2016 World Sevens Series
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="563091" data-time="1457328242"><p>Is Vancouver 3 days as well or the usual 2?</p></blockquote><br>The usual 2 days.<br><br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="563091" data-time="1457328242"><p>Why did we play 3 days?</p></blockquote><br>One or more of:<br><br>1. Commercial reasons / broadcasting deals<br>2. Long entertainment programme besides rugby<br>3. Short attention span of American rugby viewers<br>4. To give as many rugby fans as possible a chance to watch some games<br>5. Something else
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="563091" data-time="1457328242">
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<p>Why did we play 3 days?<br><br>
Is Vancouver 3 days as well or the usual 2?</p>
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<p>Sydney could be moving to 3 days next year. Three shorter, punchier sessions of 6-7 hours rather than two 10 hour days.</p>
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The usual 2 days.<br><br><br>
One or more of:<br><br>- Commercial reasons / broadcasting deals<br>
- Long entertainment programme besides rugby<br>
- Short attention span of American rugby viewers<br>
- To give as many rugby fans as possible a chance to watch some games<br>
- Something else</p></blockquote>
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You could have made that shorter by saying "fucked if I know".
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mikedogz" data-cid="563200" data-time="1457382463"><p>
Three days is following the same program as the Olympics.</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="563207" data-time="1457386693"><p>Yeah I get that. But why this tournsment specifically and not the others?<br><br>
I could see a different, bigger team selected if they were more consistently 3 days.</p></blockquote>
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<p>They wouldn't play any more games though over the three days, so why the need for a bigger squad?</p>
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<p>I think he means larger players not larger squad.</p>
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<p>The suspicion is that Titch is playing with options and gameplans in the lead up to the Olympics with the likely result being a squad with some big units (and opportunists) to break the line then use players like Lam/Ioane down the tramlines where they can bust through to open space.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Vancouver 7s - NZ pool games</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday, 13 March (NZT):</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">8:20am v England </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">11:56am v France</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3:44pm v USA</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Games will be broadcasted on Sky's pop-up channel 57.</span></span></p> -
I see that stowers is in for van lieshout yet collier still makes the squad .<br><br><br>
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<p>NZ team for Vancouver7s:</p>
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<p>Kurt Baker (Taranaki)<br>
Dylan Collier (Waikato)<br>
Sam Dickson (Canterbury)<br>
DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau)<br>
Gillies Kaka (Hawke’s Bay)<br>
Tim Mikkelson (Capt) (Waikato)<br>
Liam Messam (Waikato)<br>
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)<br>
Lewis Ormond (Taranaki)<br>
Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau)<br>
Beaudein Waaka (Taranaki)<br>
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How shit are Wales?
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Vancouver 7s:<br><br>
NZL beat England 7-0 and <strong>France 24-0</strong>.<br>
They've now qualified for the Cup Quarter Finals, but it depends on the last pool game v USA (3.44pm) whether they'll finish top of the pool.</p></blockquote>
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Pretty sure France scored two tries ... <br><br>
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<p>I watched the game vs USA and was pleasantly surprised with our stoic defence (until the last play)</p>
<p>Just refused to let the USA do anything meaningful with the ball, and managed to keep Perry Baker out until the very last second.</p>
<p>Had Rasta ref not been sat on his arse in the 2nd half, we would have scored another try. But hey.</p>
<p>A bloody good effort without any real stars and an aging DJ Forbes..</p>
