2023 World Sevens Series

[Machpants]

@Higgins said in 2023 World Sevens Series:

@Machpants Graphically illustrates the difference in defenders being red carded for attacks to the head/neck and attackers getting away scott free. Although there was an attacker redcarded in one of the Northern Hemisphere games overnight for something similar to this picture.

Yeah I was going to post it there, but that was elbow. It's all a big mess, sadly

[muddyriver]

@Higgins I've never in my many years of rugby seen someone concussed from a fend to the face though. Entirely undangerous in the scheme of things.

Now bump offs to the head would be almost the most common, and now by lowering tackles to below the hips you'll see 1000% more of those. Stupidest law change I've ever heard. The chest height tackle is the safest tackle in rugby.

[Crucial]

@muddyriver said in 2023 World Sevens Series:

@Higgins I've never in my many years of rugby seen someone concussed from a fend to the face though. Entirely undangerous in the scheme of things.

Now bump offs to the head would be almost the most common, and now by lowering tackles to below the hips you'll see 1000% more of those. Stupidest law change I've ever heard. The chest height tackle is the safest tackle in rugby.

Can you explain what you mean by bump offs to the head? Do you mean when the tackler gets the head position wrong?

[Stargazer]

Great steal from Miller.

What a try! Michaela Blyde scores first!

7 - 0 NZ

[Stargazer]

Hotham making up for an earlier mistake, with a great try!

14 - 0 BF7s

[Stargazer]

Great how the crowd is responding to what's happening on the field. So sad it's the last time in the World Series!

[Bones]

Yank crawling on the ground grabs the ball and crawls some more? What the?

[Stargazer]

There she goes again! Blyde scores another one!

21 - 0 BF7s

[Stargazer]

Geez, some of these players from the USA are huge! Especially that try scorer.

21 - 7 BF7s

[Stargazer]

A shithouse. Nothing in it. Move on.

[Stargazer]

Thanks TMO. Also says there's nothing in it.

[Stargazer]

Please, let that be a try!! That was awesome.

Nope.

[Bones]

And now the same yank tackles miller without the ball on the tryline and tmo calls black knock on.

These refs ignore so much.

[Stargazer]

Blyde scores again!

28 - 7 BF7s

[Stargazer]

Woodman!! Time's up.

[Stargazer]

The Black Ferns 7s win !!!

FT: NZ 33 - 7 USA

Awesome win, awesome tournament, awesome team!

[Bovidae]

A contrast to the NZ men where Sweeney leaves experience on the bench and starts the young guns.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Weren't Hirini, Guthrie and Woodman also on the bench for the final?

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer That's what I mean. Laidlaw does the opposite and doesn't start the likes of Solo.

[KiwiMurph]

@Bovidae said in 2023 World Sevens Series:

@Stargazer That's what I mean. Laidlaw does the opposite and doesn't start the likes of Solo.

Bingo