Rugby 7s general chat

[Serge]

Pretty good result for the Women given they had six first string players unavailable for Vancouver. Great experience for the all the developing players who had to front up for this tournament. I believe Maddison Levi, Bienne Terita and Sariah Paki will all be available for the next tournament in HK but Fakaosilea, Ashby and Shave all still rehabbing until next years series. Levi and Terita will bring increased speed and size to the flanks.

 

[PhilClinton]

How did the men drop off so badly?

 

[Dctarget]

How did the men drop off so badly?

Don't know if they did, went down to SA in the QFs who they beat in the pool matches.

 

[Serge]

Yeah. If they had not lost to RSA by 3 points in the QF then they would have a had a top 4 finish again, which given the closeness of the Mens competition would have been a great achievement. Fine margins in the Mens competition.

 

[PhilClinton]

It is probably one of the reasons why 7s struggles to gain momentum outside the core fans and the home tournament.

Because on paper, the Men just went from a 2nd place in Perth to a 7th place in Vancouver. Most casuals don't look at the 'why' and just look at the final result.

 

[Adam84]

News Corp reporting that World Rugby looking to cut cost on the World 7's series, potentially reducing the number of teams as it's haemorrhaging money

 

[Highlander35]

News Corp reporting that World Rugby looking to cut cost on the World 7's series, potentially reducing the number of teams as it's haemorrhaging money