Cape Town 7's: 10 & 11 December

[waiopehu oldboy]

Standings after Dubai:

1. South Africa 22
2. Fiji 19
3. England 17
4. Wales 15
5. Australia 13
6. Scotland 12
7= France 10
7= New Zealand 10

Pools for Cape Town:

Pool A: South Africa, Australia, USA, Russia
Pool B: Fiji, France, Kenya, Japan
Pool C: England, New Zealand, Argentina, Canada
Pool D: Wales, Scotland, Samoa, Uganda

I'm not liking the look of Pool C, Argentina were damned unlucky not to be in the Cup draw in Dubai & England looked scary good until they ran out of puff.

 

[Highlander35]

Wales as our top seed makes up a little for not being there ourselves.

 

[Mustafa]

Standings after Dubai:

1. South Africa 22
2. Fiji 19
3. England 17
4. Wales 15
5. Australia 13
6. Scotland 12
7= France 10
7= New Zealand 10

Pools for Cape Town:

Pool A: South Africa, Australia, USA, Russia
Pool B: Fiji, France, Kenya, Japan
Pool C: England, New Zealand, Argentina, Canada
Pool D: Wales, Scotland, Samoa, Uganda

I'm not liking the look of Pool C, Argentina were damned unlucky not to be in the Cup draw in Dubai & England looked scary good until they ran out of puff.

Tough pool for us

 

[barbarian]

I don't think there is such a thing as an easy pool any more.

The Sevens field is as close as it's ever been.

 

[I like to watch]

I agree totally.
If they didn't list pools from 1-4, I'd struggle to seed each pool correctly.
3 and 4 in your pool is far from a human bye as it was,only a few years ago.
Having said that,I think Fiji drew a slightly easier pool this week,with the rest pretty even.

 

[Highlander35]

Easy pools and "easy" pools.

Reckon all the pool D teams would be reasonably happy.

Japan would be happy with B, even with Fiji there, the other two are winnable.

A and C are a little more difficult, what with the top 3 teams in both having finished top 6 at least 1 of the past 2 seasons.

 

[Highlander35]

Wooooooooooooo!!!!

Sevens is on again!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^ first hour or so on 507 (Red button) then 502 from ~8 AEDT. Scotland & Samoa first up, hence no doubt @H35's excitement. Jocks off to a poor start, tho, Samoa 12-0 with HT up but Scotland in possession.

EDIT: Scots score 2min into extra time, HT Samoa 12-7 Scotland.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Weird seeing SGT wearing someone else's colours, even if he's just in the stands & not yet officially Samoa's coach (debut tournament is Wellywood, I think).

Scotland level up as the siren sounds for FT, looked like a different team to the first 7 (+2). Sideline conversion is good, Scotland 21-19 Samoa.

 

[Highlander35]

That was sooooooooooooo much more difficult than it should have been.

Can no Scottish team take restarts well? National side, Sevens side, Edinburgh and Glasgow are all well below average, and if Scotland A played with any sort of regularity, they'd be crap at them too.

 

[Highlander35]

Round 1:

Scotland 21 - 19 Samoa
Wales 29 - 7 Uganda
New Zealand 26 - 12 Argentina
England 33 - 10 Canada
France 14 - 33 Kenya
Fiji 33 - 7 Japan
Australia 0 - 19 USA
South Africa 41 - 0 Russia

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

NZ 14-7 Argentina at HT but geez we look shite.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Vastly improved second half from NZ, FT 26-12, but we're gunna have to be waaaay better v Ringinland. Maybe the Canucks can do us a favour.........

 

[Prodigy]

Poor skill level shown by the Aussies inthis game. Some poor decision making.


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[Highlander35]

Oh! So that's full time!
(Salt level goes to 1000)

Shite showing there. Need to pull off a miracle against the Blitzbokke now.

 

[Mustafa]

My pizza went down in lumps after that game. Can't hold the ball bad tactics

 

[I like to watch]

Poor skill level shown by the Aussies inthis game. Some poor decision making.


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Both on and off the field.
Friend,you plonker,Henry cannot be a ball player no matter how long you persevere.
Stop it!

 

[Highlander35]

Round 2:

Scotland 38 v 7 Uganda
Wales 17 v 0 Samoa
New Zealand v Canada
England v Argentina
France v Japan
Fiji v Kenya
Australia v Russia
South Africa v USA

 

[Quick Hands]

Can't see us finishing top 2 in this pool. We'll beat Russia, but SA looked very very impressive.

 

[Quick Hands]

Poor skill level shown by the Aussies inthis game. Some poor decision making.


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Outmuscled and out thought as well.