2016 World Sevens Series
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<p>Great game, Stannard tries a penalty kick after the siren and just misses - 14-12</p>
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<p>Saffas just had to kick the ball out when they got the intercept but they tried to score another try with time up and it almost cost them. Pretty stupid.</p>
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<p>Final prediction: Fiji to win by 20. No way the ABs can compete with the best team in the series with only ten players the whole day and then that excruciating semi</p> -
Can't help playing without Mikkelsen and Dickson. That leaves only three on the bench after a huge semi final.
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Tough gig for NZ that final. 10 players and double overtime semi.<br><br>
Always felt Fiji were going to win that.<br><br>
And we wew just too sloppy.<br><br>
A TMO review of that last try woukd have been helpful. Big knock on by the Fijian close to the ruck as he stuck a hand out at the pass. Not visible in the end on replay but i rewound and my suspicions were confirmed. <br><br>
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Great game, Stannard tries a penalty kick after the siren and just misses - 14-12</p></blockquote>
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Not sure why they went with the shot at goal. Just feels like a low percentage option in 7s. <br><br>
Sure it was a stock standard 3 points in XVs, 30m out, 20m in from touch, LHS of the posts. But i felt the better option would have been to run it. -
<p>Rankings in the Men's World Series after Hong Kong:</p>
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<p>Rankings in the Women's World Series:</p>
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<p>Australia 60pts</p>
<p>NZ 46pts</p>
<p>Canada 42pts</p>
<p>England 40pts</p>
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<p>The tears from the SA suppoters about the refereeing have reached a new level. I thought overall it was pretty inconsistent, but if anything I thought NZ got stiffed a bit - YC etc.</p>
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<p>But the bit that got me, was Jonathan Kaplan has tweeted a few leading tweets suggesting that NZ do get favourable treatement. Now, thats interesting in that </p>
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<p>1) It's come from an ex-referee</p>
<p>2) It's come from an ex-referee whose record refereeing a certain Australian team wsa 15-0.</p>
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<p>I think he needs to tread very very carefully.</p> -
<p>I don't think complaining about refereeing is ever edifying. Every nation has their moments with it. </p>
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<p>Though I find Kaplan an interesting follow on Twitter, he does love a whinge. Would have thought an ex-ref may be a bit above that, but no.</p> -
<p>He's South African, it's genetic</p>
