2016-2017 World Sevens Series

[canefan]

Looks like the rest he's had from his retirement after the olympics has recharged his batteries....

[Stargazer]

@canefan said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:

Looks like the rest he's had from his retirement after the olympics has recharged his batteries....

I know some media reported that he was retiring, but he never was. He just stepped down from his NZ Sevens role.

[antipodean]

So this season coming will be the fittest Samoan 7s side anyone's ever seen.

[mimic]

Eliota loves being in the headlines. Idiot.

[Stargazer]

@mimic Yes, he's a professional whiner. Too full of himself and his own opinions.

[Frye]

@mimic said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:

Eliota loves being in the headlines. Idiot.

The guy is proof that a law degree doesn't in any way necessitate intelligence.

[jegga]

He's a parody of himself now, I'd be interested in knowing what other people involved in Samoan rugby think of him.

[taniwharugby]

@mimic he reminds me of Hone Harawira - he makes some really good points, but they often get lost in the seemingly pointless and often racist rants he diverts onto.

[Stargazer]

Eight silver medal winning sevens players re-commit to NZ Rugby:
Captain Sarah Goss, 2015 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Portia Woodman, Gayle Broughton, Kelly Brazier, Kayla McAlister, Ruby Tui, Terina te Tamaki and Niall Williams.

No news about a men's and women's coach, yet.

http://allblacks.com/News/29979/silver-medal-winning-sevens-players-re-commit-to-nz-rugby

[KiwiPie]

On the news the other night, they indicated Chad Tuoro was a candidate for coaching the Men's Sevens team.

[Stargazer]

Allan Bunting, assistant coach of the Black Ferns Sevens team since 2012, has been promoted to the team's Head Coach role.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/30063/allan-bunting-appointed-head-coach-of-black-ferns-sevens

No news yet about who the next men's head coach is going to be.

[KiwiPie]

@Stargazer Another ex-Bay man at the helm ....

[mimic]

Am surprised that the NZR isn't releasing Titch to coach Samoa 7s for the 1st couple of of series..
It's not like Samoa are the dirty English or Aussies

[Stargazer]

Clark Laidlaw is the new NZ men's coach, but ...

Laidlaw will take up his new role from 1 June 2017

Our priority was getting the right coach with the long-term vision to win Olympic gold. So while we would have loved Clark to start straight away, we are happy to wait until next year because he is the best person for the job to build a winning sevens team over the long term.

New Zealand Rugby has also announced that experienced sevens coaches and former All Blacks Sevens players Scott Waldrom and Tomasi Cama will form the coaching team for the upcoming World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments starting in Dubai in December.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/30122/clark-laidlaw-appointed-head-coach-of-all-blacks-sevens

[Crucial]

It's going to be a bit rough if Scooter and Cama get the team firing well then have to step aside.

[taniwharugby]

@Crucial you'd hope there will be a lot of communication between them to ensure that transition is smooth and everyone is on the same page....that said, it is the people side of things, you can be hugely technical and be a genius but if you suck at people skills, aint gonna help much

[canefan]

I hope this new guy is good because NZR seem to be bending over to accommodate him

[rotated]

Three week preparation for the season. Seems reasonable.

[Stargazer]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sevens/86555774/New-Zealand-sevens-coach-Clark-Laidlaw-says-centralisation-on-the-radar

[KiwiPie]

I really hope the Olympics doesn't become the whole point of Sevens as it is way too random a format to spend 4 years building towards. The point should be to win the world series as that is measure over a number of events and kind of smoothes out the random nature.