HSBC 7's 2015/16: ROUND 2 - CAPE TOWN

[waiopehu oldboy]

Zimbabwe get the last try but go down 12-21 Wales.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

HT Canada 26-0 Russia.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

FT Canada 55-0 Russia who look way out've their depth.

 

[qwerty51]

I know Russia must've earned their core status but surely Tonga or Japan are better than them. Or even Ireland.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

France are 10 sec away from putting Fiji out.......

Boil over accomplished, France 17-14 Fiji

 

[Omar Comin']

Fiji really butchered that. The player that failed to put the ball down for the try before the dead ball line won't be feeling so good right now!

Guess it's a good result for the series, will keep it close at the top.

 

[qwerty51]

Geez Killingworth has been good. I was not convinced he could be a good 7s player. One for Rio. Might not need Hooper, McMahon or Gill.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

HT Blitzbokke 15-5 Straya who really deserve to be a lot closer.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Poor second half from Straya 5-25 Sethfricka

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

HT Argentina 14-5 NZ

 

[qwerty51]

That was pathetic from Aus in the 2nd. We have no pace at all.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Argies a man down for rest of game, NZ level up 19-19 with 45 sec on the clock.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Extra time.

 

[qwerty51]

Wow. Shocking tackle. Could be banned for a long time.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Lifting tackle earns Te Tamaki a Red & that'll be the ball game, one suspects. Made it to HT but now Waaka looks to have re-injured his ankle so I think we're down to one sub if he goes off, two if he stays.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Argentina 19-16 NZ, crap penalty but deserved victory.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

How good is 7's?
Finals will be between Sefrika, Les Frogges, Los Pumas, and Kenya, with NZL, FIJ, AUS, and USA battling it out for the minor money in the plate competition, with last weeks finalist (Soap Dodgers) in the Bowl with Canada, who beat NZL in pool play.

Olympic Tournament may be different (injury wise) but the last two weeks show that anything can and will happen in a 7's tournament.

AUS still looking pretty rusty and will need to really step up their intensity and accuracy if they want to be in the top 4 for the 2015/2016 series.

 

[Brumby Runner]

That was pathetic from Aus in the 2nd. We have no pace at all.

Some very sus decisions by the ref though. Called the Aus kick-off for not going 10m after the first try but it looked to me that the ball was caught beyond the 10m line; very quickly penalised Cusack for not releasing and turn over resulted in a SA try; try to De Jong down the blind side arguably from a forward pass. Result should have been a lot closer, but not saying Aus should have won. Some of the newer players haven't got the hang of 7s yet, it seems. HH really has problems in defense, and he was easily done for pace by Smith in a 50 - 60m dash to the try line. Also think Myers (?) leaves a lot to be desired. Killingworth is really showing good form though.

 

[Highlander35]

Lovely and ingenious defending from the Russians sees them save a try and score one off the 22.

0-14 with 1.20 remaining in the first half.

 

[Highlander35]

Russians beat the Portuguese. 38-5. Have they imploded, or are the Russians simply finally, finally, finding their groove.