qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Agree that Foley, Phipps, JOC (James O'Connor), Speight would also be great inclusions but none are likely to be available later this year.
Why?
Agree that Foley, Phipps, JOC (James O'Connor), Speight would also be great inclusions but none are likely to be available later this year.
Agree that Foley, Phipps, JOC (James O'Connor), Speight would also be great inclusions but none are likely to be available later this year.
Why?
Do you really think any player that goes to the world cup will be willing and able to back up for the sevens in November? I find that highly unlikely
Do you really think any player that goes to the world cup will be willing and able to back up for the sevens in November? I find that highly unlikely
Do you really think any player that goes to the world cup will be willing and able to back up for the sevens in November? I find that highly unlikely
The biggest impediment to aussie 7's success is league and thats not gonna change, what they're doing right now is fine, with time will come improvement, its too late to win a medal IMO. Fiji will win hopefully because their focus and flare is there.
to think that any player is going to switch from 15's to 7's is idiotic. The reason the 7's program exists is to develop the talent there and then maybe they can move to a pro contract in 15's later.
It does, which is why the focus should be on player development for the 7's team initially from outside sources, players with unusual and different playing styles, players in need of more maturity and development in their game and up and comers.
To place current superstars in the olympic 7's side is to deprive future stars of a chance.
they will be available from 11 October, so don't see why not. Could even give them a couple of weeks break!
It is the Olympics and that is the biggest show in town - end of story. The best available should get the gig, whether they have "worked for it" or "earned it" by "doing the time" or not.
That being said, Rugby sevens has become a bit of a tricky little specialised game and not all superstars from the 15 aside world can be readily transferred into that environment and still dominate.