Olympics Thread

[TeWaio]

<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>

[TeWaio]

<p>And now we're down 14-12 to Japan in the 7s with 1min to go and SBW off injured. Not a great 20min period for NZ.</p>

[KiwiMurph]

Nz 7s in big trouble - so many missed tackles.

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<p>Terrible performance. Could still pull it out of the fire here - 1 minute left.</p>

[Tordah]

<p>unbelievable, Japan win against AB7s. 14-12</p>

[TeWaio]

<p>Fuck.</p>

[Bones]

Wow, awful performance. Like we'd never played 7s before, some really dumb stuff. Ormond you fucking idiot.

[KiwiMurph]

This could be a real sad end to Titch's career - they looked atrocious.

[Bones]

Handling errors from over half the team and our 2 set moves were just to hit a crash ball runner. Then give it to the most inexperienced guy to try and finish.

[Davesofthunder]

Can we still make it through to the quarters?

[TeWaio]

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<p>Can we still make it through to the quarters?</p>
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Yes, top 2 of each pool + 2 extras (I guess on points diff? or repechage?). Need to thrash Kenya and ideally beat GB.</p>

[Davesofthunder]

Ok, that's good news that we need to flush and move on. <br><br>
Not a great start though

[Frye]

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<p>Yes, top 2 of each pool + 2 extras (I guess on points diff? or repechage?). Need to thrash Kenya and ideally beat GB.</p>
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<p>We could lose again and still qualify.</p>

[Bones]

Joubert is having a fucking laugh. He's having a worse game than NZ.

[MiketheSnow]

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<div><span><span>TMO, Joubert, Eddie Butler & Clive Woodward all take a bow. All four of you fucking useless. Great tackle to dislodge the ball. No try</span></span></div>
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[G-Man]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tordah" data-cid="604441" data-time="1470757946"><p>unbelievable, Japan win against AB7s. 14-12</p></blockquote>
What fresh madness is this? Japan don’t beat major rugby nations…oh…wait…<br><br>
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[sparky]

Makes me weep with shame and anger to see the All Blacks 7s lose to Japan. They must redeem themselves by being awesome the rest of the tournament.

[JAF]

What is worse ... Boks losing to Japan at RWC or All Black 7s losing to Japan in Olympics? Ask big mouth Bones.

[cgrant]

<p>I don't see this AB Sevens team winning a medal. They looked pedestrian, unimaginative and made basic errors. Fiji were the most impressive of all the nations so far, with GB, France and SA not very far behind. Aussies were even worse than the AB.</p>

[Stargazer]

<p>Richie McCaw is in Rio. Put him on the field next game. Bet he can do it ...</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:8px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This may or may not be a serious suggestion.</span></span></p>