2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo)
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@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
What on earth is wrong with that? Apart from population being 5mm now.
Totally fair for me.
Because NZ and Fiji have always battled it out at the top of the tree in 7's, since fucken day dot.
Because why would 15's success translate to 7's success.
Because why would success in the World Series (the clue being series) translate to a one off tournament (where the game of 7's is even more prone to fluctuations in form).
Because why the fuck is silver not a success (and for a bit of whataboutery, population of GB is 66m).
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@majorrage Fiji winning Olympic Gold is hardly a surprise for anyone who follows 7s. NZ not really the force in 7s they once were. 15s and 7s increasingly different games. A Silver by this squad was a very good result in an increasingly competitive sport.
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If one was going to be super critical, the only point would be that coming into the Olympics, NZ had won three of the six tournaments in the 2020 series. They finished 2nd and 3rd in two of the other three, so there was form there.
Only South Africa had won that many tournaments in the first six of a series in the last 5 years, and that was back in 2017 when they won the whole thing and finished way out in front of every other side.
So there was “form” but given what transpired afterwards with the rest of the series being cancelled etc, it’s quite the reach.
Fiji have been known, even when they won the series in 2019 to go from winning a tournament to finishing 5th, to coming 2nd or 3rd and then winning. The volatility in results amongst the top teams has been high for quite some time.
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@booboo said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
I actually have pre-game nerves! Don't usually have that with sevens!
Was more nervous for the SF.
We're guaranteed silver. I'm cool with that.
Just further to this, I think the prospect of finishing nowhere, as opposed to a guarantee of at least a silver medal and possibility of gold, was more frightening .
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@bones said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
What on earth is wrong with that? Apart from population being 5mm now.
Totally fair for me.
Because NZ and Fiji have always battled it out at the top of the tree in 7's, since fucken day dot.
Because why would 15's success translate to 7's success.
Because why would success in the World Series (the clue being series) translate to a one off tournament (where the game of 7's is even more prone to fluctuations in form).
Because why the fuck is silver not a success (and for a bit of whataboutery, population of GB is 66m).
Blimey your skin is thin.
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@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage Fiji winning Olympic Gold is hardly a surprise for anyone who follows 7s. NZ not really the force in 7s they once were. 15s and 7s increasingly different games. A Silver by this squad was a very good result in an increasingly competitive sport.
No kidding. Monye just asking if nz be disappointed. I think that’s fair.
Question relating to why not translating us reaching a bit but hardly worth getting upset about.
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@bones said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
What on earth is wrong with that? Apart from population being 5mm now.
Totally fair for me.
Because NZ and Fiji have always battled it out at the top of the tree in 7's, since fucken day dot.
Because why would 15's success translate to 7's success.
Because why would success in the World Series (the clue being series) translate to a one off tournament (where the game of 7's is even more prone to fluctuations in form).
Because why the fuck is silver not a success (and for a bit of whataboutery, population of GB is 66m).
There was also a stat that the AB 7s have lost 9 finals in a row to Fiji - so why would he think we would suddenly beat them in a final in the biggest tournament in 4 years?
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@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage Fiji winning Olympic Gold is hardly a surprise for anyone who follows 7s. NZ not really the force in 7s they once were. 15s and 7s increasingly different games. A Silver by this squad was a very good result in an increasingly competitive sport.
No kidding. Monye just asking if nz be disappointed. I think that’s fair.
Question relating to why not translating us reaching a bit but hardly worth getting upset about.
The Springboks are the current 15s world champs so why did their 7s team get knocked out in the quarter finals? People in RSA must be disappointed
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@junior said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage Fiji winning Olympic Gold is hardly a surprise for anyone who follows 7s. NZ not really the force in 7s they once were. 15s and 7s increasingly different games. A Silver by this squad was a very good result in an increasingly competitive sport.
No kidding. Monye just asking if nz be disappointed. I think that’s fair.
Question relating to why not translating us reaching a bit but hardly worth getting upset about.
The Springboks are the current 15s world champs so why did their 7s team get knocked out in the quarter finals? People in RSA must be disappointed
I’d imagine they are. What’s your point?
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@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@bones said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@majorrage said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@sparky said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Link to Monye's comments. Prattish stuff since GB missed out of a medal. Good to see that the majority of respondents have unliked them.
What on earth is wrong with that? Apart from population being 5mm now.
Totally fair for me.
Because NZ and Fiji have always battled it out at the top of the tree in 7's, since fucken day dot.
Because why would 15's success translate to 7's success.
Because why would success in the World Series (the clue being series) translate to a one off tournament (where the game of 7's is even more prone to fluctuations in form).
Because why the fuck is silver not a success (and for a bit of whataboutery, population of GB is 66m).
Blimey your skin is thin.
Because I think Monye is a moron? Ok....
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@nevorian said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Stoked for Fiji well done to them.
They did it hard, and totally deserved it
Fiji stun All Blacks in rugby sevens final to win Olympic gold again
Fiji retained their Olympic rugby sevens crown with a 27-12 gold medal win against New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium
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@canefan said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The girls are on a mission
"never want to feel like that again"
Love that chat.Great thing about the women's competition is that it's legitimately the best women's rugby players in the world competing.
As opposed to the Men's competition which is predominately populated by journeymen lol
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