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[Higgins]

I will post results here for those interested in the early matches. Hopefully someone will be able to carry it on when I depart to watch the event around 6.00pm tonight

Completed:
France 26 - 17 Kenya
Wales 19 - 07 Argentina
Fiji 14- 17 Tonga
England 29 - 00 USA
South Africa 43 - 00 Cook Islands
Samoa 29 - 14 Japan
New Zealand 29 - 07 Scotland (halftime 00 -07)
Starters: Tim Mikkleson, Solomon King, DJ Forbes, Tomasi Cama, Frank Halai, Tob Arnold, Charles Piutau
Subs:Ardie Savea, Bryce Heem, Mark Jackman, Hosea Gear
Converted try to the Jocks in the first minute.
Tries to Halai and Forbes in the first two minutes of the 2nd half, Cama a conversion.
Forbes in again after 3 1/2 mins, Cama misses the conversion.
Forbes completes his hattrick after 5 mins, Cama misses.
8 1/2mins Savea scores the first of hopefully many tries in the Black jersey, Cama coverts

Australia 10 - 35 Kenya
France 14 - 19 Canada
Wales 14 - 14 Tonga
Fiji 31 - 00 Argentina
England 27 - 12 Cook Islands
Sth Africa 21 - 00 USA

Edited by Duluth, 04 February 2012 - 01:22 PM.

[Crucial]

Thanks for the updates Higgins. Much faster than the official site.

[rotated]

You are doing the Lord's work Higgins.

Excellent to see Savea get on the scoresheet.

[Higgins]

Crucial said:

Thanks for the updates Higgins. Much faster than the official site.

Really? I am getting them of the IRB website!!!!!!!!!

http://www.irbsevens...resresults.html

Edited by Higgins, 03 February 2012 - 03:33 PM.

[Crucial]

Higgins said:

Really? I am getting them of the IRB website!!!!!!!!!

http://www.irbsevens...resresults.html

Really? You are still much faster.

[Crucial]

Canada with the early 'upset' eh? Still France and Surrender shouldn't be a surprise.

[darreninusa]

"Australia 10 - 35 Kenya"

The hell happened here? lol

[Higgins]

I am heading off to the Stadium so the France v Kenya game will be the last of my score updates. Hopefully someone will keep it going on this thread but if not try this link which should give you good updates

http://www.irbsevens.com/destination...esresults.html

[Duluth]

Toby Arnold's knee injury from yesterday was quite serious. Out for nine months..

[Chubby13]

Duluth said:

Toby Arnold's knee injury from yesterday was quite serious. Out for nine months..

Did he do his ACL did he? Thats a long time off for a knee injury the poor bastard. Who will they bring in to replace him for the next tournament?

[Chubby13]

17-7 half time score to NZ over France. France are pretty average. Gear and Mikkelson scored some good tries. Gears to big, to strong and to fast for the French.

[Chubby13]

22- 7 final score to NZ. French defense and discipline was shit. Halai replaced Gear for the 2nd half and was the star of the half. He's just so strong and hard to take down. Shame about the weather. Weather looks pretty crap, and theyre talking about it getting worse.

Commentators are talking that Mark Jackmand up pretty hard. Seemed solid, but time will tell.

[Chubby13]

Englands in a different league to Tonga. Theyre to fit and to physical and Tonga just cant keep up. 19-0 at half time. Tonga spent the majority of their half in their 22 and would of been lucky to have spent any time in the english half. Alot more kicking involved due to the weather as well. Will be interesting to see if that carries through to the later games.

[Red Beard]

Chubby13 said:

22- 7 final score to NZ. French defense and discipline was shit. Halai replaced Gear for the 2nd half and was the star of the half. He's just so strong and hard to take down. Shame about the weather. Weather looks pretty crap, and theyre talking about it getting worse.

Commentators are talking that Mark Jackmand up pretty hard. Seemed solid, but time will tell.

I was waiting for Gear to bust the game open but it was Halai who stole the show. Jackman looked to stifle some of our attacking play down to me. Lacking abit of rythym.

[Razbra]

I went for a couple hours today but the rain was a downer and I'm picking my daughter up from the airport later so I was not drinking. It was a good vibe as always but incredibly hard to get into when it's not full on rugby. I respect 7s but it's just not the game I follow so I'm home now and dry. Highlight was watching two drunk phucks being egged on by their less drunk mates to kiss. The terror on One guys face when he realized what he was doing was priceless.

[allblackfan]

This semi with England is a corker, 12 all full time so into extra time. Poms playing fast attacking game.Halai just took it out with an excellent try.

[taniwharugby]

jeez that was close

[mimic]

some of the yellow cards in this tournament is getting out of hand

[taniwharugby]

mimic said:

some of the yellow cards in this tournament is getting out of hand

yeah the one early in the Samoa-Fiji semi was harsh and appeared to have a big influence on the game, even the one on the English guy seemed a bit harsh

[mariner4life]

I don't know who Frank Halai is, but he is a weapon.

[Mokey]

Woo hoo! NZ beat Fiji 24-7 in the final. Nice work boys.

[Bones]

mariner4life said:

I don't know who Frank Halai is, but he is a weapon.

Welcome to last year

Kid just gets better and better though, the way he's starting to play he's looking like he could move that form over to 15's too.

[Bovidae]

Bones said:

Welcome to last year

Kid just gets better and better though, the way he's starting to play he's looking like he could move that form over to 15's too.

Halai looked good in the limited opportunities he had for Waikato last year. For some reason, Gibbes and McLeod favoured other wingers for the majority of the ITM Cup. Great result in the final.

[mariner4life]

Bones said:

Welcome to last year

Kid just gets better and better though, the way he's starting to play he's looking like he could move that form over to 15's too.

He's been around that long? Funny i haven't heard much of him (i get to see next to no sevens) all the talk last year was on that O'Donnell kid.

Halai is a big unit with mad wheels, and is pretty elusive, can't see why a transition can't be made. I have to say, Hosea Gear looks classy when he runs, he just looks dangerous. I wish someone could work on the rest of his game.

[mimic]

Halai's defense is pretty ugly.. He's also often greedy taking on the line when they have a one or two man overlap.. He's a match winner though (he did the same thing last year)

[leyton]

i think halai is brilliant in attack but his defense is terrible,hope he can work on that aspect of his game.
gear still needs to work on his workrate,doesn't go looking for the ball enough.
standout player has to be dj forbes,the man is a machine,he is everywhere

[Bovidae]

mimic, on 04 February 2012 - 11:41 PM, said:

Halai's defense is pretty ugly.. He's also often greedy taking on the line when they have a one or two man overlap..

Even Forbes, Cama, Mikkelson, Gear, etc missed their fair share of tackles - there's no place to hide in Sevens. We're only going to know how good Halai is in XVs when he plays because the games are so different. Agree about Halai being a bit greedy with the ball but he's probably been told to take the defence on - inexperience.

[booboo]

What happened to Declan O'Donnell?

[Bones]

With the chiefs?

[booboo]

Bones, on 08 February 2012 - 12:12 AM, said:

With the chiefs?

That'd make sense ...