2019-2020 World Sevens Series
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@Stargazer close!
And at least the men made the final, hopefully the fresh blood will be voided before the Olympics and we won't have an old broken down slow squad this time
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I think there will be a lot of experimenting with squad composition this season, so they can give plenty of game time to all players in both squads. Then, hopefully, they can pick the best squads for the Olympics. Really hoping that injuries are not going to interfere with that selection process.
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@Stargazer said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
I think there will be a lot of experimenting with squad composition this season, so they can give plenty of game time to all players in the squad. Then, hopefully, they can pick the best squad for the Olympics. Really hoping that injuries are not going to interfere with that selection process.
We've had a few years with really bad injury porfiles, often going into the last games with less than half on the bench, not enough standing
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@Machpants Yeah, it's a shame. The BFs were missing some big names (Hirini, Blyde, Woodman) during this tournament, so they'll still have a good chance of winning when injury strikes, but the AB7s have less depth (or - at least - depth of sufficient quality). It will be interesting to see who of the young SR players will eventually make the Olympic squad.
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@Steven-Harris said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
Can somebody tell me why Kurt Baker is even in the NZ Sevens Team...?..I just don’t rate the guy..anybody else feel the same..?
He's a bloody good player when he's not trying to be a dick all the time. Unfortunately as he gets older that seems to be more and more rather than less and less. Needs dropping again to get some humble pie.
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@Stargazer said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
Men's rankings after one tournament. This list clearly shows that they award different points to those ranked 5th - 8th, but withouth 5th to 8th place play-offs having been played. I really would like to see an explanation of how they've come to this ranking.
It is points differential as the commentators mentioned that the late try by the Fijian women against NZ would help their ranking. I'm not sure if that is based only on the QF match or over the entire tournament.
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@Machpants said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
And at least the men made the final, hopefully the fresh blood will be voided before the Olympics and we won't have an old broken down slow squad this time
Wouldn't count on it, SBW bound to make himself available for selection again at the last minute.
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Cape Town Sevens
Pool Games
Saturday, 14 December 2019 (NZT):
2.50am: Black Ferns 7s v South Africa
6.05am: All Blacks 7s v Wales
9.35pm: Black Ferns 7s v Fiji
.Sunday, 15 December 2019 (NZT):
12.07am: All Blacks 7s v Canada
3.25am: Black Ferns 7s v Russia
6.05am: All Blacks 7s v ArgentinaLIVE on Sky Sport 1
