2023-2024 World Sevens Series

[Bovidae]

Seeing Hirini in a knee brace didn't look encouraging. Kelsey Teneti must be over in Dubai as well as she was shown on the TV coverage.

[Snowy]

@Bones said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:

BF7s seem to be playing all their games half asleep. Something's not right. They don't seem happy.

Something going on ay. One of the great things about watching the "sevens sisters" was how much fun they had. Seemed to be missing. Maybe they are missing Bunting but he has been gone for a while. Could be just first tournie blues before they bond again. Who knows.

Was nice to watch some rugby (of sorts) without some twat intervening and saying that we need to check some trivia from yesterday and disallow the try, or overturn some scintillating passage of play. For the most part if someone got the ball over the line, the team got some points.

6 on 7 is still a long two minute watch though.

[antipodean]

@Duluth said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:

Womens final day highlights:

Room for optimism given how easily they gave up tries with some woeful individual defence.

Not sure what the ref saw at the end. Looked like a legit tackle on Portia who releases, gets up and is clearly tackled from an offside player.

[Bones]

@antipodean how were they offside?

[antipodean]

@Bones said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:

@antipodean how were they offside?

There's an offside line at the tackle now. Thanks to the Italy vs England fiasco. Once offside there's only a few ways to be onside, none of which eventuated.

[Bones]

@antipodean huh I had no idea.

[Stargazer]

[Bovidae]

[Stargazer]

Updated with broadcast info

[Bovidae]

A 37-5 win for the BF7s over GB. GB has really fallen away.

[Bones]

Well this is just strange, having main games on two different pitches at the same time. And to top it off, we're wearing white, against the red of Canada.

[Bovidae]

@Bones Sky NZ aren't even showing the NZ game.

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:

@Bones Sky NZ aren't even showing the NZ game.

Probably a good thing. Wearing white and playing like we surrender. Canada leading 14-7 at halftime.

Lots of stupid offloads and disorganised play.

[Bovidae]

And I see it's getting worse...

[Bones]

I don't know what the fuck is going on, but we just put Rush up from the kick off and it sailed over him by a fair few metres. Sums up the state of play.

Here goes the comeback...

[Bones]

No, instead some newby offloads it in the tackle, to Canada and they get a penalty.

[antipodean]

How the fuck is that a YC? These refs hate rugby.

[Bones]

Looking like a completely different side. 28-0 over aus with a minute to go in the first half

[Bones]

Carter hat trick

[Bones]

Should be 35-0 halftime as NMB toys with the Aussie defence