2017-18 World Sevens Series

[antipodean]

@stargazer said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:

Why did it take the ref so long to call "maul"? Because the Canadians refused to join?

Exactly. Needs another attacker to join: It consists of a ball-carrier and at least one player from each team, bound together and on their feet.

[Stargazer]

Great break from Ravouvou and Kurt Baker puts NZ on the board!

5 - 0 NZ

[Stargazer]

I really dislike this ref. Pedantic twat.

[Stargazer]

Try Fiji in the corner. 5 all

[Stargazer]

Now it's Joass, who sets up the try for Baker. They're looking good.

12 - 5 NZ

[Stargazer]

Fiji in again. This game is going fast.

Half time: NZ 12 - 10 Fiji

[Stargazer]

Geez, Baker loses the ball less than a metre from the Fiji try line and Fiji scores at the other side of the field. Fiji now leads 15 to 12.

[Stargazer]

Try Ravouvou in the corner!

It's 17 all!

[Stargazer]

The conversion is good. 19 - 17 NZ

[Stargazer]

And again, a mistake from Baker leads to a try to Fiji.

22 - 19 Fiji

[Donsteppa]

Fiji punish a casual missed touch.

[Stargazer]

Conversion is good: 24 - 19 Fiji

[Donsteppa]

Dumb flick pass to no-one. NZ really didn't want to win that one...

[Stargazer]

McGarvey-Black why, oh, why, that no-look pass?

Fiji wins and goes through to the semis. NZ will play in the 5th place semis.

[Bovidae]

Two more Baker specials. There is no middle ground with him - good or absolute crap.

[Stargazer]

@donsteppa They were way too casual, as if it was a training match. I'd be very angry if I were the coach. They were good enough to win this.

[Steven Harris]

@donsteppa Baker is prone to the dumb arse play or mistake,been around the sevens scene for a while and still coming up with similar mistakes..time to ship him on

[Stargazer]

@bovidae said in 2017-18 World Sevens Series:

Two more Baker specials. There is no middle ground with him - good or absolute crap.

I disagree. He also scored two of the tries. He mixes up good and bad in one game. That's middle ground to me.

[Bovidae]

He's made missing touch from a penalty into an artform.

Was Mikkelson injured?

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Yeah, they said that when they ran up the field. He's there, he was on the bench, but during the warm-up they concluded he wasn't good enough to play. Hope he'll be good to go for the next game. We need the points.