2018-2019 World Sevens Series
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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 ...
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@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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@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 ...
@booboo said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
@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 ...
After they beat them last time, yes
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New Zealand bumbling their way to another loss against Fiji. Half time : 5 - 12
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Fiji win 19 - 5 despite a YC
New Zealand don't look coached they're that bad.
@antipodean said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:
Fiji win 19 - 5 despite a YC
New Zealand don't look coached they're that bad.
Knewstubb deciding to shit the bed all over the park didn't help. About 3 crucial errors from him then Rokolisoa following suit sealed the game. Without those, they looked well in the game IMO.
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BTW fuck Foxtel. Had it on in the background awaiting the NZ QF and all of a sudden it's showing an old interview with David Campese from the Back Page and I'm trying to find live wcore updates.
(Fox may have switched to another channel but I only thought of that about half an hour later... and by then didn't care) ...
