Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

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Central Regionals - Qualified:
Mens' teams: 1st Wellington, 2nd Manawatu, 3rd Taranaki, 4th Hawke's Bay, 5th: Wanganui;
Women's teams: 1st Manawatu, 2nd Wellington, 3rd Hawke's Bay and 4th Poverty Bay.

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Photos of the Central Regionals have been posted on FB:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/NZClubRugby/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1452428764878241

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The World School Sevens are this Saturday, 16 December. Pools and draw:

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Not all squad lists seem to have been posted, but here are the few I could find:

BOYS

New Zealand Boys Invitational squad:
1 Scott Gregory (Northland Union),
2 Quade Tapsell (Gisborne Boys' High School),
3 TJ Ane (De La Salle Collge),
4 Leroy Carter (Tauranga Boys College),
5 Rico Symes (Christchurch Boys' High School),
6 Lemeki Namoa (Sacred Heart College),
7 Taufa Funaki Scots College),
9 Brad McNaughten (Hamilton Boys' High School),
10 Taniella Fillimone (Rotorua Boys'High School),
11 Lisiate Falou (Liston Collge),
12 Emoni Narawa (Hamilton Boys High School),
13 Jaylen Taupolo (Scots College),
14 Michael Loft (New Plymouth Boys'High School)

NZ Māori U18 Sevens Squad 2017:
Arikitohia Hood-Kaitapu, Westlake Boys
Caleb Leef, Rangitoto College
Coel Kerr, Paeroa College
Connor Moors, Liston College
Dennis Koro, Kerikeri High
Donovan Mataira, Hastings Boys
James Te Paire, King High (Dn)
Johnny Cooper, Westlake Boys
Jordan Thompson, Hastings Boys
Judda Turahui, Kings College
Justice Hall, St Johns (Hn)
Keelan Whitman, St Pats Town (Wn)
Kingi Herewini, Rodney College
Liam Udy-Johns, Hastings Boys
Lukas Halls, Kings College
Matiu Samuel, Rongotai College
Revin TeTawhero Storey, One Tree Hill College
Robert Rush, St Kentigern College
Tahu Kaa, Christchurch Boys High
Valynce Crosby-Te Whare, St Paul Collegiate, (Hn)

Condor 7’s Boys Tournament Team
Taniela Filimone
Tevita Fa’ukafa
Quinn Tupaea
Emoni Narawa
Liam Wilson
Roderick Solo
Jack Gray
Lemeki Namoa
Sione Funaki
Lisiate Falau
Isaac Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkeus
Leroy Carter

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GIRLS

New Zealand U18 Girls Sevens
Amy du Plessis (Southland Girls' High School)
Aroranga Tauranga (Hamilton Girls' High School)
Carys Dallinger (Manukura)
Georgia Ponsonby (Feilding High School)
Grace Brooker (Christchurch Girls' High School)
Hannah Brough (Te Kuiti High School)
Isla Norman-Bell (Howick College)
Islay Fowler (University of Otago Rugby Club)
Ivamere Livani (Howick College)
Kororia Heyblom (Rangiuru Rugby Club)
Melanie Puckett (St Margaret's College)
Rina Paraone (University of Waikato Rugby Club)
Sydnee Wilkins (Motueka High School)
Utumalama Atonio (Rosehill College)

Unavailable for selection: Ora Williams (Rotoiti Rugby Club), Lyric Faleafaga (St Mary's College), Ainsleyanna Puletua (St Mary's College), Seria Murray-Wihongi (Whangarei Girl's High School)

New Zealand U 17 Girls Sevens
Azalleyah Maaka (Gisborne Girls' High School)
Dhys Falefaga (St Mary's College)
Iritana Hohaia (Opunake High School)
Isabella Carter (Rangi Ruru Girls' School)
Jazmin Hotham (Hamilton Girls' High School)
Kalyn Takitimu-Cook (Manukura School)
Mahina Alex Paul (St Kentigern College)
Montessa Tairakena (Hamilton Girls' High School)
Risaleaana Pouri-Lane (Motueka High School)
Tiana Davison (Sacred Heart Girls' College)
Tynealle Fitzgerald (Trident College)
Lonita Ngalu (Hamilton Girls' High School)
Lasalle Lefale (Howick College)
Brooke Neilson (New Plymouth Girls' High School)

[Bovidae]

On the back of the Kiwi defections to the Tongan RL team, there was a story on TV3 a few days ago about a few players choosing to play for the Samoan 7s team ahead of one of the NZ teams. Mua was interviewed and gave his reasons why (for his grandmother who is moving back to Samoa). I don't see this as a bad thing as a lot of the players would be eligible for 2 teams, and it doesn't lock you into playing for that country.

