2016-2017 World Sevens Series
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@MajorRage said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
I applaud that article, as in my view, there isn't enough people calling a spade a spade.
Sevens rugby is exciting, fast, enthralling, great to watch, and a spectacle.
for about an hour. Or when your team is playing.
For a sevens weekend that leaves about 15 other hours to fill. I'm sorry, but having a few beers and a party is a fantastic way to fill that void. I've not looked at all the stats, but I assure you, the whole family thing has very limited appeal. Attention span of children - not very long at all, trying to get them to sit on a hard plastic seat for 2 days .. more or less impossible.
It simply has to be a piss up / party. Sorry organisers, it's as simple as that.
I agree but the sad thing is that we seem incapable of holding a pissup without a few gatecrashers and idiots pissing off the neighbours.
When the mix was one of those interested in the sport and having a party at the same time it was manageable. When it tipped over to the vast majority only being interested in pissing it up and partying then it was ruined.
In retrospect the better thing would have been for the organisers to control ticket sales and seating areas better. Keep a mix of attendees to create the right atmosphere. Instead they tried to cash in on the popularity of the party. It was like someone advertising their home BBQ with a few crates on facebook and wondering why 6 hours later the police shut everything down and the street was littered with broken bottles. -
@Crucial i hardly think that is a NZ problem, that's a people problem. The same arguments were wheeled out when the Aviva tried to go over its allocated events for the year for a concert.
This, from afar, does look like another case of a vocal minority of whingers (and a minority of dickheads to be fair) ruining it for the majority.
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@mariner4life said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
@Crucial i hardly think that is a NZ problem, that's a people problem. The same arguments were wheeled out when the Aviva tried to go over its allocated events for the year for a concert.
This, from afar, does look like another case of a vocal minority of whingers (and a minority of dickheads to be fair) ruining it for the majority.
True, but as we know, eventually when you piss off the wrong people they will win out.
There were a multitude of factors at play that all combined to the point it got to. It wasn't just an overnight decision to 'wreck the event'.
For a number of years the WCC encouraged the party through town. The Police stood on the sidelines and decided it was easier not to tone down the public drinking aspect. Everyday people through the city went from enjoying what was happening from the fringe when it was just parades and seeing others dressed up to dreading walking to the train and getting caught up among trashed asshats shouting abuse.
The crowd inside the Stadium went from being the focus of a party around a sporting event to a sea of empty seats as a majority stayed on the concourse drinking.
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All Blacks 7s team to play at the Wellington 7s this weekend:
Scott Curry – Captain (Bay of Plenty)
Dylan Collier (Southland)
DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau)
Iopu Iopu-Aso (Taranaki)
Rocky Khan (Auckland)
Vilimoni Koroi* (Otago)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)
Tone Ng Shiu* ( Ta$man)
Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau)
Isaac Te Tamaki (Waikato)
Regan Ware (Bay of Plenty)
*new capNew Zealand's pool games on Saturday:
1:41pm v Samoa
5:05pm v France
9:02pm v USALIVE on Sky Sport 1 from 10.50am
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Looks like they're only selling low alcohol beer for the most part this year with exception of the Pavilion Bar. Was thinking of showing up today and buying a ticket but won't bother this year.
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@Rugger-Quizzes seems silly to make that the only option.
Give them choice, 1 4-5% and then 3 or 4 low alcohol, not giving them the choice just makes it worse IMO
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@Stargazer said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
For all of you in Aussie who are interested in 7s: if you didn't know this already, the Wellington 7s will be televised LIVE on FOX Sports 2 (ch 256).
I'm only watching if my fridge has full strength beer
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Can't believe how many wallaby supporters have turned up in their ugly yellow outfits
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@taniwharugby said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
@Rugger-Quizzes seems silly to make that the only option.
Give them choice, 1 4-5% and then 3 or 4 low alcohol, not giving them the choice just makes it worse IMO
It seems a bit stupid. I can down a lot of light beer but if I have a quality IPA, I probably only want to drink one or two.
Anyway, we look pretty good here against Samoa.
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@Rugger-Quizzes said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
Looks like they're only selling low alcohol beer for the most part this year with exception of the Pavilion Bar. Was thinking of showing up today and buying a ticket but won't bother this year.
This should hopefully be the last Sevens the capital ever gets. What a joke compared to the glory days. I can sense the lack of hops in the beer from the gritted teeth Facebook updates I'm getting.
