Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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@Higgins A good historian will also look at the composition of the team and look for names of players. A good historian will also notice that this is a tournament that isn't part of the World Series and takes place before the start of the season (i.e. preseason). A "historian" who only looks at "All Blacks 7s 14 - 17 Japan" is merely a (hobby) statistician.
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@Stargazer Some of those players being used in Suva could well become future superstars, maybe even as early as this years World Series 7s. "Historians" in fifty years time will not know 7s Hall Of Fame player A was not a Hall of Famer standard player until say making an astonishing breakthrough at the Hamilton 7s by scoring six tries in the Final against Fiji on January 26 some three months later. Player B on the other hand might not became a superstar until 2021 and player C might just become a wider training group member.
Regardless it still shows in the Official Records as a loss just as the real All Blacks one against Ireland in Chicago does even though that one was primarily a money making end of season venture. The loss against Japan just happened in the Oceania Sevens Championship which appears to be an official event (albeit somewhat below the World Series 7s) and not something like the Fred Hollows Fundraising Invitational 7s supported by RD Patel Group Ltd. To further emphasis the Oceania Sevens Championship's legitimacy the better finisher out of Australia and Samoa qualifies for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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@Stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
The Black Ferns 7s Development team will take on Australia in the Final at 4.30pm NZT.
It's called a "Pre-liminary Final" for some reason, probably because there are several separate tournaments going on, including the Olympic qualifiers. Maybe there's also an overall final.
The All Blacks 7s will play the Solomon Islands for 7th place at 3.24pm.
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For people who don't know how this tournament works and want to know (others can stop reading now
)- there were three different pools in the men's tournament. Nations in Pool A are NOT playing for Olympic qualification (NZ, Fiji, Japan, Niue and New Caledonia). Nations in Pool B and C are playing for Olympic qualification (10 nations, including Australia, Samoa, Tonga and several much weaker teams).
- after the pool stage, the two highest qualified nations from Pool A (Fiji and Japan) play the "International Final". The remaining three nations, including NZ, end up in the 7th-14th play-offs.
- after the pool stage, the highest ranked team from pool B (Samoa) plays the highest ranked team from pool A (Australia) in the "Olympic Final". The 3rd and lower ranked teams from pool B and C are combined with the remaining nations from pool A in the 7th - 14th place play-offs.
There are also an Oceania Championship 5th place Final, bronze Final and Final.
I assume the Championship Final will be played between the winner of the International Final and the winner of the Olympic Final (and the bronze final between the losers of those matches).
It's clear that the composition of the pools would have been very different if they didn't have to separate nations based on whether they're playing for Olympic qualification, or not. NZ and Fiji, for example, would never have been in the same pool without this separation, and this would have affected the results and, therefore, the rankings at the end of the tournament. The AB7s would probably have ended up in the bronze final, or maybe even the Final, instead of the 7th place play-off.
The women's tournament is slightly different because there are fewer teams, but again, there is a separate path for countries that use this tournament as a warm-up tournament and nations playing for Olympic qualification.
NZ plays Austalia in the International Final (both countries have already qualified for the Olympics).
Fiji plays PNG in the Olympic Final.There is also a separate Deaf Rugby Tournament.
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Results:
Men's 7th place play-off: AB7s 38 - 7 Solomon Islands
Women's "International" Final: BF7s 0 - 12 AustraliaThe BFs started the game with a few players out with injury and didn't have the full bench. Early in the 2nd half, Portia Woodman went down. Not sure whether this was her old injury - that kept her from playing last season - playing up, or a new injury (hamstring). Fingers crossed it's not too bad.
Edited to add that Selica Winiata was the referee in this women's final. It's her first international tournament as a sevens referee and she is still an active player (hasn't retired yet). She did well.
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Results:
International Men's Final
Fiji 33 - 0 JapanWomen's Olympic Final
Fiji 36 - 0 PNGMen's Olympic Final
Australia 19 - 12 SamoaWomen's Olympic Bronze Match
Samoa 45 - 0 Solomon IslandsOlympic Men's Bronze Match
Tonga 31 - 0 PNG.
Oceania Women's Championship Bronze Match (loser Internat Final v loser Olympic Final)
Black Ferns 7s 29 - 0 PNGOceania Men's Championship Bronze Match (loser Internat Final v loser Olympic Final)
Samoa 21 - 26 JapanOceania Women's Championship Final (winner Internat Final v winner Olympic Final)
Australia 24 - 12 FijiOceania Men's Championship Final (winner Internat Final v winner Olympic Final)
Australia 22 - 7 FijiThe Australian men's team and Fijian Women's team have qualified for the 2020 Olympics.
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Since last weekend (maybe even earlier), the sevens season is well underway.
There will be more sevens tournaments, but these are the most important provincial & school tournaments in the upcoming weeks:
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Condor Sevens: Thu 28 November - Sun 1 December 2019 at King's College, Auckland
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Qualifier Tournaments for the National Sevens - Sat 30 November 2019:
- Northern Regional Sevens at Memorial Park, Cambridge
- Central Regional Sevens at Playford Park, Levin
- Southern Regional Sevens at Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru
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World Schools Sevens - Fri 13 & Sat 14 December 2019 at Pakuranga Rugby Club, Auckland
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National Sevens - Sat 14 & Sun 15 December 2019 at Tauranga Domain
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The Ignite 7s event started today (Wed 20 November). The first few days are for testing each athlete’s fitness and skill level, and training with their Ignite 7s team (Surge, Power, Bolt or Inferno). The one-day sevens tournament takes place on Saturday 23 November 2019 (11:30 AM – 6 PM) at The Trusts Arena in Auckland.
