Make that 4.
Sevens Lead In and Olympics 2024
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Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
I dunno man. If you make it as far as a semi surely you put in a bit more of an effort than that? Surely you don't have to be that good at sevens to catch a restart.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Not at all. We just executed against Argentina and the USA very well.
It follows the pattern of recent history where we are in most games and then fluff our lines - the sort of consistency of the wallabies have lacked as well
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Read what I typed out: they have exceeded my expectations.
By that I mean they have gotten further in the tournament than I thought they would
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Yeah.. I guess what i mean is that they have both exceeded and still failed to meet expectations. Like, if you arent that great you probably wont make a semi but if you do you probably won't do that.
Anyway whatever I've had too many whiskys.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
This. Dry track, I just feel the result would have been a lot closer.
Tuwai, though, is going to create opportunities in any conditions.
Sword of Justice
Trevor Allan (34)
That’s gutting for the boys. Not sure we could say Aus deserved a medal but can’t help feeling that devastation.
Sword of Justice
Trevor Allan (34)
I know this is 7s but Dupont is seriously staking a GOAT of rugby claim. Awesome scenes for France in Paris.
molman
Jim Lenehan (48)
Agreed. I think the nature of that loss to Fiji and the card against RSA will make them feel like they didn't show their best.
In the Bronze game, before Malouf was shown the red card, I swear the RSA pass over Tuners head was well forward (at ~12:40mins on the replay) before RSA score their second try. I don't watch enough sevens, but surely that only being like two I think phases before the try should have meant it was looked at?
Anyway, Australia did the opposite of what they needed. Too many mistakes (the restarts were dire). And as I said earlier, Toole anad Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) were a point of difference right to the end (that solo Toole try almost got us within a whisker of a Bronze). I think unfortunately for our boys the other three teams above us were just better.
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molman
Jim Lenehan (48)
They don't win this tournament and the gold without him. It's as simple as that.
PhilClinton
Tony Shaw (54)
7s boys will be disappointed but can still be proud of their efforts. A huge improvement on prior Olympics.
Serge
Fred Wood (13)
And that follow on try was from a very clear forward pass not called. Another Bok try was from a tackle on Lawson that seemed to hit Lawson in the same place that Malouf got red carded for but not called. Tough day of decisions for the boys.