Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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@Stargazer I take it Norths must of bet Te Puna in the quarters
Just saw it they won 17-7 -
@Stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
@mikey07 Norths squad:
I was going to paste the squad list
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Havelock North beat Te Puna 29 to 5 in the Plate Semi.
(Tries to Ben Kelt 2, Kalin Paewai, Trent Hape, Liam Udy-Johns; 2 conversions to Trinity Neera)This show how a (un)lucky draw can determine where you end up in the finals. If they'd played Te Puna first, they'd been in the Cup play-offs.
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@Stargazer Where’d you get your info from North’s Instagram page doesn’t have a score
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There are two sevens tournaments, tomorrow. One at Massey University in Palmerston North and one at Central Park in Waipukarau.
The Manawatu Invitational 7s at Palmerston North features Men’s, Women’s and Colts teams.The Men’s draw sees nine teams entered in two pools:
Pool A : Kia Toa, Ngamatapouri, Freyberg Old Boys, Manawatu Fijians
Pool B : Palmy Steel, Feilding Yellows, Mohaka Brothers, Linton Army, South Auckland Fijians
The women’s pool sees three local clubs in action: Massey University, Kia Toa and Linton Army.
The Colts section features five teams representing three unions: Hutt Old Boys Marist, Whanganui Metro, Freyberg Old Boys, Feilding Yellows, Martinborough.
Play at Massey starts at 10am across three fields, with the three finals scheduled for 2.20pm, 2.45pm and 3.10pm respectively.
The annual Central Hawke's Bay 7s tournament at Waipukurau features a Men’s and three-team Colts draw.The Men’s draw sees 17 teams entered:
Pool A : Havelock North, RA Barbarians, MAC, Waikato Barbarians
Pool B : Taradale, Napier Pirates 2, Rotorua Fijians Blue, Central
Pool C : Hastings Rugby & Sports, Rotorua Fijians Pink, Wellington Flyers, Hawke’s Bay Fijians White
Pool D : Auckland Nadi Blues, Hawke’s Bay Fijians Blue, Napier Pirates 1, Mohaka Bros, Napier Technical.
The Colts teams are: Lindisfarne College and the Clive and Taradale clubs.
Info from https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/02/12/rugby-in-2021-kicks-off-this-weekend/ -
Had a call from my namesake in Fiji earlier today letting me know that the team representing his Nadi area (Nadi Auckland!) won the HB 7s smoking the Rotorua Fijians in the final something like 21 - 07. Needless to say he also took the time to remind me that his birthday is coming up in 11 days time and to text the Western Union collection number to his mobile! I suspect that was probably the primary reason for the call!!!
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Invitational tournament in Wellington
Takiwhitu Tūturu will feature eight men's and women's teams playing across two days at Hataitai Park.
The Tonga and Samoa Invitational sides will take part in the men's tournament alongside two All Blacks Sevens teams, while a Moana Pasifika squad will feature in the women's competition with two Black Ferns Sevens teams and a Black Ferns 15-a-side selection.
The Tongan squad was based in Auckland and would travel down to Wellington with head coach Tevita Tu'ifua on Tuesday.
The kingdom had been playing regularly in various tournaments across the North Island, including five matches against the All Blacks Sevens and a Fiji Barbarians team in February.
Manusina coach Ramsey Tomokino would guide the Samoa men's invitational team. He said the squad would be a mixture of New Zealand-based players, with about half having previous playing experience on the World Sevens Series.
New Zealand Rugby High Performance Sevens Manager, Tony Philp, said with international borders closed it was pleasing to be able to create a high level of competition.
"We are lucky to have really talented sevens players in our country so putting together a tournament like this is key for Olympic preparation."
The All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens teams would also play a series of exhibition games either side of the Hurricanes v Crusaders Super Rugby match next Sunday.
Tonga and Samoa were scheduled to compete in the final men's Olympic qualifying tournament in Monaco in June, with Samoa and Papua New Guinea to contest the women's event.
Takiwhitu Tūturu schedule:Friday 9 April
10am Moana Pasifika v Black Ferns Sevens Black
10.30am Black Ferns Sevens White v Black Ferns Invitational
11am All Blacks Sevens White v All Blacks Sevens Black
11.30am Samoa Invitational v Tonga Invitational
2.30pm Moana Pasifika v Black Ferns Sevens White
3pm Black Ferns Sevens Black v Black Ferns Invitational
3.30pm Tonga Invitational v All Blacks Sevens White
4pm All Blacks Sevens Black v Samoa InvitationalSaturday 10 April
10am Black Ferns Invitational v Moana Pasifika
10.30am Black Ferns Sevens Black v Black Ferns Sevens White
11am All Blacks Sevens Black v Tonga Invitational
11.30am Samoa Invitational v All Blacks Sevens White2.30pm Women's play-offs
3pm Women's play-offs
3.30pm Men's play-offs
4pm Men's play-offs
Pacific 7s teams to feature in Olympic preparation tournament
Three Pacific Islands teams will feature in a sevens invitational tournament in Wellington next weekend which ramps up preparations towards the Tokyo Olympics.
Lindisfarne College capture HB Sevens colts title
