2016-2017 World Sevens Series
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@Stargazer said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
The All Blacks 7s beat England 19-0 in the QF. Was a good game. Mikkelson scored twice; the other try was scored by Forbes. England looked quite average.
They'll play Fiji in the Semi Final at 11:06am tomorrow .
Whey hey. Awesome result.
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This weekend are the Vancouver 7s (men's series only).
All Blacks 7s squad:
Scott Curry – Captain (Bay of Plenty)
Dylan Collier (Southland)
Ambrose Curtis (Manawatu)
DJ Forbes – Captain (Counties Manukau)
Iopu Iopu-Aso (Taranaki)
Trael Joass ( Ta$man)
Vilimoni Koroi (Otago)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)
Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau)
Isaac Te Tamaki (Waikato)
Beaudein Waaka (Taranaki)Thirteenth player:
Andrew Knewstubb ( Ta$man)Travelling reserve:
Tone Ng Shiu ( Ta$man)Interview with Scott Waldrom:
Pool games on Sun 12 March (NZT):
9:04am: NZ v Russia
12:40pm: NZ v Scotland
4:20pm: NZ v CanadaWhere to watch:
Sunday: Sky Sport 5 (Sky Sport Pop-up 1/Ch 55) from 5.30am
Monday: Sky Sport 6 (Sky Sport Pop-up 2/Ch 56) from 5.00am -
@Stargazer DJ the skipper even though Curry is in?
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Been a fair while since I watched 7s but from what I can see Koroi is our best player by miles.
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@No-Quarter Yep, awesome talent. Only 18 years old!
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I always wondered what the fringe AB7s players do to stay match fit, just in case they get a call-up when a regular squad member gets injured. You know they hold camps, also in-between tournaments, but that's not the same as real game time.
The fringe ABs (XVs) play Mitre 10 Cup during the Rugby Championship; fringe Super Rugby players first play for their franchise's Development or U20s team, and then club rugby. But for 7s? Playing XVs doesn't really seem the right preparation.
That's apparently where all those invitational 7s tournaments come in. Mason Emerson, who is one of those fringe AB7s players, posted a photo on his instagram of a jersey he's wearing this weekend while playing for the NZ Borneo Eagles. So I started googling and found an article (link below) with more info. Interesting, this invitational side is basically the NZ Development team (at least for this tournament). I couldn't find a team list, unfortunately. I did notice that some other teams participating in this tournament also include NZ players.
However, following the tournament on FB and via a live stream, they beat the Singapore 7s team 60-0 and another invitational team, Cobra, 57-0. You may only hope they'll still meet tougher opposition; otherwise, how much do they gain from playing these games?
Tournament schedule (Borneo time is 5 hours behind NZT): http://borneoeagles.com/?page_id=119 (have to scroll down)
The NZ Borneo Eagles next games are at 7.20pm & 10.20pm NZT.Article: http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/14296
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Update: The NZ Borneo Eagles have won the Cup Final of the Borneo 7s Tournament, just like last year. In the Final, they beat Tribe 7s 19 to 14.
Earlier today, they won the QF 21-17 against DBKL and the SF 34-0 against Sabah Eagles.
Here's the team photo, so we can see who some of these fringe AB7s are. Several familiar faces, but - as usual - I cannot put names to them, except Jonathan Ruru (holds trophy with ribbon) and Mason Emerson (front row, with bandage below his right knee). Edit: Billy Ropiha is not in this group, but maybe he's injured.
