The 2013/14 HSBC Sevens Series Day Two 13 October has completed and yet again New Zealand win through to take the final. We had some close games and plenty of excitement particularly in the quarters where New Zealand scraped past England. Scotland did for the USA and Australia marched into the semis as they dismissed Kenya. The finals and Fiji thumped Kenya … [Read more...]
HSBC Sevens 2013/14 – Preview Gold Coast 12/13 Oct
The 2013/14 HSBC Sevens Series opens on the Gold Coast in Australia over the weekend of 12/13 October. The new series sees loads of new faces in coaching set-ups as well as teams. As we have done in the past we will try and keep you up to date with what is happening. First England have a new coach in one of the all time greats of the small game Simon Amor … [Read more...]
Finals Gold Coast 7’s – New Fiji Retain Title
What a round of finals and could we be more wrong as the new look Fiji squad with seven new boys took the All Blacks Seven apart with power, pace and a blitz defence that never let Cama the New Zealand play maker settle and get anything going. It took three minutes and then the tries started for the Fijians, the Blacks did take the lead on three and a half minutes but that was … [Read more...]
S-Finals Gold Coast 7’s – Kenya Push Blacks To Final
Day Two and the semi finals of the Gold Coast Seven's leg of the IRB World Series threw up some epic encounters. The main competition saw South Africa lose to Fiji 10-21, this was a ding dong contest but Fiji had to much control for the exciting Boks. 7-14 at the break turning into a convincing win for the Islanders. Next up New Zealand were pushed for a while by the … [Read more...]
Q-Finals Gold Coast 7’s -Kenya Progress As Wallabies Succumb
Day Two and the quarter finals of the Gold Coast Seven's leg of the IRB World Series went to script apart from new boys Spain doing for Tonga in the bowl. The main competition saw South Africa defeat France 26-14 as the French confirmed they are a force this season. Fiji did for Samoa but 19-7 was easier than we thought it would be though still tight. Argentina gave New … [Read more...]