Olympics Thread
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<p>Possibly no-try + lethal YC.</p>
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<p>You can't win 7s with 6 on the paddock.</p>
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<p>Silver. But it feels like nothing for the moment.</p> -
<p>Yeah, definitely the best team won.</p>
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Aussie get the gold on the back of a dodgy try... :)<br><br>
Bad luck, we fought hard right to the end. Silver is still a great result. -
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<p>Australia are very clear favourites for a good reason, I bet a yellow card costs NZ.</p>
<p>Aus by 20</p>
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<p>This guy was mostly right, Woodman being stoopid was pretty predicable though.</p> -
NZ coach: "some defining calls that swung the game a bit". Lol.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="604124" data-time="1470693218">
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<p>Australia are very clear favourites for a good reason, I bet a yellow card costs NZ.</p>
<p>Aus by 20</p>
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<p>Spot on, unfortunately.</p>
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<p>Lack of discipline very costly - it's a very stupid play in sevens to try to stop a try by knocking the ball down.</p>
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<p>Goss played very well for NZ. I was wondering when it was 7 on 6 and Woodman's time in the bin was clearly up, whether we should kick it out. We didn't look like we had the weaponry to score at that point.</p> -
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<p>Spot on, unfortunately.</p>
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<p>Lack of discipline very costly - it's a very stupid play in sevens to try to stop a try by knocking the ball down.</p>
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<p>Goss played very well for NZ. I was wondering when it was 7 on 6 and Woodman's time in the bin was clearly up, whether we should kick it out. We didn't look like we had the weaponry to score at that point.</p>
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<p>I think they need to look at a rule whereby once the 2 minutes elapses, the sin binned player can automatically return the field from behind the goal line. The difference between being down to 6 players for 2 minutes or 4 minutes is huge.</p> -
<p>Well done Aussie womens sevens. Best team going in, best team during, and now winners. Pretty conclusive. Is it churlish of me to dread the crowing of a public who are only going to see Aus beat NZ in rugby, and celebrates it as a "fantastic achievement" which would completely dismiss the work those girls have put in over the last 18 months to be the best side in the world?</p>
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<p>Going in we would have taken silver wouldn't we? so this was a pretty good result. Go on you ANZACs!</p>
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<p>I saw the equestrian, saw Sir Mark Todd's name, and thought he must be the coach, but there he is, front and centre. Awesome. </p>
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<p>You know earlier on when we described sports we would get rid of if we ran the IOC? I would like to put forward Water Polo. That's not a sport, that's mates on a saturday arvo mucking around at your house. At the very least they should change the rules so that you have to play with a beer in one hand, and that beer must never be empty. Reserves should be on the sideline cooking on the BBQ. </p> -
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<p>I think they need to look at a rule whereby once the 2 minutes elapses, the sin binned player can automatically return the field from behind the goal line. The difference between being down to 6 players for 2 minutes or 4 minutes is huge.</p>
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<p>Probably. </p>
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<p>Tactically, I think we should have realised having seven players on the field is more valuable than one possession and kicked for the corner. I'm going to give the coach a black mark for that and also a black mark for not enforcing more discipline - crucial that you don't have someone in the bin in a knockout match. Used to be a major achilles heel of the Fijian men and possibly still is.</p> -
<p>A two minute yellow card turns into four? Please....</p>
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<p>Rugby (probably both 7s and 15) needs to follow the likes of ice hockey (and I think rugby league) where once the time is up the player is allowed onto the field straight away regardless of play.</p> -
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<p>Going in we would have taken silver wouldn't we? so this was a pretty good result. Go on you ANZACs!</p>
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<p>No!</p>
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<p>If we could collect the silver or replay the tournament I'd go for the replay and not even think about it. </p> -
<p>NZ benefitted with YCs in the SF so swings and roundabouts.</p>
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<p>The problem to me had as much to do with selection as we didn't have the same speed as Aust did. Even Woodman wasn't beating players on the outside. </p>
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<p>I expected silver but can't but feel disappointed with the result.</p>
