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Steve Williams (59)
Tuwai is class but Dupont is like playing with a cheat code...
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Sevens Lead In and Olympics 2024
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Jason Little (69)
Miss a tackle against the Fijians and it's good night nurse.
Late in the first half, leading 7 - 0, hard on attack on the Fiji line, Gonzales misses one tackle and the Fijians run away for a length of the field try. In the second half, Malouf misses a tackle out wide and it's immediately try time again. Then in the following set of plays Hutchinson misses a tackle in front and again the Fijians dot down.
Very poor restarts combined with missed tackles cost the game.
Late in the first half, leading 7 - 0, hard on attack on the Fiji line, Gonzales misses one tackle and the Fijians run away for a length of the field try. In the second half, Malouf misses a tackle out wide and it's immediately try time again. Then in the following set of plays Hutchinson misses a tackle in front and again the Fijians dot down.
Very poor restarts combined with missed tackles cost the game.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
To be fair to them the Fijians had about 10kgs per man on the Aussies. Needed to be technically perfect to compete with better athletes and they wern't.
There is no way that try gets awarded against SA if he doesn't hit him high first. While there were some rough non-calls in that Bronze match they can't really complain about the high tackle which was their undoing.
molman
Jim Lenehan (48)
Agree. We needed things to go our way to clinch that one. Does anyone know what the TMO protocols are in sevens? is it the same as for the XV? when should they inject themselves? surely in the lead up to a try they review?
I've been watching some of the Volleyball and really like the challenge system, with sevens being won or lost by such fine margins I feel like we almost need something similar.
Omar Comin'
Chilla Wilson (44)
Another couple of seasons like he's just had and I think it'd be a very strong claim. It'd be great for rugby globally if he does, rugby hasn't had that many megastars, especially in the lets say 'magician' category. Like a Federer/Messi/Senna type.
Henry
Bill Watson (15)
So good to see.
Serge
Fred Wood (13)
Great to see that they sold 550,000 tickets for the first eight sessions (just under 70,000 per session) with the womens' remaining sessions also supposed to be sold out. In the article below World Rugby are apparently now talking to LA and Brisbane organisers about stadium capacity given the Paris outcome. How many will Ballymore take or will they need to go for a larger venue?
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World Rugby aim to tweak calendar in wake of Olympic sevens high
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Wilson
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Sevens in Brisbane is set for Suncorp (Ballymore for hockey). There is still plenty to be worked out around potential upgrades for Suncorp or a larger Olympic venue.Great to see that they sold 550,000 tickets for the first eight sessions (just under 70,000 per session) with the womens' remaining sessions also supposed to be sold out. In the article below World Rugby are apparently now talking to LA and Brisbane organisers about stadium capacity given the Paris outcome. How many will Ballymore take or will they need to go for a larger venue?
World Rugby aim to tweak calendar in wake of Olympic sevens high
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
That was fun, go girls. Really hope USA can knock NZ out for us.
how good was Caslick! They should be so proud, what a complete performance.
Wilson
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Yeah, easy to gush of Maddi Levi and her Hattrick performance, but Caslick was such a clear difference between that and the pool game. Took our very solid defence and weaponised it with bulk turn overs.
Honestly though, they all look like they're in career best form, an absolute joy to watch.
Talk about keeping the cue in the rack. Caslick didn't get on the field, Smale played the final kick-off and we cycled back and forth through the next group of players.
Certainly brought out the firepower in the quarter final!
Alex Sharpe
Sydney Middleton (9)
Anyone know prospective times for the Semi and Final?
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
According to Instagram next match is 31st July midnight i.e. about 14 hours from now
Serge
Fred Wood (13)
SEMI FINALS
Fifth Place Semi Final: China v Great Britain, 10:30 pm
Fifth Place Semi Final: France v Ireland, 11:00 pm
Semi Final One: New Zealand v USA, 11:30 pm
Wednesday July 31
Semi Final Two: Canada v Australia, 12:00 pm
FINALS
Fiji v South Africa (11th Place Playoff) - 12:30 am
Brazil v Japan (9th Place Playoff) - 1:00 am
7th Place Playoff - 2:00 am
5th Place Playoff - 2:30 am
Bronze Medal Match - 3:00 am
Gold Medal Match - 3:45 am
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
I'm going to assume that Nine's rugby writers have joined the strike...
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The Ghost of Raelene
Steve Williams (59)
One thing it made me think was the top 15s guys can still dominate 7s when selected. Won't be all of them but the ones with appropriate skill sets can show up and be better than the regular 7s players. Marky couldn't be taken down by the first defender when he ran it. Toole looked threatening every time and Dupont is a video game character.
Could Aus look to release a few others post 2027 WC for the 2028 LA Olympics.