Wednesday’s rugby news has Gibson not worried about an all New Zealand Super Rugby final, Sydney Sevens schedule released, Penrith calling for more support and tickets for the Super Rugby final selling fast.
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Wallabies fine: Gibson
Incoming Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson has said that the Wallabies have nothing to worry about after both the remaining Australian teams were knocked out of the Super Rugby finals on the weekend.
“A lot has been made of the fact two New Zealand teams are in the final, but I can recall back in 1998 when there was three teams in the semi-finals from New Zealand and it was one of the worst All Blacks seasons on record,” Gibson said.
“You’d always look at it and say Australia will pick their team, their best 15 players, and so will the All Blacks. You can’t pick 30.”
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Sydney Sevens Schedule Released
World Rugby and the Australian Rugby Union have announced that the inaugural Sydney 7s will take place on the weekend of the 6th and 7th February, 2016 at Allianz Stadium.
Tickets for the Sydney 7s will go on sale to the general public from 9am, Thursday 10 September, 2015 via Ticketek.
“There will be no better way to kick off a new season of Rugby in this country than the Sydney 7s in February,” said ARU CEO Bill Pulver
“2016 will be a bumper year for Australian Rugby fans – we have the re-vamped Super Rugby competition that will feature teams from Argentina and Japan; England touring here in June; and Rugby Sevens will make its debut at the Olympics in Rio in August.
“The global appeal of the game has never been stronger and we are looking forward to welcoming fans and players from 16 countries to the Sydney Sevens in the first weekend of February.”
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Penrith Calls for More Support
The head coach of Sydney club team, Penrith, has called for more support for the club after they were thrashed by Eastwood on the weekend.
Penrith were defeated 129-0 in first grade, 125-0 in second grade, 136-0 in third grade, and 64-0 in fourth grade.
“We haven’t had any support for 20 years, this has been brewing for a long time,” said head coach, Teki Tuipulotu.
“I took over as head coach in 2013, and at the start of that year we had (Wallabies coach) Michael Cheika, (NSWRU chairman) Nick Farr-Jones, Bruce Worboys all come out and promise their support, but since then, nothing.”
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Super Final Tickets Sell Fast
Due to a huge demand for tickets for the Super Rugby final, individuals have been reselling tickets at an inflated price.
Ticketek sold 29,000 tickets in 59 seconds after tickets for the final went on sale at 4pm on Monday online.
More tickets will become available including 3000 on Ticketek at 9am (NZ) on Wednesday morning.
“We understand a number of people who queued up locally on Monday missed out on tickets due to the huge interest generated online.” Hurricanes chief executive James Te Puni said.
“We hope in some way this extra ticket option will give some of those who missed out yesterday the opportunity to get to the game and enjoy the spectacle it’s going to be.
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