2017-18 World Sevens Series

[Stargazer]

Try Fiji in the corner. 5 all

[Stargazer]

Now it's Joass, who sets up the try for Baker. They're looking good.

12 - 5 NZ

[Stargazer]

Fiji in again. This game is going fast.

Half time: NZ 12 - 10 Fiji

[Stargazer]

Geez, Baker loses the ball less than a metre from the Fiji try line and Fiji scores at the other side of the field. Fiji now leads 15 to 12.

[Stargazer]

Try Ravouvou in the corner!

It's 17 all!

[Stargazer]

The conversion is good. 19 - 17 NZ

[Stargazer]

And again, a mistake from Baker leads to a try to Fiji.

22 - 19 Fiji

[Donsteppa]

Fiji punish a casual missed touch.

[Stargazer]

Conversion is good: 24 - 19 Fiji

[Donsteppa]

Dumb flick pass to no-one. NZ really didn't want to win that one...

[Stargazer]

McGarvey-Black why, oh, why, that no-look pass?

Fiji wins and goes through to the semis. NZ will play in the 5th place semis.

[Bovidae]

Two more Baker specials. There is no middle ground with him - good or absolute crap.

[Stargazer]

@donsteppa They were way too casual, as if it was a training match. I'd be very angry if I were the coach. They were good enough to win this.

[Steven Harris]

@donsteppa Baker is prone to the dumb arse play or mistake,been around the sevens scene for a while and still coming up with similar mistakes..time to ship him on

[Stargazer]

@bovidae said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:

Two more Baker specials. There is no middle ground with him - good or absolute crap.

I disagree. He also scored two of the tries. He mixes up good and bad in one game. That's middle ground to me.

[Bovidae]

He's made missing touch from a penalty into an artform.

Was Mikkelson injured?

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Yeah, they said that when they ran up the field. He's there, he was on the bench, but during the warm-up they concluded he wasn't good enough to play. Hope he'll be good to go for the next game. We need the points.

[Stargazer]

The AB7s will play Kenya in the 5th place semi-final at 8:06pm.

[Snowy]

@bovidae said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:

Was Mikkelson injured?

We were missing quite a bit of experience to finish that. No Curry, Dickson, Mikkelson, Webber. No play makers in Koroi, Knewstubb.

Is Regan Ware injured too?

So overall that wasn't too bad from the newbies I reckon. Just Baker being a moron that cost them really. I don't go with the good and bad thing - he is flakey and unreliable.

[Bovidae]

@snowy said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:

Is Regan Ware injured too?

Paternity leave.