2023 World Sevens Series

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HT: BF7s 19 - 0 Brazil

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Blyde sent to the bin for cynical play. A team yellow.

Brazil scores.

19 - 7 NZ

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Pouri-Lane scores her second. She's playing well.

26 - 7 NZ

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Great team try. Hat-trick to Pouri-Lane.

FT: BF7s 31 - 7 Brazil

Good start against a pretty weak opponent.

Shiray Kaka confirming in the post-match interview that it's already quite hot out there.

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The other match in NZ's pool ended in a win to Fijiana, who beat Great Britain 19 - 10.

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Very soft yellow for Ng Shiu. Looked like he knocked the ball on in the tackle; nothing deliberate.

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AB7s way too casual. Spanish scrum close to NZ's try line.

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Great chip kick from Spain and they almost score. Good defence from Che Clarke. It's still 0 all, but penalty to Spain.

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AB7s penalised 6 times in this half.

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Damn, now Spain score and they go into the break with the lead.

HT: AB7s 0 - 7 Spain

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Another weak start from the AB7s. Hopefully, they'll have a better second half. Getting possession would be good, because they've hardly had the ball.

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Yesssss, that's more like it. Try to Regan Ware.

5 - 7 Spain

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Cooks-Savage coming on.

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Geez, another try to Spain. Yuck.

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Spain leads 14 - 5. One minute to go.

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Awesome individual try to Moses Leo. They skip the conversion to get a re-start. The hooter has gone.

14 - 10 Spain.

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It's over. Well done to Spain. The second time ever that they've beaten the AB7s (first time in Vancouver in 2019).

FT: AB7s 10 - 14 Spain.

Awful start from NZ. Ill-discipline the biggest issue, but also too many mistakes. For example, that no-look pass from Ng Shiu - after all the good work he'd done - was a coach killer.

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@Stargazer Maybe they simply aren't as good as the salary they receive decrees them to be?

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@Higgins They gave a lot of game time to newbies in this game. I'd say it was a mix of inexperience and maybe complacency, not taking Spain seriously enough.

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Another upset: Great Britain men beat Australia men's 21 - 19.