The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sport 1.
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Condor Sevens
Thu 28 - Fri 29 November 2019: U15 boys and girls
streamed live on sideline app.Sat 30 November - Sun 1 December 2019: Open boys and girls
streamed live on sideline app and televised on Sky Sport. I don't know yet which games (played on which fields) will be on Sky; usually those games will not be livestreamed on sideline app.Participating teams: https://www.sidelineapp.com/events/2019-condor-7s/teams/
Draws can be found here:
(there seem to be a few differences between these draws as to the fields on which the games are played)
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The Regional Sevens Qualifiers are this Saturday, 30 November 2020.
Northern Regional Sevens
(Memorial Park, Cambridge)
LIVE on Sky Sport 9 from 10.00am to 7.10pm (probably only games on field 1)
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Central Regional Sevens
(Playford Park, Levin)
LIVE on Sky Sport 8 from 10.00am to 6.00pm (probably only games on field 1)
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Southern Regional Sevens
(Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru)
LIVE on Sky Sport 1 from 11.30am to 7.00pm (probably only games on field 1)
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The first squads for the qualifiers have been posted. Other provinces have either posted no squads at all, or only wider training squads.
Northland men's 7s:
Lyrik Joyce, Thomas Anderson, Darryl Smith, Ratu (Kuli) Baleisomosomo, Mitchell Reader, Matiu Khale, Bodene Davis, Cory Evers, Kepa Wiki, Donald Boyd, Tamati Tua, Mase Parsons, Tseard (Theo) Van der Mei, Potolaka Maake, Jayden Leaupepe, Brady Rush
Northland Men's 7's Squad named
After the conclusion of the Northland Sevens series and a working group established in August, the following players...
Taranaki men's 7s:
Rhodes Featherstone, Christian Fa’avae, Cole Blyde, Josh Jacomb, Issac Ratumitavuki-Kneepekens, Tom Florence, Daniel Rona, Liam Blyde (c), Paul Perez, Tevita Fa’ukafa, Johnny Faletagoa'i-Malase, Cody Chilcott.Taranaki women's 7s:
Chelsea Fowler (c), Catriona Tulloch, Iritana Hohaia, Chloe Sampson, Elle Johns (vc), Tyla Henderson, Jalana Smith, Brooke Sim, Aliena Wallis, Zivvy Kahui, Hannah McLean, one to be added.
Regional sevens squads announced for CMK Bulls and Port Taranaki Whio
MEDIA RELEASE 28 November 2019 Taranaki s representative sevens squads have been named ahead of the Central...
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Southland sevens team:
Leigh Bristowe (Captain), Jack Capil, Charles Alaimalo, Alatini Vaihu, Tauasosi Tuimavave, Rory van Vugt, Bram Fodie, Henry Earland, Jarel Hemehema, Toka Sopoaga, Kalani Elder, Brad Kooman.Southland does well from Waikato exports.
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Southland women's sevens team:
Cass Yee (captain), Sipa Saili, Michelle Neho, Ellawyshes Curran, Teilah Templeton, Devon Grey, Tessa Hewlett, Hana Bryant, Kirsty Thwaites, Grace Earland, Libby Pannett-Miller, Krishanee Tamou, Madison Grieve.Wairarapa Bush men's sevens team:
Denny Lauvi, Logan Flutey, Joe Tako, Rihi Brown, Epeli Rayaqayaqa, Moo Moo Falaniko, Logan Prendeville Hebenton, Inia Katia, Jack Eschenbach, Harry McKay, Nikau McGregor -
I've only watched a few of the U15 games of the Condor 7s and in two of those games there was a serious neck injury.
One player from De La Salle College was stretchered off, and now a player from Hamilton Girls. In both cases, the result of legal tackles. This girl from HGHS was lying on the ground for at least 15 minutes before being carried off the field. -
@Stargazer Was the tackler given a YC or RC?
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@Bovidae It was hard to see what exactly happened, but I didn't see any cards. To the contrary, IIRC, after the De La Salle player got injured, the game continued with a penalty to Hastings Boys. In the girls' game, the game was abandoned (it was close to full time). I'm waiting for the footage to become available on demand, so I can watch it again.
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@Bovidae I just watched what happened in the Hastings Boys v De La Salle game. I didn't see (live) what happened because I just missed kick-off and it happened straight after kick-off. I assumed it was the Hastings player tackling the De La Salle player, because of where the tackle happened on the field, but in fact the injured player was one of two De La Salle tacklers, not the ball carrier. The first De La Salle player was penalised for a high tackle, hence Hastings getting the penalty. The second tackler fell akwardly (half under the tackled Hastings player). Not sure whether he hurt his neck or his head.
The player from Hamilton Girls was tackled around the shoulders; it didn't look like the tackler's arms slipped up. The tackler went to the ground first and tried to pull the ball carrier down (it looks like she held on to the ball carrier's jersey). The tackled player landed head first; she seemed to lose her balance. The ref didn't even notice her getting injured. He blew his whistle for full time and walked away.
