2016-2017 World Sevens Series
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All Blacks 7s squad for the Hong Kong 7s:
Scott Curry - Captain (Bay of Plenty)
Dylan Collier (Southland)
DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau)
Iopu Iopu-Aso (Taranaki)
Trael Joass ( Ta$man)
Vilimoni Koroi (Otago)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)
Joe Ravouvou (Auckland)
Isaac Te Tamaki (Waikato)
Beaudein Waaka (Taranaki)
Regan Ware (Bay of Plenty)Thirteenth player:
Andrew Knewstubb ( Ta$man)Travelling reserve:
Sam Dickson (Canterbury)Pool games in NZT:
Friday 7th April 2017
11.32pm: v WalesSaturday 8th April 2017
4.50pm: v Japan
9.12pm: v FijiWhere to watch in NZ?
Sky Sport 6 (ch 56)http://www.allblacks.com/News/30580/all-blacks-sevens-team-for-hong-kong-named
@Stargazer said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
All Blacks 7s squad for the Hong Kong 7s:
Scott Curry - Captain (Bay of Plenty)
Dylan Collier (Southland)
DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau)
Iopu Iopu-Aso (Taranaki)
Trael Joass ( Ta$man)
Vilimoni Koroi (Otago)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Sione Molia (Counties Manukau)
Joe Ravouvou (Auckland)
Isaac Te Tamaki (Waikato)
Beaudein Waaka (Taranaki)
Regan Ware (Bay of Plenty)Thirteenth player:
Andrew Knewstubb ( Ta$man)Travelling reserve:
Sam Dickson (Canterbury)Pool games in NZT:
Friday 7th April 2017
11.32pm: v WalesSaturday 8th April 2017
4.50pm: v Japan
9.12pm: v FijiWhere to watch in NZ?
Sky Sport 6 (ch 56)Geez, things are starting really well for the AB 7s again. Captain Scott Curry has been ruled out out of the tournament because he had the flu this week.
DJ Forbes will take over as captain, and Sam Dickson will take his place in the 12-men team.
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Japanese women beat South Africa to become a core team
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Japanese women beat South Africa to become a core team
@Stockcar86 said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
Japanese women beat South Africa to become a core team
It will be interesting to see which of the current eleven core teams (Australia, NZ, Canada, England, USA, France, Russia, Fiji, Spain, Ireland and Brazil) will drop out next year and make way for Japan. With half of the women's series played, a top 9 seems to be forming, with one of the remaining two teams (Spain & Brazil) most likely to drop out.
The men's qualifier will also be played this weekend. With 6 of the 10 tournaments played, Russia & Japan are the two countries (out of 15 core teams) fighting to keep their core status.
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@Stargazer said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
Geez, Perry Baker is so quick!
Too quick to give him half a metre.
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What an amazing pass - the one inside to set up that final try.
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Good to see NZ win their first game 19 to 7. Didn't look to become such a score at half time. Ravouvou looked promising, Waakaa made a big impact off the bench, too. Not so good to see Mikkelson leaving the field injured; hopefully it's not too bad. He was easily the best player on the field.
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That bloody game. We should have won it. A bit salty that the ref didn't hand Fiji a yellow for persistent penalties but we had our chance to win it.
@hydro11 said in 2016-2017 World Sevens Series:
A bit salty that the ref didn't hand Fiji a yellow for persistent penalties but we had our chance to win it.
That was a bullshit call that gave Fiji the penalty (and then the try) just before half time as well. How he saw an obstruction / crossing there beggars belief and could have ended in a try to NZ. Conceivably a 14 point error by Craig Evans who I would prefer never reffed NZ again. Only his 12th match so could improve - he needs to.
WTF Te Tamaki...
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