Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

[Stargazer]

Interesting to see names like Mexted and Nankivell in the NZ Dutch team.

[Bovidae]

@Crucial said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

Watherston is the only FPC player they have (BOP).

Was she a chance for the NZ Girls team? They did pick a few who had left school.

[Stargazer]

Japan going to the Cup Final after beating NZ Cavaliers 26 - 0 . Convincing.

[Crucial]

@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

@Crucial said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

Watherston is the only FPC player they have (BOP).

Was she a chance for the NZ Girls team? They did pick a few who had left school.

Only just finished. Moved to BOP for last year of school. She doesn’t play for school side due to Volcanix and Academy commitments but has helped them. Even though they qualified for Condors they didn’t go.
Was told to wait before committing to Storm but then not contacted again. She’s happy to be back with them though.
Like most selected teams there’s a fair bit of who you know that happens.

[Bovidae]

Hutchinson will be relieved after blowing a certain try by not passing to Vai.

[Bovidae]

The Samoa-Dragons SF was all about possession. The final will be close.

[Stargazer]

Finals schedule (from Tribe, games will start about 10 minutes later):

Girls Shield Final:
3.42pm: NZ Warriors v Samoa

Girls Bowl Final:
4.02pm: Ruby Vault v NZ Fijians

Boys Bowl Final:
4.22pm: NZ Barbarians v AJ Ba River Fiji

Girls Plate Final:
4.42pm: NZ Girls v Central Storm

Boys Plate Final:
5.02pm: Tonga Barbarians v Australia

Girls Cup Final:
5.22pm: Japan v Australia

Boys Cup Final:
5.42pm: NZ Boys v Samoa

[Steven Harris]

Superb and deserved win for the Japanese girls ,but I have got say some very contentious officiating

[Crucial]

@Steven-Harris said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

Superb and deserved win for the Japanese girls ,but I have got say some very contentious officiating

I’d say it was more having a ref that didn’t adjust to the level.
Oz girls forgot to complete the tackle and allowed Japan to offload at will.

[Stargazer]

Results:

I'll replace the boys' graphic if and as soon as there's a one with more results.

[Bovidae]

The Japanese try at the start of the 2nd half was as good a try as you'll see. Draw, pass and support, and repeat numerous times.

It was telling that none of the NZ Girls team made the tournament team.

[Crucial]

@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

The Japanese try at the start of the 2nd half was as good a try as you'll see. Draw, pass and support, and repeat numerous times.

It was telling that none of the NZ Girls team made the tournament team.

I thought that two of the NZM girls did.

[Bovidae]

@Crucial said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

The Japanese try at the start of the 2nd half was as good a try as you'll see. Draw, pass and support, and repeat numerous times.

It was telling that none of the NZ Girls team made the tournament team.

I thought that two of the NZM girls did.

I mean the top NZ U18 team. One each from the Māori and Warriors.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae The player from NZ Māori Girls was Kahlia Awa. I can't remember all the other names.

IIRC, the girls MVP was Amahli Hala (Australia) and the boys MVP Waisake Salabiau (NZ).

[Bovidae]

World School 7s Tournament Team 2022 - Girls
Kirari Shimamoto - Japan
Seika Ohashi - Japan
Piper Simons - Australia
Amahli Hala - Australia
Leilani Hills - Australia
Kahlia Awa - NZ Māori
Monica Samita - NZ Warriors

World School 7s Tournament Team 2022 - Boys
Waisake Salabiau - New Zealand
Xavier Tito-Harris - New Zealand
Isaac Hutchinson - New Zealand
Frank Venuku - NZ Cavaliers
Toby Bell - NZ Māori
Seleti Esau - NZ Barbarians
Malakesi Puna - Tama Samoa

[Steven Harris]

This might be worth a trip down the express way

[Stargazer]

Less money, but here's another one. I assume there are lots of sevens tournaments coming up soon.

[Bovidae]

This is a missed opportunity to give the best NZ boys and girls some international experience.

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[Nepia]

@Bovidae Maybe the timing is off? I think it coincides with the final rounds of Super 8. Do some other schools comps play at the same time? I might be too much of a disruption.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia I was thinking of a team of 18 yr olds who had left school and had been identified as potential NZ sevens players. There must be enough of them from the Condors and World Schools Sevens competitions. Some will already be in the NZ sevens programme.