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George Smith (75)
Fiji in the men's ninth-place playoff? The world's gone mad.
SVNS Series 2023/24
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George Smith (75)
Not many sevens tackles make it into Smashed Em Bro but that Knewstub hit deserves to.
Agree if you want to win without integrity
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
Aussie women went very well given five of their top players didn't go to Singapore (Caslick, Smale, Fakaosilea. Hayes and Terita). The hidden benefit of that is that some of the new girls got some excellent experience going all the way to a Cup final. Ashby's injury looked bad enough to probably mean missing the Olympics which would be devasating for her if that is the case.
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George Smith (75)
Would've been a travesty had Ireland won the Series without winning any Legs.
That’a BS excuse. Even Soccer has more integrity the way they play when an opponent is clearly injured. What hope does Rugby have if it’s behind soccer in the integrity stakes.
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That's always been an accepted practice in soccer.
It isn't in rugby. You play the whistle.
It has absolutely nothing to do with integrity.
Have you never watched a rugby game before? How often do you see the side with the ball stop playing because a player on the opposition has gone down injured?
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Jim Clark (26)
In rugby it is up to the referee to stop the play. Having said that, we have all seen play stop spontaneously when some dreadful happens.
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George Smith (75)
Pools for Madrid:
Does anyone know the format? Do they just play semi finals or do all eight teams progress to the quarter finals?
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George Smith (75)
^ I believe it's the latter - 1st A v 4th B etc.
Edit: after the Pool stage, I'm not suggesting it's a straight knockout.
Edit: after the Pool stage, I'm not suggesting it's a straight knockout.
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George Smith (75)
Shiray Kaka has ruptured an ACL & will miss both Madrid & Paris. No word yet on Sarah Hirini (also ACL) or Tyla King (ankle) but time rapidly running out esp for Hirini who hasn't played since late last year.
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Peter Johnson (47)
ACL injuries for Ashby and Dick too.
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George Smith (75)
"Uruguay have won the final round of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 in Munich as well as the overall series title and will now go to Madrid for the HSBC SVNS Play-Off in Madrid, on 31 May to 2 June, together with fellow qualifiers Kenya, Chile and Germany."
www.world.rugby
Uruguay, Kenya, Chile and Germany qualify for men's HSBC SVNS Play-Off in Madrid | World Rugby
Uruguay went unbeaten in Munich to win the third and final World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 tournament, claiming the overall series title along the way. Los Teros Sevens and Kenya, Chile and Germany now have a chance to win promotion to HSBC SVNS 2025.
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George Smith (75)
"China beat hosts Poland 36-0 in the Krakow final to win a third World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 title and they will be joined at the HSBC SVNS Play-off by Argentina, Belgium and this weekend's hosts."
www.world.rugby
China claim third Challenger title as Madrid tickets handed out | World Rugby
China beat hosts Poland 36-0 in the Krakow final to win a third World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 title and they will be joined at the HSBC SVNS Play-off by Argentina, Belgium and this weekend's hosts.
www.world.rugby