Hamilton 7s 2020

[kiap]

That'll never happen, I thought to myself!!!!

Yeah, I thought we wuz dead. Argies really turned it on in two of their three pool games.

 

[kiap]

A lot of poor execution/composure from the Aus women in the semi. Deserved to lose.

Is Ellia Green injured - she's tring to offload and faff around instead of taking on the line.

Du Toit one of the few who stood up.

 

[Adam84]

Elia making an inexcusable mistake knocking the ball on when trying to tap and go off a penalty, Canada scored a few phases later.

There just seemed to be a lack of playmaking or control up the middle.

 

[RugbyReg]

Yep lack of spark too.

A basic one on one miss by Sykes hugely costly.

What a bugger.

 

[Rebels3]

The girls are only 2nd to NZ interns of skills, however they are very mid range when it comes to physicality.

 

[molman]

AU Men loosing it in the head department. Silly mistakes.

 

[Adam84]

Well Maurice Longbottom takes out the villain crown in that match, 2 tries scored whilst he was off the field for a failed intercept.. Australia looked good up until that point

 

[kiap]

Frustrating to watch. Self-inflicted punishment.

Ah well, two third place playoffs are about as good as these teams can expect at the moment.

 

[kiap]

Well Maurice Longbottom takes out the villain crown in that match, 2 tries scored whilst he was off the field for a failed intercept.. Australia looked good up until that point

Yup.

You just don't need to do that. It's a knockout game and you die.

 

[kiap]

Aussie men get it together against England. The bronze will be a decent reward. Something to build on.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Just realised what Day it is. Happy Birthday, Straya.

 

[Adam84]

Aussie Men had the sticky stuff on their hands in that bronze final against England, some of those passes and hands were pretty impressive.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

NZ women bring it home, time to see if the men can complete the double.

EDIT: mission accomplished.

Heard over the weekend that Fiji not being ready to host in 2021 doesn't necessarily mean a Hamilton will retain the tournament, NZR are apparently committed to taking it elsewhere but it could return in 2022. Personally I think they'd be mad to move it outside the so-called population triangle of Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga & of the three Hamilton is the most accessible from Auckland & has way more accommodation options than Tauranga, plus of course isn't anywhere near as congested as Auckland.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Standings after Hamilton:

Women:

1. NZ 76
2. Australia 64
3. Canada 62
4. USA 60
5. France 56

Men:

1. NZ 63
2. SA 48
3. France 48
4. England 39
5= Australia 35
5= Argentina 35
7. Fiji 31

https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/womens

 

[redstragic]

What was with the Aussie girls playing so far behind the ad line? they'll have to play a lot flatter in Sydney.

 

[I like to watch]

I’m not sure this current squad is good enough to play a lot flatter.
When is Caslick back?
they are sure missing her.

 

[RugbyReg]

Caslick back for Sydney. Cherry fit too. Parry back as well.

I think that’s pretty much full strength for the first time in a long time.