2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo)
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@mariner4life said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@mariner4life said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@taniwharugby tackle? The fuck do you think linebackers and safeties do all season? Read plays and make tackles.
I think you're grossly underestimating the difference.
What most people like this Zach clown is missing is that NFL rewards specificity. Quite different to 7s.
I'm not actually. If you took the 12 most suited NFL players and put them in the Olympic 7s they would get reemed. Like, Namibia in the 2003 RWC reemed. Record scores reemed.
In 12 months not so much. There are a lot of transferable skills. Ruby ain't that fucking complicated, Rugby 7s even less so.
I honestly think it would take longer. The NFL is the cream of a wide pyramid playing american football for over a decade.
If the money was the same you'd see a very different picture, but it would also attract the best OS athletes to 7s as well.
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@snowy said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@kiwimurph said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@nta said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@taniwharugby said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@mariner4life more the way they tackle, the defensive line in NFL is typically more structured too, I'd say they'd be better able to slot into a League defensive pattern much easier, but still need to learn how to tackle properly that wouldnt see them sin-binned.
I remember reading Seattle Seahawks were moving toward rugby style tackling several years ago in order to increase safety.
It also turned out to increase effectiveness.
They had Waisale Serevi brought in as a specialist coach.
Ha. Didn't know that. As fantastic as he was, defence wasn't exactly his forte, or was he bought in for something else?
It was for tackling.
Waisale Serevi is renowned for incredible attacking skills which earned him the tag as the world’s greatest sevens player, but the Seahawks have recently been making use of his rugby knowledge to improve their tackling. Serevi runs a rugby school in Seattle, and has been invited to Seahawks training this season by coach Pete Carroll to help give last year’s NFL champions an edge. Carroll is an unabashed fan of rugby’s tackling technique and after guiding Seattle to the Super Bowl in 2014, he released a 20-minute video with footage of NFL and rugby spliced together to explain his philosophy. Enter Serevi. As Seahawks assistant coach Rocky Seto explained earlier in the season: “We had this guy show up. Coach Carroll met him through the team. “I thought what a perfect guy to meet and talk about (tackling). I drove across the bridge to downtown Seattle to meet Serevi and he was gracious enough to spend a couple of ours talking to me about the tackling principles of rugby. “It totally fits. Our game was born out of your game so it makes perfect sense.” -
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The Aussie women are destroying Japan. Stronger, faster, generally having better skills.
HT: Australia 24 - 0 Japan
Mascot is a wallabies shirted roo 🤣
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@machpants The mascot's name is Wally.
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@machpants The mascot's name is Wally.
I reckon Wally might see the biggest 7s score of the Olympics so far
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The Aussie women are destroying Japan. Stronger, faster, generally having better skills.
HT: Australia 24 - 0 Japan
Thing is we're not getting a lot of contest at ruck time, which won't help when we're up against better teams later on.
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Where was the clear release? It won't make a difference to the outcome, but the refereeing is of the same shit standard we saw in the men's comp.
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@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Where was the clear release? It won't make a difference to the outcome, but the refereeing is of the same shit standard we saw in the men's comp.
At that previous ruck?
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@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Where was the clear release? It won't make a difference to the outcome, but the refereeing is of the same shit standard we saw in the men's comp.
Another error - she can't be "holding" if she releases then gets back to her feet.
At least Amy Perrett might be able to rescue this shemozzle
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@nta said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Where was the clear release? It won't make a difference to the outcome, but the refereeing is of the same shit standard we saw in the men's comp.
At that previous ruck?
Yeah, the one prior to the try. Looked like a ball and all tackle. At least the tackler stayed on her feet, but I didn't see a release.
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@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@nta said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@antipodean said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
Where was the clear release? It won't make a difference to the outcome, but the refereeing is of the same shit standard we saw in the men's comp.
At that previous ruck?
Yeah, the one prior to the try. Looked like a ball and all tackle. At least the tackler stayed on her feet, but I didn't see a release.
There is a lot of calls against the attacking team at ruck time I've noticed - ruck formed particularly. I know 7s is a bit sharper on defenders jackaling but really, once a ruck is formed it should be hands off.
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@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The Russians are first on the board. GB may struggle against this side. 5 - 0 ROC
Don't think so, just getting into rhythm
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@machpants said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
@stargazer said in 2020 -> 2021 Olympic Sevens (Tokyo):
The Russians are first on the board. GB may struggle against this side. 5 - 0 ROC
Don't think so, just getting into rhythm
Yep - amazing how bad/good a team looks with/out the ball
