2018 Sevens RWC
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Have to say, it was awesome to be able to livestream this on Duke.
Was pleasantly surprised how dominant the AB7s were in the final. Great attack, and even better great discipline, not giving away bloody stupid penalties or dodgy tackles etc. A few times they were a bit lax on defence, letting the English guys make more metres than they should have, but on the whole a really great performance. Party in the trophy cabinet - standing room only!
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We started the year with the men's and women's XVs World Cup trophies, the men's and women's 7s World Cup trophies and the U20s trophy in the cabinet, and the men's 7s weren't convincing at all and the Aussie women looked so dominant. I really thought we would only have the two XVs trophies in the cabinet by the end of the year, and possibly the U20s.
And now, we end up only losing the U20s trophy, and still have all four senior trophies. That's much and much better than I'd dared to hope for. Well done to all players, and also the staff, management and NZR!
Now, we only need to get that U20s trophy back next year.
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@nzzp said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
it's only because refs favour us, remember.
ya take what you can get, make hay and all!
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It's quite amazing the turnaround guys like Molia, Collier and Ravouvou have made in a short space of time. Historically they were all quite error prone - in this tournament they were anything but that. You'd have to think the new coach has a huge role in that.
This article sums it up nicely.
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@nzzp said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
@stargazer said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
it's only because refs favour us, remember.
The ghost of Paddy O’Brien lives on
Add to that the disproportionate influence we have on WR, I’d say then next 5 are in the bag.
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@nzzp said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
@stargazer said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
it's only because refs favour us, remember.
So they bloody well should
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@taniwharugby Haha, that's hilarious. The look on Andrew Knewstubb's face, like he can't believe it. "Whaaaaaat?"
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@kiwimurph said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
It's quite amazing the turnaround guys like Molia, Collier and Ravouvou have made in a short space of time. Historically they were all quite error prone - in this tournament they were anything but that. You'd have to think the new coach has a huge role in that.
This article sums it up nicely.
Is this guy the first non NZer to coach a NZ National rugby team? Hats off to him anyways 👏👏👏
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@kiwimurph said in 2018 Sevens RWC:
It's quite amazing the turnaround guys like Molia, Collier and Ravouvou have made in a short space of time. Historically they were all quite error prone - in this tournament they were anything but that. You'd have to think the new coach has a huge role in that.
This article sums it up nicely.
Titch still deserves a lot of credit though and his methods were the right ones for a long time. It was certainly the Olympics that changed the playing field and they fell into the trap of not wanting to change something that had previously worked. Titch also took a bet on having some players that still would have blown the field apart in Rio. Bender and BB would have been awesome. When that fell apart it was too late.
Titch's approach also flowed through in the professional XVs game where his ex players took a training and preparedness level with them which flowed through the teams. eg Messam
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@taniwharugby Baker with a blatant head high tackle
