Olympics Thread
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<p>Silver was best we could have realistically done. We would beat that Aussie team about once in every 6 or 7.</p>
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<p>I don't watch a lot of women 7s and I know based on history (and that game) that they are a better side <em>but </em>I don't think the gap is so big that we couldn't have won that game. A few decisions going the other way and that game could been in the balance until the very end.</p> -
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<p>Looked like NZ needed one more game breaker out there, it was Kayla and Portia and if they don't do it then nobody will. <strong>What happened to Honey Hireme (Honey Bill)?</strong></p>
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<p>Good question. Hireme wasn't picked in the team for most of the season so she either made herself unavailable or wasn't selected. She has size and speed. Hohepa is another who could have provided some x-factor. </p>
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<p>I thought Goss was fantastic in the final and she does a power of work at the breakdown, but a failure to secure their own ball from other players was a real weakness in the SF and final.</p> -
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We aren't talking about interchange.<br></p></blockquote>
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Yeah thanks - pretty sure I covered that in addressing both those sports and their differences.<br><br>
And that's exactly why letting someone back out to play doesn't work in rugby without the right restrictions - it's all well and good to say:<br><br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="antipodean" data-cid="604322" data-time="1470731083"><p>
It's a simple amendment for 7s to make that the player can come back on in an onside position as long as the timekeeper responsible for the yellow card is happy the penalty has been served.</p></blockquote>
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But the onside position can change rapidly. The only guarantee of following this in a fast Games like Sevens is to enter the field where there is NO offside position: in-goal.<br><br>
Otherwise someone will enter the field in a position that is onside one second and not the next, and officials will be tripping over each other trying to figure out what's right. -
Three channels and 7 aren't showing the rowing. >(
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You can run on from the sideline regardless because the ball is dead as per Law 3.13<br></p></blockquote>
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???<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=3.13&language=EN">http://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=3.13&language=EN</a><br><br><br>
3.13 Player wishing to rejoin the match<br><br>
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A player who has a blood injury which has uncontrolled active bleeding must leave the playing area. The player must not return until the bleeding is controlled and the wound has been covered.<br><br>
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A player who leaves a match because of injury or any other reason must not rejoin the match until the referee permits the player to return. The referee must not let a player rejoin a match until the ball is dead.<br><br>
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If a player rejoins or a replacement/substitute joins the match without the referee’s permission, and the referee believes the player did so to help that player’s team or obstruct the opposing team, the referee penalises the player for misconduct.<br><br>
Sanction: A penalty kick is awarded at the place where play would restart.<br><br><br><br><br><br>
Addit: I've just seen IR's blow up about the law discussion. Sorry. Doing this on Tapatalk so can't CnP it out early. Will fix tomorrow. -
<p>Cool we have two silvers already, with the prospect of another medal very soon in equestrian if Sir Mark can keep his nose up and over the long white lengths. (And the others don't crap out, after a really, really good cross country.)</p>
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<p>Swimmers have been fucking mediocre, but.</p> -
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Mahe just won his quarter final. Tight race between him and the Czech Synek for the first 1500m but Synek couldn't keep up and Mahe won by exactly 4 seconds.</p></blockquote>
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<p>BBC iPlayer is a god option for those of you without other access but have a VPN or DDNS. It is being used to fill the gaps between what they are showing on BBC1 and BBC4..</p>
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<p>Maths a bit wrong: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(247,250,252);">At this point, New Zealand has one rail in hand over Australia, but Australia cannot have a rail to stay in front of France.</span></p>
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<p>4 fences down. Burton has two fences down meaning both us and Aussie slip behind both France (gold) AND Germany (silver). Aussie get bronze and we're fourth.<br><br>
Individual jumping is later, but 4 fences down means Mark Todd unlikely to be in the medals for that either as scores are carried forward.</p>
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<p>Gutted. We'd never won team gold before despite our pedigree and that must've been our best ever chance.</p>
