2018-2019 World Sevens Series
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@sparky said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
Almost any AC DC song would be perfect. If I was Chabal's manager I would have him belting out "Back in Black"
Now you’re just being silly, as if Chabal could match Brian Johnson or the late Bon Scott at their absolute finest.
Of course in terms of singing it extremely low and off key and sounding very much like a second language then the caveman is your guy.
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@MN5 Sébastien Chabal chante "Hey Baby" (DJ ötzi)
Really bad, I preferred his Proclaimers video.
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All Blacks 7s squad for the Singapore Sevens this weekend:
1 Scott Curry (c)
2 Tim Mikkelson (c)
3 Tone Ng Shiu
4 Joe Ravouvou
5 Dylan Collier
6 Jona Nareki
7 Sam Dickson
8 Andrew Knewstubb
9 Regan Ware
10 Kurt Baker
11 Joe Webber
12 Akuila Rokolisoa*Amanaki Nicole is the travelling reserve.
Sione Molia has been ruled out after sustaining a shoulder injury in Hong Kong, Akuila Rokolisa replaces him while Amanaki Nicole has been called in as the travelling reserve.Head Coach Clark Laidlaw said the team was disappointed in Hong Kong last weekend. “We have shown that when we win a quarter-final we are good enough to go all the way so to lose that was massively disappointing. “We’ll be better for it. We had four players coming back from injury that got valuable game time behind them and have trained well this week. We are clear on what makes our game work so need to make sure we put that on the field.”Pool games (in NZT)
Saturday 13 April
2.00pm: v Japan
5.28pm: v Spain
9.16pm: v SamoaLIVE on Sky Sport Pop-up 1 (channel 55)
http://www.allblacks.com/News/33973/all-blacks-sevens-ready-to-bounce-back
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@Machpants It's the last two tournaments that they've disappointed, but they haven't been that bad overall. They won gold in Dubai and Sydney, bronze in Hamilton and Las Vegas. Third in overall standings.
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Yeah last two tournaments have really disappointed, you're right, I just hate seeing the team get worse, not better. Flaky. Arrogant Vs minnow teams. Lacking defensive grit when it counts. Only performing when not under real pressure.
@Machpants Arrogant?
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@Machpants Arrogant?
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@Stargazer yeah losing to Spain, they thought they'd just have to turn up, shitty play that entire match - this will work cos we're great type stuff. They're 15th so far this year, it's like ABs losing to USA
@Machpants Spain is a much underrated team; apparently also by you? They won bronze at the last two tournaments, and also finished 5th twice this year. The only reason for their low ranking (11th) in the standings is that they finished 12th and 10th in Cape Town and Sydney. They are an up-and-coming nation that has already beaten several of the better teams. The AB7s should have beaten them, but I don't see the arrogance. We've had a lot of injuries, and for several of the players that returned from injury in Hong Kong, it was their first tournament in a long time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy with how they have been playing lately; it has been lacklustre at times, but I don't think that there's a single grain of arrogance in it. Maybe underestimating some of their opponents, but that's all IMO.
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FT: NZ 53 - 0 Spain
Great game; the AB7s look hungry. Hope that continues. They starved Spain of the ball. It's a pity they don't keep stats of these games, but the AB7s had almost all of the possession I think Spain only had the ball three or four times in the whole game.
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The AB7s just beat Samoa 26 - 22. That means they finish top of their pool.
Their Cup QF is tomorrow at 4.14pm. Opponent TBC.
@Stargazer said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
The AB7s just beat Samoa 26 - 22. That means they finish top of their pool.
Their Cup QF is tomorrow at 4.14pm. Opponent TBC.
Good win. I saw we were 17-0 down at half time.
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It's 5-0 to South Africa at half time in their game v Fiji. NZ will probably play the losere of this match in the Cup QF.
@Stargazer said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
It's 5-0 to South Africa at half time in their game v Fiji. NZ will probably play the losere of this match in the Cup QF.
Fiji gone if they lose aren't they?
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53 - 0
That's a good response after having lost to them previously.
@antipodean said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
53 - 0
That's a good response after having lost to them previously.
Obviously lost the arrogance ...
