2016-2017 World Sevens Series

[Crucial]

Comments from the organisers that the Sevens was perhaps unfairly held out as the poster boy for the tougher legislation are a smokescreen as well. The event was by far the biggest single example of the existing laws and controls not working well enough so of course it would also be the biggest example of whether the new legislation was working.

[No Quarter]

@booboo said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:

@MN5 said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:

You know? That pisses me off? It was killed by the swine that lived in the pig sty that was "let's go beyond having fun and get wasted and throw body waste on everyone and fuck up what was fun and good natured drunkedness and turn it into bottom dwelling depravity so that there is a backlash".

Fun Police... bullshit.

Hammer. Nail-head.

[Stargazer]

Sydney 7s

Women's tournament (Fri 3 - Sat 4 February)

Black Ferns 7s
Sarah Goss (captain), Michaela Blyde, Kelly Brazier, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Alena Saili*, Terina Te Tamaki, Ruby Tui, Kat Whata-Simpkins, Renee Wickliffe, Niall Williams, Portia Woodman

Travelling reserves:
Tenika Willison*, Cheyelle Robins-Reti*

(* new caps)

Pool games:
Friday 3 February
4.20pm NZT: New Zealand v Papua New Guinea
7.02pm NZT: New Zealand v France
9.44pm NZT: New Zealand v Canada

Again, Kiwis have to resort to illegal viewing if they want to watch our women's team play from NZ as those fuckwits from Sky can't be bothered to broadcast their pool games and the stream on the World Rugby website is geo-blocked (you guessed it, because Sky has the rights).

I'll post the link to the videostream on the WR site as soon as it is available.

[Stargazer]

A miracle has happened, the women's pool games will be televised today!

[mariner4life]

I'm sure the ratings will be spectacular

[barbarian]

Has sold out on Saturday and Sunday, but think crowds will be pretty light today.

[Stargazer]

@mariner4life I don't get the sarcasm. Women's rugby is growing fast in NZ (while men's rugby numbers are dropping). It's important that aspiring NPC players, Black Ferns and Black Ferns 7s players can watch our women's teams play. I'm sure they will indeed rate it highly, even if it's still a relatively small group. They've had to wait a long time. With a new NZR campaign underway to get more girls/women to play the game via the Going for Gold programme, there's also from that perspective plenty of reason to have these games on tv.

[Stargazer]

Anyway, this is the All Blacks 7s team for Sydney (*new cap):

Scott Curry – Captain (Bay of Plenty)
Dylan Collier (Southland)
DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau)
Iopu Iopu-Aso (Taranaki)
Trael Joass* ( Ta$man)
Rocky Khan (Auckland)
Andrew Knewstubb* ( Ta$man)
Vilimoni Koroi (Otago)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)
Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau)
Regan Ware (Bay of Plenty)

Travelling reserves
Isaac Te Tamaki (Waikato)
Tone Ng Shiu ( Ta$man)

Pool games on Saturday 28 January 2017
1.42pm NZT v Australia
5.37pm NZT v Papua New Guinea
10.57pm NZT v Scotland

LIVE on Sky Sport Sport Pop-up 55

[antipodean]

@Stargazer The sarcasm probably stems from the examples where women don't tend to turn up to watch women play sport.

[Stargazer]

Half time: NZ lead 12 - 0 over PNG.

Some sloppy passes from the BFs at the beginning of the first half and PNG defending surprisingly well. Don't think PNG has had the ball enough to attack in the first 7 minutes, but they look better than their men's team last week. Like the PNG men last week, their women's team making their debut at the World Series.

BFs had a strong finish in the second half, with PNG having a player in the bin for a dangerous tackle.

[Bovidae]

I thought that YC was harsh. A penalty only for me. A decent win in the end with Blyde getting a hattrick.

[Stargazer]

An entirely different 2nd half, in which PNG hardly got the ball. When they did at the end, their captain scored a great try in referee's time. Otherwise, NZ completely dominated and PNG's defence was powerless. And geez, Michaela Blyde is so good! Last year, I would have said without a doubt that Woodman was our best BF player, but now I think Blyde is the best. Super fast, strong and awesome skills. She's proof that you don't need to be big to be great in sevens. Good debut from teenager Saili, who scored her first try in the World Series.

Full time: NZ 34 - 5 PNG

NZ tries: Michaela Blyde 3x, Renee Wickliffe, Portia Woodman, Alena Saili

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yes, maybe; the tip tackle was only slightly over the horizontal and she didn't fall that badly. Didn't look that dangerous, but it's a lottery in those 50/50 calls.

[Stargazer]

Tough 2nd game for the BF7s. It's half time and 7 all. Weak game from Portia Woodman, with several hospital passes causing problems. France playing very well.

[Stargazer]

Pfew, narrow win for the Black Fern 7s: 14-12.
Two tries from Kelly Brazier, the 2nd after great work from the two youngsters (Saili and Te Tamaki).

They will be through to the Cup QF, but need to improve their defence. Too many errors.

[Stargazer]

And this happened, too:

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[Stargazer]

Ruby Tui is a tackle monster. Wow.

[Stargazer]

Half time: NZ 17 - 0 Canada

NZ much, much better than the previous game.

[Bones]

@Stargazer geez that hardly seems shocking or disgusting.

[Stargazer]

NZ beat Canada 31 to 10. Really good game. Tui and Woodman outstanding, but the whole team played well.

In the Cup QF tomorrow, the Black Ferns 7s will play France at 12.00pm.

I don't think this game will be televised because this game isn't played in the stadium. I read on an Aussie news website that the organisation had made a mistake when preparing the schedule and, as a result, the women's Cup Quarter Finals are played on an outside field. The semis and finals will be played at the stadium.