Rugby 7s general chat

[Brumby Jack]

Looks like the Sydney 7's leg is moving out to Homebush whilst Allianz gets the knockdown/rebuild treatment

 

[wamberal]

John Manenti has been appointed coach of the Womens Sevens team, according to an email I just received from Eastwood.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

How much does the aussie 7s cost to run, where does the money come from and are they a net cost or contribution?

 

[RugbyReg]

Can’t answer much of that other than that the Australian Sports Commissions gives them a lot of money. They have their own sponsors too.

 

[Strewthcobber]

How much does the aussie 7s cost to run, where does the money come from and are they a net cost or contribution?

AIS allocated $2.2m to the men and women this financial year.

Host nations get to keep all proceeds from the events in their country after expenses

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[waiopehu oldboy]

As expected Australia & NZ women unbeaten in Pool play & on opposite sides of the draw. Only way Australia don't win the Series is if they don't make the Final & NZ win it. I'm thinking your ladies will be drinking some nicely chilled champagne in our wee hours tomorrow even if NZ manage to tip them over in the Final.

FTR the QF are:

NZ v Spain
Canada v USA
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Australia v Fiji
England v France

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Women's KO:

NZ 38-0 Spain
Canada 26-24 USA
Australia 22-19 Fiji
France 48-7 England

NZ34-7 Canada
Australia 21-17 France

Australia win the series, NZ v Australia Final tomorrow morning (1:30 AEST, I think).

 

[I like to watch]

Our girls got out of jail v Fiji.
I'm tipping a Kiwi win in the final.

Men failed to get out of the pool again.
Longbottoms lack of knowledge of the laws cost us dearly v Spain,when he batted one dead to concede a penalty try.

We play Russia in the gimp quarters, for the punters,Russia have a much better chance to beat us than the 5.50 on offer suggests.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Fiji beaten in the men's QF so South African retain their series title & go on to wing the Leg but needed extra time to get past Spain in a huge QF.

QF:
England 19-17 Fiji
Canada 19-5 Ireland
NZ 33-7 USA
SA 15-10

SF:
England 26-12 Canada
SA 24-12 NZ

Bronze:
NZ 38-5 Canada

Final:
SA 24-14

Australia beaten in their Challenge Trophy SF by Argentina who went on to beat Wales in the Final.

 

[Omar Comin']

Fiji got dudded by the referee in that quarter final. In the lead up to England's winning try at the end he missed an England knock on, and awarded them a pretty dubious penalty that should have been a fair turnover to Fiji. The Fijians also shot themselves in the foot a minute or two earlier by giving away the ball after an attempted grubber and regather off an attacking scrum well inside England's half. Was such a stupid play.

Credit to South Africa though. They really stepped up a lot after almost losing to Spain in the quarters.

 

[wamberal]

Spain. Got the wood on us.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Tough couple of tournaments for the new coach. Hopefully with a full offseason we can put together a team to crack the top 3

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[wamberal]

Tough couple of tournaments for the new coach. Hopefully with a full offseason we can put together a team to crack the top 3

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Any new coach will want to make some changes, and the players and support staff will take time to adjust.

 

[RugbyReg]

agree. A wonderful performance in Singapore to reach the final and come within a minute of defeating Fiji, but it all went a bit tits up after that. I think the rookies started to fade a bit - Ben O'Donnell was excellent but was contained particularly in this tournament. Longbottem was no where near as effective as early tournaments but will be valuable moving forward. Walsh will get the best of him I reckon.

A good off-season building the program how he wants will be key. I wonder if he makes a play for the likes of Hutchison and / or Pama Fou to come back?

 

[TSR]

How is Pama Fou travelling. Any problems post-injury.

Was a wonderful 7s player. It’s a real pity he couldn’t transfer to 15s but would love to see him back in the 7s squad.

 

[Up the Guts]

How is Pama Fou travelling. Any problems post-injury.

Was a wonderful 7s player. It’s a real pity he couldn’t transfer to 15s but would love to see him back in the 7s squad.

He's playing for Eastwood in the Shute Shield, had a couple of brilliant touches in Eastwood's win over Sydney Uni (who are leading the comp), unsure whether he'll persist with 15s at Club level or move back to the glamour of 7s.

 

[I like to watch]

Spain. Got the wood on us.

Yep, them and too many others ATM.

South Africa have shown that a good program ensures that World class players can be replaced effectively.
Ireland are a revelation as to what a proper development program can achieve.

The new guy is a certainty to improve things IMO.

 

[RugbyReg]

Looks like Henry Hutchison will be back for the World Cup!

http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/07/03/sevens-world-cup-hutchison-return-walsh

Some real speed.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Hutchison would be good addition back for world cup. Loggjamed behind too many wing options at rebels so good move.

Not a bad player but feel bit too small for modern day super rugby winger.

 

[Rebels3]

Yeh it's great news, Malouf looks like he will be back as well. Overall could have our best team yet coming into next seasons competition and then the Olympics

Would be nice to see the 7s boys involved in the NRC at some capacity just like the kiwi and SA guys are with their competitions, think its good for their development.