Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

[Higgins]

Oh that's disappointing, looks like Sir Gordon still has an awful lot of work to do.

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@higgins They looked better than last year, though.

Samoa v Fiji highlights

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They have changed the schedule, apparently! Finals could begin soon!

Edit: Hmm, the order of games has changed, but not sure when those finals will be played now.

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Finals to be played, now!! 7.34pm

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AB 7s' defence hasn't improved enough, it seems.

Half time: Fiji 14 - 0 NZ

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This Fijian team is awesome!

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Fiji wins the men's Final!
Full time: Fiji 26 - 0 New Zealand

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Now the Women's Final: NZ v Australia

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Half time: NZ 5 - 0 Australia in the women's Final.

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What has become very clear this weekend is that the ball handling of the Black Ferns 7s is so much better than that of the AB 7s. Is that coaching, or is that the quality of the players, or maybe both?

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The Black Ferns 7s win the Oceania Sevens! Well played all weekend!
Full time: NZ 12 - 5 Australia.

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This weekend are the Condor Sevens, with the top of the crop school sevens players displaying their skills (@ Sacret Heart College, Auckland).

POOLS

Boys
Pool A – Hamilton Boys (Wkt), Massey HS (NH), Wesley College (C-M), Te Puke HS (BoP)
Pool B – Feilding HS (Man), Timaru Boys (SthCan), Manurewa HS (C-M), Western Heights HS (BoP)
Pool C – Tauranga BC (BoP), Hastings BHS (HB), Botany College (Akl), St Peters, Gore (Sth)
Pool D – Rotorua BHS (BoP), Francis Douglas (Tar), Napier BHS (HB), Cambridge HS (Wkt)
Pool E – Sacred Heart, Auckland (Akl), Kerikeri HS (Nth), St Bedes (Can), Kings HS (Ota)
Pool F – Liston College (Akl), Aorere College (Akl), Alfriston College (Akl), New Plymouth BHS (Tar)
Pool G – Scots College (Wel), Nelson College (Tas), Rangitoto College (NH), Otahuhu College (Akl)
Pool H – Kelston BHS (Akl), Rongotai College (Wel), Pakuranga College (Akl), Thames HS (TV)

Girls
Pool I – St Mary’s (Wel), Trident HS (BoP), Mt Roskill Grammar (Akl), Sacred Heart, NP (Tar)
Pool J – Hamilton GHS (Wkt), Bay of Islands College (Nth), Otahuhu College (Akl), Aotea College (Wel)
Pool K – Southland GHS (Sth), New Plymouth GHS (Tar), Mt Albert Grammar (Akl), St Margaret’s (Can)
Pool L – Motueka HS (Tas), Southern Cross (Akl), Cambridge HS (Wkt), Manurewa HS (C-M)
Pool M – Howick College (Akl), Manukura (Man), Rotorua GHS (BoP), Long Bay College (NH)
Pool N – Christchurch GHS (Can), Aorere College (Akl), Gisborne GHS (PB), Kaipara College (NH)

There are a number of schools that, despite having qualified, aren’t at the Condors with the travel and accommodation costs and the clash of dates with the Athletics nationals the main factors. That group includes boy’s qualifiers Mt Albert Grammar, Westlake Boys, Gisborne Boys, Whangarei Boys, and Wanganui Collegiate, along with, surprisingly, perennial contenders Feilding High in the girls.

Source: College Sport Media

DRAW Day 1 (open boys/girsl)

LIVE on Sky Sport 2 from 12.00pm (probably only games played on field 1)

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Condor Sevens - Results of the pool games (the last 8 results haven't been published):

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Condor Sevens - Draw of the finals (games on field 1 will be televised on Sky Sport 2 from 11.00am):

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Great results for Hamilton schools this year. Hamilton Boys won both the U15 boys and the Open Boys tournament, and Hamilton Girls won the Open Girls tournament. Kerikeri HS won the U15s girls tournament.

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Boys MVP: Leroy Carter (Tauranga Boys College)
Girls MVP: Arorangi Totorewa (Hamilton Girls HS)

[Bovidae]

Good stuff. I'll have to watch some highlights. TBC's performance would be a surprise.

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The Regional Sevens Qualifier tournaments are this Saturday, 9 December.
Unfortunately, all on the same day, at the same time. Great planning.

A total 36 men’s and women’s teams will compete at the Northern, Central and Southern Regional Sevens tournaments, with all three events to be live streamed on allblacks.com.

Up for grabs is qualification and seeding for the Bayleys National Sevens, hosted by Bay of Plenty in Rotorua on 13 and 14 January.

Waikato host the Northern Regional Sevens; their men are defending champions and will be looking for back-to-back titles. All six men’s teams from the Northern Regional Sevens will qualify for Nationals, but finishing places with determine all important seeding positions.

Counties Manukau will be the hot favourite in the women’s division, the reigning Northern Region and National champions will be looking to cement one of five qualifying positions.

Central Regional Sevens are hosted by Horowhenua Kapiti in Levin and feature eight men’s and five women’s teams in 2017. Wellington men and Manawatu women are the defending champions, with five men and four women’s teams advancing.

South Canterbury host the Southern Regional Sevens in Timaru with seven men’s and five women’s team to take the field in an effort to secure the five and three respective national’s berths.  Ta$man won the 2016 qualifiers and went on to make the plate final at Nationals, while Canterbury are the defending southern region women’s champions.

The three tournaments will be live streamed on www.allblacks.com as well as the host provincial unions' Facebook pages.

So the Northern Regionals are a joke again, with all teams already qualified for the Nationals.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/31852/provincial-pride-on-the-line-at-regional-sevens

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NORTHERN REGIONALS
Saturday 9 December, Memorial Park, Cambridge
Facebook live stream: https://www.facebook.com/mooloo/
Men’s teams: Counties Manukau, Waikato, Auckland, Northland, Bay of Plenty, North Harbour
Women’s teams: Counties Manukau, Waikato, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, North Harbour

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CENTRAL REGIONALS
Saturday 9 December, Playford Park, Levin
Facebook livestream: https://www.facebook.com/horowhenuakapiti.centralzone7s
Men’s teams: Wellington, Taranaki, Manawatu, Hawke’s Bay, Horowhenua Kapiti, Wairarapa Bush, Poverty Bay, Wanganui
Women’s teams: Manawatu, Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay

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SOUTHERN REGIONALS

Saturday 9 December, Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
Facebook live stream: https://www.facebook.com/SCRFU
Men’s teams: Ta$man, Canterbury, Southland, Otago, South Canterbury, North Otago, Mid Canterbury
Women’s teams: Canterbury, Otago, Ta$man, Southland, Hanan Shield.