonga at the tournament... and one must wonder... is Michael O'Connor really picking to cream of the Australian developing players for his squad? Or more to the point are the dynamics and tactics right to be a successful squad? I think O'Connor puts too much emphasis on loose forwards and not enough on quick backs and ball players. They didn't win Central Coast 7's, didnt make the final of Byron Bay 7's and ran 4th on Oceania 7's..... as one of the Worlds strongest rugby nations.... we're getting something wrong here!
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