2023-2024 World Sevens Series

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@Bones No idea. Knewstubb has had a long-term injury but I don't know about the rest. The last I heard was that Webber was doing a Te Reo Māori course so was unavailable for the year, not injured.

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@Bones Most - if not all - of those players have long-term injuries; especially Knewstubb and Ng Shiu have been out for ages.

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I have no Sky for the next two months. Is there a way to watch the WR Sevens Series online, with or without a VPN? I'd welcome links when they are available.

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@Stargazer Sometimes these things are available on the TAB and Bet365

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in 2023-2024 World Sevens Series:

I have no Sky for the next two months. Is there a way to watch the WR Sevens Series online, with or without a VPN? I'd welcome links when they are available.

Well I could only watch it on the sevens website last year, so hoping that's the case again? You'd have to VPN to a country where it's available and probably change your time zone. Or do the VPN on your phone and tether.

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Dominant performance from the American women against Spain in first game. A 27 - 0 win.
France won the other game that I didn't see against Canada 29 - 0.

Australia making a good start against Brazil.

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Pretty disappointing for the supporters of teams that play on field 2; those games don't seem to be televised. I hope our NZ teams will play all their games on the main field.

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BF7s v South Africa starting now.

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South Africa the first to score. BF7s struggling early against a new team in the Series.

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Tenika Willison having a mare thus far. That SA try was basically the result of a pass into nowhere from her, and now again she threw the ball straight to a SA player.

BF7s back on attack and Mahina Paul scores.

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Miller looked slow...

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Another defensive error from the BF7s and South Africa score their second. Nice try.

HT: BF7s 5 - 14 South Africa

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@Bovidae Forward v back. Also Miller having had to make a lot of tackles. Hardest worker on the field.

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So sloppy.

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Multiple changes now. I hope they took Willison off.

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Subs have immediate effect. Great try scored by Hotham while SA have a player in the bin.

12 - 14 SA

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NZ would be stuffed without Hirini.

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Phew. Hirini scores the winning try with less than 30 seconds to go. That attack started with her making a turnover at the other side of the field.

FT: BF7s 19 - 14 South Africa

That was way too close. I hope they've shaken off the rust and dust now and play better in their other games.