2016 World Sevens Series
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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>
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<p>How shit are Wales?</p>
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<p>Lol, the first minute against Aussie they looked good. Then holy shit. That was just a complete clusterfuck.</p> -
<p>Interesting team selections by Tietjens. He seems to be now using Baker as the no.1 halfback and Mikkelson spends most of his time in the backs again. When Timmy did pack down a scrum the Samoans nearly won the ball against the feed. Obviously Tietjens is still tinkering with combinations and will need to incorporate the Super players again in May.</p>
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<p>BTW we are facing AUS in the semi as they came back against the Scots to win 24-17</p>
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<p>I think Titch is playing with ideas a bit and not forecasting his Olympics gameplan too much either.</p>
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<p>He was very keen on Pulu for a while and using a sniping halfback. Will be interesting to see how much Ben Lam's withdrawal affects the plan.</p>
