Wellngton 7's: 28 & 29 January

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sethfricka 33-0 Japan & looking scary good already, I think you guys can start planning your Challenge Trophy (what an idiotic name BTW, what was wrong with Plate?) program.

 

[I like to watch]

Got to beat Japan first

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Curry loses it over the line but try awarded, NZ 7-0 Samoa.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Stowers with a legit one, kick is good from wide, 14-0.

EDIT: if I had a dollar for every shot of SGT sitting in the dugout looking pensive I'd have made another one just now

Curry gets a legit one too, converted, 21-0 at drinks.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Good steal & ensemble attack gifts Mikkelson career try #181, Kahn converts from touch, 28-0.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Samoa pull one back, 28-7.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Samoan YC'd for taking a player out in the air. 18yo Koroi gets on for his NZ debut & helps DJF go over in the corner, 33-7.

EDIT: Samoa cop another YC for a neck roll that was more a chest roll after the hooter, NZ can't capitalise so FT 33-7.

 

[Brumby Runner]

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

Think the players could develop the skills required if they had a coach with a bit of an idea about things. The Fijians are spot on with their off-loading; always just as the tackle is about to be made and usually to a support right on their shoulder running at about a 45 degree angle to the player with the ball. The Aussies either don't off load at all but go to ground with support in position or try to off load when being held by two or three defenders. Inevitably the ball goes astray.

And how many times do they get penalised for bridging over the tackle? These are skills that can be coached into the players, but they don't appear to be.

 

[Simon.]

Painful watching the Aussies cock up so many chances!

 

[Rebels3]

I should quote my own post before.

Thankyou for your service stannard, Hutchinson needs to be removed from the center of the field. He is a finisher.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Khan splits the French D up the guts, under the posts, NZ 7-0.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

French kick it dead, NZ pull a wrap move from the 5m scrum, Stowers goes over & Khan converts, NZ 14-0 France.

EDIT: kickoff doesn't go 10m but French play at it & knock on, scrum NZ 45m out. Dumb play, could easily have let it bounce & got his legs in the way. Works out OK in the end, though, France steal it & score under the black dot, 14-7. Woulda been offside last year but new breakdown rule means he's OK (or so says ref Rasta, I'm not convinced myself).

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Molia gets the opening try after drinks, Khan converts, NZ 21-7 France. Several penalties today for guys tackling on the shoulder. Me no like.

EDIT: great hit by DJF puts the Frenchie on his back, amazed it wasn't called a lifting tackle........

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

France score, 21-14 with 0:56 & overtime left. Need to win the kickoff & put it beyond doubt. Penalty NZ as the hooter sounds, that'll do: take the tap then kick it out (unlike Scotland (?) last time out )

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

HH gets your opening try again, way out wide so Straya 5-0 Japan.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Myers scores adjacent to the posts, 12-0.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Missed a try en route to the fridge but as I return Myers gets a double, Straya 26-0 Japan at change of ends.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Matsuoka with a good solo effort, 26-7.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

McDermott gets his first try under the dot, Straya 33-7 Japan with time up.

 

[TOCC]

Good try by the young McDermott on debut for Australia


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