Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens
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Great try
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@Stargazer said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@Crucial I find him very Kurt Baker-like.
Yeah. I thought the same. Maybe not quite as punchable but certainly loves to wind up the opposition indirectly
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@Machpants said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
Pretty average return, 2 bronzes. Our worst for a while I guess, sadly
Par for the course in the current cycle 😉
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@Machpants said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
Pretty average return, 2 bronzes. Our worst for a while I guess, sadly
The predictions were a gold and silver but sevens is often a coin toss.
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Great start from Oz
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Well whoopie fukin kayay a total of 2 bronze medals. Wow. About right for the state of NZ rugby currently. Maybe we should look at the cycling coaches to replace Foster.
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Women v Girls
🇦🇺 17-0 🇫🇯
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@Jailbreak7 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
Well whoopie fukin kayay a total of 2 bronze medals. Wow. About right for the state of NZ rugby currently. Maybe we should look at the cycling coaches to replace Foster.
Give it a rest. It’s sevens. You can end up out of the semis on one call or bounce of ball. Draw also plays a huge part.
A different draw and we may be in the final. Not saying we would win it but at least acknowledge the nature of the sport before flying in with the negativity -
Oz deserved winners
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@Crucial yep realise that. It is still galling to lose both matches in the manner that we did. We should have been much much better. The men chucked away a 14--0 lead. The women kept making silly errors. Gilbert Enoka's red-heads v blue-heads comes to mind.
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@Jailbreak7 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@Crucial yep realise that. It is still galling to lose both matches in the manner that we did. We should have been much much better. The men chucked away a 14--0 lead. The women kept making silly errors. Gilbert Enoka's red-heads v blue-heads comes to mind.
And we’ve seen both teams reverse that situation to the other team before as well. Very easy for pressure to force mistakes in this game.
It’s why I like watching it. Nothing’s a given and a shift in fortunes can occur suddenly.
I get your point but I’m also getting a bit sick of the lack of reality that in both Sevens and XVs we may have been the pacesetters for a while but the playing field has levelled and we can’t expect to win all the time whether from skills, tactics or pressure.
Until there’s another change in the game and we take early advantage by adapting faster I can see this continuing for some time.
