Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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On the back of the Kiwi defections to the Tongan RL team, there was a story on TV3 a few days ago about a few players choosing to play for the Samoan 7s team ahead of one of the NZ teams. Mua was interviewed and gave his reasons why (for his grandmother who is moving back to Samoa). I don't see this as a bad thing as a lot of the players would be eligible for 2 teams, and it doesn't lock you into playing for that country.
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Results thus far:
Game 1 NZ U17's Girls 22 v Samoa Barbarians Girls 7
Game 2 Japan Girls 17 v Tonga Heilala 10Game 3 Maori Invitational 7 v NZ Fijians 29
Game 4 Australia 38 v Cook Islands 7
Game 5 Canada 17 v NZ Tongans 22
Game 6 NZ Condors 26 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 13Game 7 Australia Girls 43 v Samoan Barbarians Girls 0
Game 8 NZ U18 Girls 40 v Tonga Heilala 0Game 9 Maori Invitational 17 v Cook Islands 0
Game 10 Australia 5 v NZ Fijians 20
Game 11 Canada 7 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 24
Game 12 NZ Condors 36 v Tongan Barbarians 7Game 13 Australia 0 NZ U17s Girls 5
The tournament is now live at Sky Sport 1. Also on Foxtel in Australia.
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Game 14 NZ U18s girls 40 v Japan 5
Game 15 Tongan Barbarians 7 v Samoan Barbarians Boys 43
Game 16 NZ Condors 34 v Canada 0
Game 17 NZ Fijians 34 v Cook Islands 7
Game 18 Australia 38 v Maori Invitational 7The girls semi-finals coming up.
SF 1: NZ U17 Girls v Japan
SF 2: NZ U18 Girls v Australia -
Boys Bowl SF 2: Tongan Barbarians 25 v Cook Islands 17
Coming up:
Boys Cup SF 1: NZ Fijians v Samoa Barbarians
Boys Cup SF 2: NZ Condors v AustraliaGirls Bowl Final: Samoan Barbarians v Tonga Heilala
Boys Bowl Final: NZ Maori v Tongan BarbariansGirls Plate Final: NZ U18 v Japan
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Results:
Boys Cup SF 1: NZ Fijians 21 v 17 Samoa Barbarians
Boys Cup SF 2: NZ Condors 42 v 0 AustraliaGirls Bowl Final: Samoan Barbarians 12 v 17 Tonga Heilala
Boys Bowl Final: NZ Maori 17 v 5 Tongan BarbariansNext:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 v Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians v AustraliaGirls Championship Final: NZ U17 v Australia
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Remaining results of the World Schools Sevens:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 20 v 12 Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians 5 v 45 AustraliaGirls Championship Final: NZ U17 20 v 19 Australia
Boys Championship Final: NZ Fijians 17 v 27 NZ CondorsI really like this tournament. I've seen some great games with some exciting talent, both girls and boys. Some of the players have already played NPC and/or provincial 7s, but it will be interesting to see who will eventually make it into the All Blacks 7s, Black Ferns 7s, other national squads and/or higher up in XVs.
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@stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Remaining results of the World Schools Sevens:
Girls Plate Final: NZ U18 20 v 12 Japan
Boys Plate Final: Samoa Barbarians 5 v 45 AustraliaGirls Championship Final: NZ U17 20 v 19 Australia
Boys Championship Final: NZ Fijians 17 v 27 NZ CondorsI really like this tournament. I've seen some great games with some exciting talent, both girls and boys. Some of the players have already played NPC and/or provincial 7s, but it will be interesting to see who will eventually make it into the All Blacks 7s, Black Ferns 7s, other national squads and/or higher up in XVs.
I watched a game or two but obviously missed those that have played NPC or maybe they weren't playing in the couple of games I took in. Can you let us know who they were so I can go back and watch to see how they did on MySky thanks?