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@bovidae This was on TV1:

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Results thus far:

Game 1 NZ U17's Girls 22 v Samoa Barbarians Girls 7
Game 2 Japan Girls 17 v Tonga Heilala 10

Game 3 Maori Invitational 7 v NZ Fijians 29
Game 4 Australia 38 v Cook Islands 7
Game 5 Canada 17 v NZ Tongans 22
Game 6 NZ Condors 26 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 13

Game 7 Australia Girls 43 v Samoan Barbarians Girls 0
Game 8 NZ U18 Girls 40 v Tonga Heilala 0

Game 9 Maori Invitational 17 v Cook Islands 0
Game 10 Australia 5 v NZ Fijians 20
Game 11 Canada 7 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 24
Game 12 NZ Condors 36 v Tongan Barbarians 7

Game 13 Australia 0 NZ U17s Girls 5

The tournament is now live at Sky Sport 1. Also on Foxtel in Australia.

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Game 14 NZ U18s girls 40 v Japan 5

Game 15 Tongan Barbarians 7 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 43
Game 16 NZ Condors 34 v Canada 0
Game 17 NZ Fijians 34 v Cook Islands 7
Game 18 Australia 38 v Maori Invitational 7

The girls semi-finals coming up.

SF 1: NZ U17 Girls v Japan
SF 2: NZ U18 Girls v Australia

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SF 1: NZ U17 Girls 28 v Japan 0
SF 2 NZ U18 Girls 17 v Australia 19

Now:
Boys Bowl SF 1: NZ Maori v Canada

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Boys Bowl SF 1: NZ Maori 28 v Canada 12

Next:
Boys Bowl SF 2: Tongan Barbarians v Cook Islands

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Boys Bowl SF 2: Tongan Barbarians 25 v Cook Islands 17

Coming up:
Boys Cup SF 1: NZ Fijians v Samoa Barbarians
Boys Cup SF 2: NZ Condors v Australia

Girls Bowl Final: Samoan Barbarians v Tonga Heilala
Boys Bowl Final: NZ Maori v Tongan Barbarians

Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 v Japan

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Results:
Boys Cup SF 1: NZ Fijians 21 v 17 Samoa Barbarians
Boys Cup SF 2: NZ Condors 42 v 0 Australia

Girls Bowl Final: Samoan Barbarians 12 v 17 Tonga Heilala
Boys Bowl Final: NZ Maori 17 v 5 Tongan Barbarians

Next:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 v Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians v Australia

Girls Championship Final: NZ U17 v Australia
Boys Championship Final: NZ Fijians v NZ Condors

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Remaining results of the World Schools Sevens:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 20 v 12 Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians 5 v 45 Australia

Girls Championship Final: NZ U17 20 v 19 Australia
Boys Championship Final: NZ Fijians 17 v 27 NZ Condors

I really like this tournament. I've seen some great games with some exciting talent, both girls and boys. Some of the players have already played NPC and/or provincial 7s, but it will be interesting to see who will eventually make it into the All Blacks 7s, Black Ferns 7s, other national squads and/or higher up in XVs.

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

Remaining results of the World Schools Sevens:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 20 v 12 Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians 5 v 45 Australia

Girls Championship Final: NZ U17 20 v 19 Australia
Boys Championship Final: NZ Fijians 17 v 27 NZ Condors

I really like this tournament. I've seen some great games with some exciting talent, both girls and boys. Some of the players have already played NPC and/or provincial 7s, but it will be interesting to see who will eventually make it into the All Blacks 7s, Black Ferns 7s, other national squads and/or higher up in XVs.

I watched a game or two but obviously missed those that have played NPC or maybe they weren't playing in the couple of games I took in. Can you let us know who they were so I can go back and watch to see how they did on MySky thanks?

[Stockcar86]

Australia girls should have won the final. Up by 4 points with possession when the whistle blows. Get cocky and try to break the line to score again, instead of kicking it out. Then when tackled, put in a bad kick that does not reach the sideline and chaser from Australia shoves NZ girl in the back. Penalty to NZ, and several phases later score a 5 pointer to win

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http://www.allblacks.com/News/31886/new-city-new-timing-to-freshen-new-zealand-national-sevens

The change will take effect after January’s Bayleys National Sevens in Rotorua, with the tournament then moving to Tauranga for the following three years starting in December 2018 where Tauranga Domain will play host to all the on-field action.

The move is hoped to see the best provincial talent available to compete and aligns the tournament with the high performance programmes of both the All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens.

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“Bringing the Nationals Sevens forward to December means that Unions will be able to call on players from their Mitre 10 Cup, Mitre 10 Heartland Championship and Farah Palmer Cup campaigns to be involved which will improve the standard of competition.

“It also provides a platform for selection to the All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens for the following World Series.”

[Tim]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11969664

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@tim Unprofessional from NZR. They clearly don't have adquate quality assurance procedures for decisions like these, if one person - who clearly doesn't know the rules - is able to take such decisions without proper involvement or oversight of people who do know them (assuming that NZR has its own legal advisers). Maybe the organisation is too compartmentalised?

Has Eliota Sapolu already accused NZR of racism?

[taniwharugby]

@stargazer which time?