Sevens 2022/23 (World Series etc)

[waiopehu oldboy]

GB women gone which is a bonus.

Gotta say I'm dubious wrt the "knocked back" call at the back of that Aus scrum... if it's not a knock-on isn't it accidental offside?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Wow. Did not see that coming.

Women's SF1 USA v France

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Women's QF4 NZ 33-0 Japan

SF2 Ireland v NZ

 

[Adam84]

Well disappointing outcome for both Aussie teams, knocked out of QF by the dirty french

 

[Members Section]

bit racist

 

[Adam84]

Lol not at all my shadow, It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to the of French Rugby teams history of been dirty

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Day 2 highlights

Women's SF
USA v France
Ireland v NZ

5th Place SF
GB v Australia
Fiji v Japan

Men's SF
NZ v France
SA v Fiji

5th Place SF
Samoa v Australia
Ireland v GB

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

You going back today @Adam84 ? If so more pix & vibe reports, please.

 

[Adam84]

You going back today @Adam84 ? If so more pix & vibe reports, please.

Indeed, after lunch.. Weather is grey and overcast in Sydney today
I suspect a fair chunk may have overcooked themselves yesterday so i expect crowd today will be a bit more subdued

 

[Pfitzy]

I'll be wandering around today after finding some free time in among family things.

Weather still going to be on the warm side but nothing like what we had out here in the northwest yesterday. Plan to get there around 11 to watch our teams, but won't be there all day...

 

[Adam84]

Also this was the fan zone outside of the stadium between the SFS and SCG, which I only discovered at the end of the day. Good spot to cool down and plenty going on.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

5th Place SF
Aus women 19-0 GB
Fiji 40-7 Japan

GB v Japan for 7th at 5pm local
Aus v Fiji for 5th at 5:22

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Australia men 10-24 Samoa. Got a bit nasty at the end, one Samoan RC'd for a dangerous lifting tackle/ throw-down & I reckon another will be cited post-match for a cheap-shot punch in the middle thereof. Why the Aus guy got YC'd for retaliation is beyond me, he's literally being assaulted so surely self defence comes into play.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Ireland 21-19 GB in the other men's 5th Place SF.

 

[Adam84]

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Women's SF
France 20-7 USA
NZ may get to 50, Ireland yet to score

Edit: 41-0

 

[qwerty51]

I went on Saturday. My first time at the new stadium. It's all a bit meh, you wouldn't know it's new if you teleported to a seat from 2019.

Fijiian fans are insane - in a good way. Best supported team ever.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Men's SF1 NZ 36-5 France

Hoping Fiji knock SA over in SF2 as that would extend NZ's Series lead whereas a SA win cuts the lead.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Brilliant SF2 not least 'cos the more these blokes smack the shit out of each other the better NZ's chances become...

SA 31-5 & hooter has gone.

@qwerty51 what's interesting about Fiji's supporters is that back in the day you hardly ever saw a Fijian of Indian descent in the crowd but they're now there in really big numbers & many of them must part of the post-nativist coups diaspora so you wouldn't necessarily expect them to support a team dominated by if not exclusively ethnic Fijians. Speaks to the ability of sport to transcend politics I guess & has parallels in the way black South Africans have embraced what was once regarded as the white man's game.

 

[Pfitzy]

Amazing stadium. The tahs need to pack it out v the ponies on Feb 24 and get a good, attractive win so that it keeps being a good stadium.