Olympics Thread
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Awful day in Rio. Rowing off. Womens time trial is treacherous at best
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="604727" data-time="1470823805"><p>
That's a very good response. Do you think the problem is that Tietjens hasn't picked the right players or is he just coaching the players we have poorly?<br><br>
I don't really claim to understand 7's on a technical level but it looked to me like Pulu was very good against Kenya. I would take it that you would want to pick Kaka instead?</p></blockquote>
Possibly a bit of both. I don't claim to be a 7s expert either but trying to exploit the extra space with limited time on the clock makes sense from a rugby point of view. If you've only got 7 defenders in front of you I don't know why you'd focus so much on the "forward encounters" as he called it.<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mikedogz" data-cid="604729" data-time="1470824297"><p>Maybe from next year Titch could have a role like Director of sevens rugby based in BOP and some one else can take over the mens team. Who would be his successor? Wayne Smith for a new challenge?</p></blockquote>
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To me Titch doesn't seem like the Director type. He's a hands on rah rah type that likes to be in the thick of it during game time. Sitting back and watching someone else do it may not sit well with him. <br><br>
The thing about that Japan game was that some of our key guys weren't involved enough. I thought our ruck work was pretty good, but that we lacked execution. <br><br>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);">Villumsen rides home and she's outside of the medals with a time of 44:54.71. </span></p>
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<p>I am surprised that no one has mentioned possession (with the exception of Scott Curry who identified this clearly in the post match interview). We lost to Japan as we didn't have much of the ball. In 7s the critical point regarding this, is kicks offs & kick off receipts. We didn't come close to winning the World Series because of this and the issue has still not been rectified. In theory, a kick off should be a 50/50 if both teams are going hard out and you do not continually knock on (as we did yesterday). We didn't come remotely close to this v Japan.</p>
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<p> I certainly hope Titch has addressed this, but improved execution is required. Any team (yes even Japan) will beat us just by retaining possession. Continuous tackling knocks the bejeezus out of you. You saw that when we actually got the ball - a lack of real energy and subsequently no momentum.</p>
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<p>A few years ago you could rely on the other teams poor handling skills or breakdown retention - to get the ball back. You can no longer do this, all other sides have lifted their skillsets in this regard. Kick offs are the key to the rest of the Olympic 7s for us.</p> -
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tordah" data-cid="604778" data-time="1470844414">
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<p>I think if USA lose by less than 5 or win against Fiji (or draw) then yes</p>
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<p>Ok cheers, I'm just looking at the tables on wiki. That makes sense.</p>
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<p>Fiji MUST win by a try or more.</p>
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<p>The coverage on the official channel and website is just abysmal.</p> -
<p>Far out man,that was a pathetic effort by our lads.Houston Dallas and New York-we have a problem! Embarrassing to say the least.Goodbye Gordon thanks for the memories.</p>
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<p>The idea that Ware, Molia, Ormond etc wouldn't be immediately supplanted by a Super rugby player after a month or so of training is a joke really.</p>
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<p>In saying that, the Ioane boys weren't too flash either. They put Akira on the wing and he was chopped every time.</p>
