Olympics Thread
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Great comeback story if they burgle gold, they could make a movie haha
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What a disaster with the 7s, how many of us naturally assumed we would be in for a medal when it was announced 7s was in the olympics ? I know I did , <br><br>
The Fiji game really could be an embarrassment</p></blockquote>We dominated for years but the pack closed the last couple of years. There's still hope, for 30 minutes at least -
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<p>NZ 7s ... see you in 4 years :)</p>
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<p>Fair play to Fiji,hope they go all the way. Faarkin Safa ref didn't do us any favours-shocking display.</p> -
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Well, at least we made the "finals" I suppose. One win from four games. What a disgrace.
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<p>shouldn't make any kind of finals after losing 2/3 games in pool play, shows poor formatting!</p>
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<p>I don't think I've seen any NZ sevens side look so completely lacking in attacking players and/or pace. There wasn't really anyone you expected to break the line or dash away for a long range try. They basically looked like the Crusaders backlines of recent years minus Nadolo.</p>
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<p>I didn't rate their chances much beforehand but 1 from 4 is a shock.</p> -
<p>My expectation was a bronze medal, maybe a silver with a kind draw. BUT if you don't win your pool you risk playing one of the favourites in a QF. </p>
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<p>I haven't seen either game today but it will be interesting to hear the spin by NZR. A catastrophe like this should force NZR to make some tough decisions regarding the coaching and training structure of the sevens programme. If nothing changes we won't see any improvement.</p> -
<p>I listened to the game on the radio, and to me it sounded like Fiji had the ball about 5/7 mins in the 2nd half, a few 50/50s that didn't go our way, but when you are down, luck does not fall your way either.</p>
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<p>Oh well, have NZH revised their medal predictions recently from what they were pre-Olympics?</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Don Frye" data-cid="604812" data-time="1470860727"><p>I think his bro was worse. And I've been a big advocate of his. Not working anywhere near hard enough.</p></blockquote>
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Yup Rieko had a terrible tournament - barely beat a defender in 4 games.<br><br>
It reminded me a bit of past AB World Cups where teams would rise to the occasion above their standard self and NZ get caught. -
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<p>I listened to the game on the radio, and to me it sounded like Fiji had the ball about 5/7 mins in the 2nd half, a few 50/50s that didn't go our way, but when you are down, luck does not fall your way either.</p>
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<p>Oh well, have NZH revised their medal predictions recently from what they were pre-Olympics?</p>
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<p>NZH predicted a bronze for NZ, which is not completely out of the picture yet, however unlikely it seems.</p>
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<p>What is the strike rate on this so far?</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11684418</a></p>
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<p>As far as I can tell most of our predicted medals are still yet to be played out.</p>