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Australia girls should have won the final. Up by 4 points with possession when the whistle blows. Get cocky and try to break the line to score again, instead of kicking it out. Then when tackled, put in a bad kick that does not reach the sideline and chaser from Australia shoves NZ girl in the back. Penalty to NZ, and several phases later score a 5 pointer to win
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http://www.allblacks.com/News/31886/new-city-new-timing-to-freshen-new-zealand-national-sevens
The change will take effect after January’s Bayleys National Sevens in Rotorua, with the tournament then moving to Tauranga for the following three years starting in December 2018 where Tauranga Domain will play host to all the on-field action. The move is hoped to see the best provincial talent available to compete and aligns the tournament with the high performance programmes of both the All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens. ... “Bringing the Nationals Sevens forward to December means that Unions will be able to call on players from their Mitre 10 Cup, Mitre 10 Heartland Championship and Farah Palmer Cup campaigns to be involved which will improve the standard of competition. “It also provides a platform for selection to the All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens for the following World Series.” -
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@tim Unprofessional from NZR. They clearly don't have adquate quality assurance procedures for decisions like these, if one person - who clearly doesn't know the rules - is able to take such decisions without proper involvement or oversight of people who do know them (assuming that NZR has its own legal advisers). Maybe the organisation is too compartmentalised?
Has Eliota Sapolu already accused NZR of racism?
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@stargazer which time?
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@taniwharugby Are you referring to my question about Sapolu? Well, obviously, an accusation in relation to this story.
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@stargazer yes...pretty sure I saw something on Twitter earlier in the week about another matter from him accusing someone.
He is like Hone Harawira, makes some great points but often gets lost in his own ramblings and
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The Provincial Sevens (Blake Park, Mt Maunganui) were played today. The tournament wasn't televised or livestreamed, and all I've seen is tweets from the BOP Twitter account.
The Waikato men's team have won the Cup (Tane Tarawera) final against Counties Manukau (after extra time): 24 - 19.
The Plate (Tane Whakaari) Final was won by the Samoa Barbarians, who beat Auckland 14 - 7.
The Bowl (Putauaki) Final resulted in a 19 - 7 win for Canterbury against Ta$man.
The Shield (Mauao) Final went to BOP Academy after beating Manawatu 14 - 10.There were no finals in the women's tournament; teams played 4 games each. Manawatu was the only unbeaten team, so I assume they can be considered the winners of the tournament. Wellington and Auckland both won three of their games, but both lost their game against Manawatu. They didn't play each other but Wellington's wins were generally with higher points differentials (total +63) than Auckland's (total +25).
The National Sevens are next week (for the last time in Rotorua).
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Counties team for nationals.
🔴 Vuga Tagicakibau - Captain / General
⚪️ Savelio Ropati - Captain
⚫️ Liam Daniela
🔴 Epeli Lotawa
⚪️ Peni Buakula
⚫️ Jimmy Brady
🔴 Sam Furniss *
⚪️ Akuila Rokolisoa *
⚫️ Riley Hohepa *
🔴 Jared Page *
⚪️ Solomona Paraki *
⚫️ Etene Nanai *- Big CONGRATULATIONS to our Counties Manukau 7's Nationals Debutants
Draw Day 1 -
1005 Wanganui
1225 Waikato
1515 Taranaki -
2017 was the last time the Central Coast 7s was held. That's a pity, because it was a good warm-up tournament for the World Series, a great opportunity for non-core nations in Oceania to play against a number of core teams and - at least for NZ - a good tournament to give the development teams a run. The question is now whether another organiser/city will step into the void left behind by the CC7s and organise a similar tournament in November. Personally, I think Auckland would be a good candidate because of its large Pacific population.
UON Central Coast Sevens - CC7s
Official Announcement It is with a tinge of sadness that we wish to advise that we have made the decision to no longer facilitate the Central Coast Sevens. We are extremely proud of the tournament...
MORGAN SPEAKS OUT ABOUT WHY HE LEFT CC7S BEHIND - NBN News
It's the end of an era for Australian rugby, with the Central Coast International Sevens looking unl
