2023-2024 World Sevens Series
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@Bones said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
@booboo said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
@Machpants said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
So as the title is decided by knock out next round, men's 7s could still be champs this year, right? Just gotta win next leg, as all the rest has just been seeding
I don't quite follow, but it seems like it's a separate comp almost. The "league, and then the "FA Cup".
The latter based on seedings from the league.
Kinda like the A-League soccer trying to make more of the regular season.
But SVNS is trying to make an event of the knock out comp.
I think.
I guess think of it like super rugby, a team wins regular season round robin, but then you enter the finals series and a winner emerges from that
As per the A League Premier's plate and the NRL minor premiership trophy. It feels like a separate competition, albeit an invitational one
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@canefan said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
@Bones said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
@booboo said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
@Machpants said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
So as the title is decided by knock out next round, men's 7s could still be champs this year, right? Just gotta win next leg, as all the rest has just been seeding
I don't quite follow, but it seems like it's a separate comp almost. The "league, and then the "FA Cup".
The latter based on seedings from the league.
Kinda like the A-League soccer trying to make more of the regular season.
But SVNS is trying to make an event of the knock out comp.
I think.
I guess think of it like super rugby, a team wins regular season round robin, but then you enter the finals series and a winner emerges from that
As per the A League Premier's plate and the NRL minor premiership trophy. It feels like a separate competition, albeit an invitational one
Well you don't get invited unless you make the top 8.... eerily similar to a finals series.
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I feel a bit of the fizz has gone out of the sevens this year with standards dropping quite a bit. I don't think the format has done the men's competition any favours, but the womens does seem improved.
Countries like Fiji, South Africa and NZ just seem to be going through the motions quite a bit, knowing they can still be champs if they scrape into top 8. Quite a bit of luck in the 3 pool thing too. I feel it was far better with 16 teams and with a chance to blood newbies against a weaker team. All so sudden death now and maybe that is why the play is more conservative and less spectacular. And less colour on the sidelines. Where are the Fijians?
How do others see it?
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I don't like the 3 pools. The qualification for the QFs always felt a bit off.
There are fewer easy games which is good for early part of the weekend. I think it leads to a more attritional tournament though. Without following too closely, it seemed like more injuries and more energy management from teams
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@Duluth said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:
I don't like the 3 pools. The qualification for the QFs always felt a bit off.
There are fewer easy games which is good for early part of the weekend. I think it leads to a more attritional tournament though. Without following too closely, it seemed like more injuries and more energy management from teams
Yeah probably simpler and more bitter for me. Fucking Ireland being so highly placed.
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Gordon Tietjens predicts bright future for Challenger pacesetters China | World Rugby
China currently sit on top of the women’s World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 standings with a perfect 40 points and their high-performance consultant has been impressed with what he’s seen.
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The Men’s and Women’s Development teams both won the Howard Hinton Sevens last weekend. No idea who they played but the women did play an AIS team. They play another tournament this weekend.
The times for Madrid are terrible for NZ viewers. Sarah Hirini is in Madrid too.
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