Rugby 7s general chat
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waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
Michaela Blyde has signed what's hopefully just a one-season contract with the Warriors for NRLW 2025.
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
Might see a few short term (hopefully) deals with the Comm Games off the cards now. Have to think funding takes a bit of a hit...
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
^ yeah, I don't mind our ladies (or yours) taking loig's money as long as they come back not broken.
Gone forever!!! She will kill it!!!
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Sounds like the drums are starting to beat on the Sevens tour
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The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
I like watching it at the Olympics and I liked going to the event when it was in Sydney (SFS, Allianz) but other than that do people really give a shit about 7s?
People give a shit about their nation but when you hear about the recent tournament it goes into my brain and just as quickly deleted. Don't really know what you do with it either to make it anything more than what it is.
People give a shit about their nation but when you hear about the recent tournament it goes into my brain and just as quickly deleted. Don't really know what you do with it either to make it anything more than what it is.
Wallaby Man
Nev Cottrell (35)
Crowds have been on the decline for a while and competitive tension for events plummeted. Might not be fashionable thing to say but combining the women’s into the men’s event hasn’t been great and the standards haven’t improved much with some core teams skill levels too poor for a serious tv product.
Have been saying for a while but rugby not as healthy as many think across the world, although I do think it’s stabilized a little the last 12-24 months.
Have been saying for a while but rugby not as healthy as many think across the world, although I do think it’s stabilized a little the last 12-24 months.
Wallaby Man
Nev Cottrell (35)
Go back to women’s and men’s events separate. 16 men’s teams with 4 groups instead of the lucky loser system. Remove some ridiculous penalty decisions for seatbelt tackles and stop sending every minimal contact to the bin. Although think it might be cooked too much to return to where it was.
Perhaps getting to a stage with some qualifier tournaments in lead up to a World Cup and Olympics with the best and known rugby players in the world might be where the future sits.
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
Getting the 15s players involved to me is the only way it gains anything but how do we really fit that in besides the Olympics? Clubs will not want to risk injury to any stars to what is a gimmick sport as much as I enjoy it.
Jimmy_Crouch
Peter Johnson (47)
Hadley Tonga named. There is plenty of us that have been waiting for this for a long time
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
Interested to see how he translates against men.
He's skilled, not large but fast as fuuuuck. Cant teach that one. He's on pure stats faster than Toole. I know he's on a contract that sees him part of the Tahs as well after the season right? With their recent aditions of Lancaster, Kellaway not in the plans when Tonga was signed I wonder what the go is. No harm in letting him develop in time. Aus U20s might get him??
He's skilled, not large but fast as fuuuuck. Cant teach that one. He's on pure stats faster than Toole. I know he's on a contract that sees him part of the Tahs as well after the season right? With their recent aditions of Lancaster, Kellaway not in the plans when Tonga was signed I wonder what the go is. No harm in letting him develop in time. Aus U20s might get him??