Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

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Here's the schedule with NZ times:

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Results of day 1:

[Bovidae]

The results for the women are encouraging as from what I saw from game 1, Aust were closer to a full strength team.

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Interesting to see Lotu Inisi playing for Tonga. You don't see that many SR players playing sevens after the NPC anymore.

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And unlike his old man, Jordan Bunce is playing for Niue not Samoa.

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NZ Development struggling against Australia.

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Some dumb decisions by experienced players nearly cost the AB7s their game vs Aust. Looking at you Dickson.

[KiwiMurph]

Good AB 7s win over Fiji. Che Clark looked good.

[Duluth]

Samoa leading NZ 19-7 in the final

[KiwiMurph]

Nice comeback by NZ but Samoa look like they will be a real handful this season.

[Daffy Jaffy]

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Thanks to a post on Wairarapa-Bush's socials, we also know there's a Central Region's tournament, this weekend, in Palmerston North. Complete silence from all other provinces. It wouldn't surprise me if there's also a Southern Region tournament somewhere.

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https://www.steelers.co.nz/steelers-heat/latest/news/counties-manukau-7s-squads-named-ahead-of-northern-regions-tournament.html

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There are some players in the men's squad I've never heard of, but I assume they play club rugby.

https://www.mooloo.co.nz/newsarticle/135296?newsCarouselId=680600

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The Central Region Sevens will be played at Massey Uni, tomorrow. That's all the info I've seen.

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Central Region Sevens

Massey University fields, Palmerston North

Draw

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I wonder why only 4 provinces are playing at the Central Region 7s. Particularly Wellington missing from the draw is strange, but also Poverty Bay and Horowhenua-Kapiti were usually there in the past.