2018-2019 World Sevens Series
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I really don't get this NZ team, so fucken inconsistent, so frustrating. Get off to a great start, then play like a bunch of amateurs. Have the ball for ages and do absolutely nothing with it, apart from predictably send the second to last man into the tackle, although seems no one on the nz team can predict it so they get turned over.
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I maintain this has to be a coaching issue.
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@antipodean said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
I maintain this has to be a coaching issue.
There's something not right in their environment it appears. Samoa didn't do anything special at all, NZ just looked to have zero interest at times. Making a tackle is a novelty.
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Fiji up 19 - 0 at half time, but then 20 unanswered point from South Africa. Again ill-discipline a big factor.
Looking at the Series table, there's a clear top 5. Only the top 4 earns automatic qualification for the 2020 Olympics.
AB7s not safe yet. Need to step up.
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@canefan said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
@NTA said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
Really impressed with Samoa. They just look like a bunch of plucky kids from the wrong side of the tracks, who found themselves in the big leagues.
Who's their coach again?
Looked like some old fart white bloke, with a weird accent
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@NTA said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
@canefan said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
@NTA said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
Really impressed with Samoa. They just look like a bunch of plucky kids from the wrong side of the tracks, who found themselves in the big leagues.
Who's their coach again?
Looked like some old fart white bloke, with a weird accent
Sounds like he's some chancer riding on the back of his players
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Black Ferns 7s for the Kitakyushu Sevens in Japan this weekend:
1 Ruby Tui
2 Shakira Baker
3 Stacey Waaka
4 Niall Williams
5 Sarah Hirini – captain
6 Cheyelle Robins-Reti
7 Tyla Nathan-Wong
8 Dhys Faleafaga
9 Tenika Willison
10 Rhiarna Ferris
11 Terina Te Tamaki
12 Alena Saili*Risi Pouri-Lane is the travelling reserve.
The team features two new faces, with 18-year-old Dhys Faleafaga set to make her Black Ferns Sevens debut, while Rhiarna Ferris will play at her first World Series event after debuting at the Fast Four tournament in Hamilton.Black Ferns Sevens Assistant Coach Cory Sweeney congratulated Rhiarna Ferris and Dhys Faleafaga ahead of their World Series debuts. “Its two very different stories, Rhiarna has been working away for almost 18 months and has come back from injury for this opportunity while on the other hand, Dhys is straight out of school, she has only recently come into our team and has slotted in nicely. Its going to be exciting for both of them.” The debuts come on the back of a handful of injuries to the Black Ferns Sevens, with a number of experienced players sidelined for the Kitakyushu event.Pool games
Saturday 20 April (NZT)
3.20pm:v Japan
5.42pm: v Russia
8.26pm: v FranceWhere to watch
It looks like we'll have to watch day 1 and the Cup QF on day 2 via the WR Facebook page, because - looking at the Sky Sport broadcast schedule - it doesn't seem to be televised. Hopefully, it's not geo-blocked.Day 2 - from the Cup SF - will be broadcast live on Sky Sport pop-up 1 (channel 55).
http://www.allblacks.com/News/33998/black-ferns-sevens-aim-to-continue-winning-ways
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@Machpants Pakistani cricketers?
Does anyone know if the 7's team made it back to NZ? I wouldn't trust them to catch a flight if is like their ball catching. They really have been awful last two events. England at Twickenham and closing in on 4th for the Olympics...
Didn't Scotland win it last year, or was it year before?
