Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens

[Stargazer]

[Dice]

The men definitely got put in the toughest pool.

[Crucial]

@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.

[Frye]

@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.

[Dice]

@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.

[Bovidae]

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...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sevens/300639753/the-big-coaching-call-that-helped-the-black-ferns-sevens-overcome-fiji-on-their-way-to-olympic-gold

[Bones]

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.

[canefan]

@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

[Bones]

@canefan that's a pretty unbelievable team when you look back on it. Missing a Masoe/Akira type though but hey can't have everything.

[OomPB]

The Blitzboks had the opportunity to select the experienced midgets like Ruhan Nel, Senatla, Manie Libbok who play 15s in the URC but decided against it.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:

@canefan that's a pretty unbelievable team when you look back on it. Missing a Masoe/Akira type though but hey can't have everything.

It was an amazing team. 24 years ago, sheesh we are all old!

The way we used the likes of Lomu, Vidiri and even Randle meant we didn’t need a Messam/Masoe/Akira type to still dominate. We had prime Cullen, Reihana and a very young Rico. Add Valence and we actually bought it together to beat what was a superb Fiji team that had Vunibaka and Serevi just to name a couple.

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader Valence is up there as one of my faves. Masoe and Muliaina were absolute guns when they came along too.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones Valence could do it all out there. Agree on Masoe. The guy that really impressed me in 7s was Josh Blackie, when we won the Comm Games gold in 06 in Melbourne.

[Tim]

Young Barrett, DMac, and Mo'unga would all have been guns at sevens. Wonder how Fakatava would go?

[Bones]

@Tim good call. Think Weber and Christie would be pretty handy too. As would the saders Christie!

[Stargazer]

@Tim If Mo'unga would be capped by the ABs 7s, that would be his third team (of a different rugby variant) in black. He has represented NZ in touch, too.

[Nepia]

I had no idea the Commonwealth Games were on this week until clicking on this thread.

[canefan]

@Nepia said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:

I had no idea the Commonwealth Games were on this week until clicking on this thread.

Wait what? When does it start?

[Frye]

@Bones said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - Sevens:

@canefan that's a pretty unbelievable team when you look back on it. Missing a Masoe/Akira type though but hey can't have everything.

Dallas Seymour was a Messam type at the time.

[Crucial]

That team was super awesome even if they did include a carthorse

The mere idea these days of a sevens team including Cully, Lomu and Vidiri is dream team stuff.