The second round of the 2013/14 HSBC Sevens Series kicks off in Dubai over the weekend of 29/30 November 2013. We are looking forward to a great weekend with plenty of good rugby to continue on from the Gold Coast. The pools and fixtures have been announced and it looks like New Zealand (All Blacks) in pool 'A' have an easy ride with just Kenya to give them any … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Cup – Samoa shock Blacks
Samoa won the Cup Fianl in Dubai and blew away the All Blacks in the process 26-15. Earlier the New Zealand Women thrashed South Africa to take the World Series crown 26-15. In the other finals England were to strong for Spain, Argentina out powered a tiring South Africa. Wales were fleeter of mind and more physical than Canada. In the third place game Kenya did for … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Cup – France & Kenya out-muscled by big boys
The Semi Finals in Dubai under gathering black clouds, showed the difference between the top teams and the pretenders. France competed with Samoa in the first half but could not build and in the second period Samoa took a grip on the game with France forcing the last play in gifting Samoa the final try to go down 5-12. The New Zealand Kenya was all together more one sided as … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Cup Quarters – France Shock Fiji
DayTwo in Dubai and the weather shone for the teams, but surprises continued not some much in the Cup, but certainly the Bowl. The Cup opened with a surprise as France out-muscled and out thought Fiji to take a narrow win 8-5. The rest of the results went to form although Canada scared Kenya and the saving grace for the Africans was holding up players over the line to … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Minnows exel – Canada & Portugal into Cup Quarters
The pool games are over for day one in the Dubai leg of the World Series and we had a few surprises. We expected England to lose to South Africa and so they did, but they beat Samoa only to lose to Portugal and fail to reach the Cup. teams through were Fiji and Kenya as we expected. Canada a real surprise beating France and drawing with Australia who also dropped out of the … [Read more...]