Rugby 7s general chat

[barbarian]

With how busy and frequent the Sevens guys play, when is it a good time for them to let their hair down? They played a competition a week or two before this piss up and two weeks prior to the next competition is plenty of time for recovery.

Quite frankly I'm surprised you blokes didn't say Shawn Mackay and the Brumbies should have expected to be run over after leaving a nightclub at 4am.

That's a pretty ridiculous thing to say.

What I would say is that it's entirely possible to 'let your hair down' and still be at home before 3am.
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[wamberal]

No fred for the World Sevens at Singapore????



We beat the Darkness at the pools stage, I see.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^^ Meaning NZ have to beat Fiji & SA or Kenya just to make the Final whereas your blokes get Spain & Ringinland or Samoa.

https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1793/pools

 

[wamberal]

The Soap Dodgers are our nemesis. Along with quite a few others, I have to admit.



But good on our boys, they have had a pretty tough year.

 

[I like to watch]

We are looking pretty good this week.

 

[wamberal]

We are looking pretty good this week.

Make the most of it!!!!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Fiji 24-19 NZ so now we're playing for fifth. Fiji v SA SF should be a cracker, haven't really seen much of this tournament so not sure who is traveling better. Straya 7-5 Spain at HT, Ringinland v Samoa up next.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Spain with a 4-on-2 inside the last minute & they drop it cold. Straya go through 7-5.

 

[wamberal]

Spain with a 4-on-2 inside the last minute & they drop it cold. Straya go through 7-5.

Gee Spain have come good all of a sudden.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Japan 29-14 France in the Challenge, good sign for them ahead of their return to Core Team status next year. They'll play Argentina or Russia for 13th.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Argentina, ranked fourth coming into the tournament, only just get past 15th-ranked Russia in the other Challenge SF. Shows the gap between the big three (Fiji, SA, NZ on a good weekend) & the pack. For the good of the game we need the next group of teams, Australia included, to be knocking them over on a more regular basis.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Argentina, ranked fourth coming into the tournament, only just get past 15th-ranked Russia in the other Challenge SF. Shows the gap between the big three (Fiji, SA, NZ on a good weekend) & the pack. For the good of the game we need the next group of teams, Australia included, to be knocking them over on a more regular basis.

The gaps not that big. It's more a question of consistency. And the big three are just that. More consistent. The next 4 or 5 on the table when they put it together can and have gotten the better of them. It's just a matter of achieving that level of consistency. Beyond that. The next four below them can pull the odd upset out of the bag here and there. For them it's about further development and experience.

Overall, the WS has developed into an ever increasingly competitive competition. All WR (World Rugby) need to do now is transform it the profitable venture it really should be.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^ if the former happens I think the latter becomes almost a given, esp if USA & other large economies are achieving that level of consistency.

And the gap is there, Argentina beating NZ or SA is still a headline so unless & until that changes the necessary competitive competition remains a work in progress.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

^^^^^^ if the former happens I think the latter becomes almost a given, esp if USA & other large economies are achieving that level of consistency.

And the gap is there, Argentina beating NZ or SA is still a headline so unless & until that changes the necessary competitive competition remains a work in progress.

Never said it didn't exist. Just that it's not as big as many may suggest. Which is a good thing. You want it to be as competitive as possible.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

How the fuck is that a try? Kenyan's knee touched the ground & he just got up & kept going with at least one of our guys hanging onto him the whole time. Not convinced he's got it down, either: simultaneous grounding imo.

 

[I like to watch]

Heartbreaker!

They showed plenty of ticker tonight, very unlucky to go down after the bell.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Excellent result for Australia takes them to fourth in the standings:

1. Fiji 145
2. South Africa 141
3. New Zealand 120
4. Australia 108

https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings/mens

 

[Braveheart81]

I was really impressed with both Brandon Quinn and Tom Connor. I thought that was easily the best tournament both have played.

 

[wamberal]

Heartbreaker!

They showed plenty of ticker tonight, very unlucky to go down after the bell.

Not only ticker, they looked really well organised. And played pretty clever footy, particularly against the Soap Dodgers. I thought they would blow us away, but they looked pretty ineffective.

 

[I like to watch]

I was pretty confident v poms, who imo have been disappointing of late.
I took a chunk of the 3.60 on offer