Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens
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So some youth in the mens squad. More info here:
Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games
The 26-rugby sevens athletes making up the men’s and women's squads for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games have been announced today in Mt Maunganui.
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@Bovidae I am pretty happy with that selection. Looks like Knewstubb and Mikkelsen were injured, so Carter and Clark come in. Leo and Tangitau both make it, and add that extra pace (and will push Molia for a spot). I was hoping Featherstone would be a bolter with his energy and physicality, but Clark's greater pace holds him out. Reckon they need to change the handling technique though, or it will be targeted by defenders.
It might all come down to our accuracy with kick-offs an kick reception. They have got a well balanced squad.
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@ARHS said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@Bovidae I am pretty happy with that selection. Looks like Knewstubb and Mikkelsen were injured, so Carter and Clark come in. Leo and Tangitau both make it, and add that extra pace (and will push Molia for a spot). I was hoping Featherstone would be a bolter with his energy and physicality, but Clark's greater pace holds him out. Reckon they need to change the handling technique though, or it will be targeted by defenders.
It might all come down to our accuracy with kick-offs an kick reception. They have got a well balanced squad.
And conversion kicking! Man this side shits me all the time when they seemingly don't care about the extras.
Players make no effort to score close to the posts and whoever kicks always looks like they drew the last straw on the way out.I feel the selectors could have taken a bit more risk with the side but I guess I'm not responsible for the outcome here.
For the Wahine I see that Ruby won't get the chance to play CG and RWC. You have to wonder if there was an ultimatum in the end as all of Hirini, Woodman, Brazier, Fluhler would have also been very useful in the BFs
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@Stargazer said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@ARHS Knewstubb has done his ACL (quite badly, I heard), so he'll be unavailable for a while.
I watched the Oceania sevens and he was interviewed and can confirm this.
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Changes to the NZR sevens accounts on social media:
The allblacks7s handles have been discontinued. There were no separate blackferns7s accounts.
On Facebook and Instagram the new handle is @nzsevens.The result of the change is that finally all NZ sevens news - men's and women's - are posted by one single account.
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@Dice said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
The men definitely got put in the toughest pool.
Barring the usual Sevens boilovers this should end up as Fiji v NZ/SA for the gold in the mens.
There's no quarters in the women so NZ should make semis easily where they should play either Aus or the fast improving Fiji.
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@Crucial said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@Dice said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
The men definitely got put in the toughest pool.
Barring the usual Sevens boilovers this should end up as Fiji v NZ/SA for the gold.
I haven't been following sevens recently but I'd be very happy if we medal honestly.
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@Crucial said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
@Dice said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
The men definitely got put in the toughest pool.
Barring the usual Sevens boilovers this should end up as Fiji v NZ/SA for the gold in the mens.
Australia should be in the conversation.
Samoa is a dark horse. Had 9 or 10 debutants in the 7s series this year and made 3 semifinals in 4 tournaments.
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Not related to the CGs, but an interesting story about the BF7s extra-time SF win over Fiji in Tokyo. Let's hope for a repeat performance...
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Jebus. Easy to forget how good things used to be.
Remembering the 1998 Gold medalists
With Rugby Sevens set to take centre stage at the Birmingham Games in late July, we recall the first New Zealand team to compete at the Commonwealth Games back in 1998.
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@Bones said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:
Jebus. Easy to forget how good things used to be.
Remembering the 1998 Gold medalists
With Rugby Sevens set to take centre stage at the Birmingham Games in late July, we recall the first New Zealand team to compete at the Commonwealth Games back in 1998.
Shit soon we'll sound like Wales, harking back to bygone era
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