Wellngton 7's: 28 & 29 January

[TOCC]

2 teenagers in that squad

 

[I like to watch]

I wish the debutants the best of luck.
It's a tough introduction,first two games are against arguably the best 2 sides in the world.

 

[wamberal]

McDermott is a nippy little halfback from the Sunshine Coast who has the chance to showcase is playmaking abilities as a back up for Stannard.


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A replacement for Stannard would be handy. And I am a great fan, he has been a wonderful performer over the years. Not only that, he played for the mighty Woods at one stage.

 

[amirite]

A replacement for Stannard would be handy. And I am a great fan, he has been a wonderful performer over the years. Not only that, he played for the mighty Woods at one stage.

I think Josh Coward is that replacement, he's coming along decently well. I believe he's unavailable for Wellington.

 

[Lee Grant]

Oops- I wrote a post in the general thread; so I will quote myself:

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Yeah well done Dylan - when Lindommer finds out about the Wagga connection he'll be all over it.

Seriously, it's great effort from Dylan who was at school in 2016.

He didn't make the main Aussie Schools' team last year as a backrower, perhaps because he's not a bruising tackler or runner in close quarters. But he's a smooth operator and you often notice all of a sudden that a lot of opponents are chasing him.

Congrats also to scrumhalf Tate McDermott who is in his U19 year as well.

But the reason why these debutants in World Sevens are playing is concerning—many stalwarts are injured.

It is not a good look for the Wellington/Sydney segment of the tournament.

Details of the injuries - and the team selected - are here.

http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/0...minates-the-side-for-wellington#collapseTeams​

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[I like to watch]

I think Josh Coward is that replacement, he's coming along decently well. I believe he's unavailable for Wellington.

He might well be in the future, but I think he's at least a year away from being competitive at this level.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

If the interactive seating map on Ticket Direct's website is to be believed, sales must have really picked up since Christmas & New Years:

https://www.ticketdirect.co.nz/purchase/choosetickets/154500

Still gunna be vast swathes of yellow but looking better than I feared might be the case.

 

[amirite]

He might well be in the future, but I think he's at least a year away from being competitive at this level.

Obviously, but what someone says we need a replacement to a veteran 7s player do you expect someone to just materialise?

 

[I like to watch]

I was responding to your post that he was unavailable due to injury this week.
Which inferred he was ready now.
He's not.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Official launch at Weta Workshops with LOTR & Hobbit props etc featuring:

http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/216685

 

[stoff]

I feel for the NZRU

I call BS.


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[waiopehu oldboy]

Partly cloudy in Wellywood today, expected high of 21C & not much wind, 18-20kph which is barely noticeable to your average Wellywooder. No rain forecast but maybe some showers & a bit breezy tomorrow.

Wales v Russia to get things underway, Australia v Fiji at 09:46 AEDT, talk about a sink or swim baptism for some of your guys esp with SA in the Pool as well.........

EDIT: NZ v Samoa at 11:41 could be interesting: SGT's first time coaching against us, I'm sure he's got a point to prove esp with his replacement (who doesn't actually take over until 1 June) floating pretty much the same ideas as Titch but apparently getting listened to a bit more (that said, the Rio failure on top of two below-average World Series by NZ standards may have something to do with that).

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

HH puts Straya on the board, Stannard converts from in front, 7-0.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Straya miss touch from a PK, Tuwai puts Viriviri into a hole. Kick misses, Straya 7-5 Fiji.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Gibbon scores, conversion misses, HT Straya 12-5 Fiji.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Lutumailagi scores, Kolinisau converts, 12-all. Seems the Fiji players are wearing wrong numbers so first try was to Lutumailagi, not Viriviri.

Kolinisau scores & converts, Fiji 19-12 & Straya look,to be tiring rather quickly, starting to fall off some tackles & generally inaccurate.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

McDermott gets out there for the final 6 seconds. Fiji score after the hooter, FT Fiji 26-12 Straya.

 

[Rebels3]

We were so run off our feet it wasn't funny by the end. Friend needs to use the bench a lot earlier. On another note, thanks for your service stannard but it's well and truly time to move on and can someone move Hutchinson back out wide.

 

[Mustafa]

We were so run off our feet it wasn't funny by the end. Friend needs to use the bench a lot earlier. On another note, thanks for your service stannard but it's well and truly time to move on and can someone move Hutchinson back out wide.

The ball never gets out wide enough. Meyers makes too many mistakes and can't tackle. Stannard and some others should be moved on. Disappointing as I didn't think Fiji were that flash. But mistakes from us and we seem to hog the ball too much instead of throwing it around quickly. A bit of mongrel out there would be good to see against these teams in their faces a bit etc

 

[I like to watch]

We cant throw it around quickly.
We have picked players without that skill set