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Argentina chase history in Vancouver after making another SVNS final
Argentina are through to their fourth Cup final from as many SVNS Series events this season after a relentless 35-19 demolition of the United States in Sunday’s semi-final.
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It was all one-way traffic from minute one with Joaquin Pellandini opening the scoring, and a Matias Osadczuk double saw the SVNS Series leaders race out to a big half-time lead.
Los Pumas Sevens didn’t take their foot off the gas during the second term, either, with tries to Tobias Wade and Agustin Fraga completing Argentina’s rout of the Eagles Sevens.
Argentina’s quick thinking gets them over the line 🤩#HSBCSVNS #HSBCSVNSVAN | @lospumas7arg https://t.co/T9hXo8v66y pic.twitter.com/WqIY7E4mkQ
— HSBC SVNS (@SVNSSeries) February 25, 2024
Argentina, who won the previous legs at BC Place Stadium in 2022 and 2023, are chasing history as they look to become the first men’s team to win the Vancouver event three times in a row.
“We are very happy. Tough game, tough tournament but we are happy to be back in the final again,” Argentina’s Tobias Wade told RugbyPass.
“It’s an amazing group… we are all friends and that’s the main thing. We fight for each other so that’s the main thing.
“When we fight because of the other guy that’s the main issue and we can (bring out) the best in ourselves.”
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Argentina, who claimed Cup final glory in both Cape Town and Perth, will face a talented New Zealand outfit in the Vancouver decider in the final game on Sunday.
The All Blacks Sevens got the better of both Fiji and Antoine Dupont’s France in the knockout rounds to book their place in their first Cup final of the season.
Tries to Cody Vai and Scott Curry, as well as a double to 2023 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year nominee Akuila Rokolisoa, propelled the Kiwis into the big dance by 28-26.
“We know that both teams are really tough but we try to put the focus on ourselves, on our team to try to fix our mistakes and try to correct some things,” he said before the other semi-final.
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“We put the focus on us. We are going to analyse something from each country but the main thing is among us.”
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The URC and the Euro Championscup can’t run at the same time, basically dilutes both competitions.
1 Go to comments“While Sotutu should start at No.8 for the All Blacks against England, but it’s only in that arena that he can prove just how good he really is.” And that my friends is where simply hasnt shone despite multiple opportunities. Even in this performance you can see what did him in in the test arena..he almost always still runs at the opposition almost ramrod upright making him easier to stop than it should be.
1 Go to commentsShould have been 0-0 and a message from SR CEO to both teams - “don’t worry about turning up next year”.
3 Go to commentsGreat work Owen Franks. A great of this team, scoring his first try for the Crusaders since 2010.He was beaming, justifiably. A fine win, he and the rest did the job up front.
1 Go to commentsDanny Care. Lang in die tand.
1 Go to commentsBig empty stadium does nothing for atmosphere but munster are playing well with solid performance
1 Go to commentsYes, Fiji can win the World Cup! With that belief plus their christian faith🙏 and hard work it is achievable. Great article. Ian Duncan Fiji resident 1981-84
2 Go to commentsInteresting comments about Touch. England’s hosting the Touch World Cup this year and the numbers have exploded since their last World Cup in 2019, something like 70% more teams and 40 nations taking part. And England Touch have made a big thing about how many universities are in their BUCS University Touch Championship as well as Sport England membership. Can only see this growing even more domestically as more people become aware of it
10 Go to comments“Cortez Ratima is light years ahead of anyone on current form, while TJ Perenara has also skyrocketed into contention following the unfortunate injury to the talented Cam Roigard.” At last some sanity. Hitherto so many pundits have been wittering on about Finlay Christie to the point one wondered if they were observing a FC in a parallel universe where the FC they saw wasnt just the mediocre Shayne Philpott project of Fosters hapless AB reign in the real world. Ratima, Perenara and Fakatava are the ONLY logical 9s for Razor now Roigard is crocked.
3 Go to commentsThis game was just as painful as the Hurricanes game. It was real fork-in-the-eye stuff.
3 Go to commentsNow if they could just fire the Crusaders ground PA guy who likes to play his dance music and just loves the sound of his own voice the entire game, even when play is going on. And I thought their brass band thing of a few years ago was bad.
5 Go to commentsUnfortunately when you lose by far the two form players this season in Roigard and Aumua, you're left replacing two game changing Tanks with a couple of pea-shooters. Which is also about the speed of TJs pass.
4 Go to commentsBit rich coming from the guy with zero loyalty to anyone or any team, including happily taking a players place in a league world cup squad because well, SBW wanted to play in it and thus an already named player got told he was no longer going. And airing stuff like this, which may or may not be true, doesn't exactly say you're a stand up guy either SBW. Just looking to keep his name in lights as usual.
38 Go to commentsTamati Tua. …the Taniwha NPC midfielder. Ollie Sapsford, Hawkes Bay NPC midfielder…doing well
4 Go to commentsFiji deserve to be in the rugby championship, fans love seeing the Fijian national team play, the Fijian Drua is a wonderful idea but the players can still be stolen to play for NZ and AUS…
2 Go to commentsThe first concern for this afternoon are wheather forecast…
1 Go to commentsWhy cant I watch Rugby games please?
1 Go to commentsBeautiful shot from Finau, end of story. Gutted for Shaun Stevenson though.
4 Go to commentsThe Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
1 Go to commentsWasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
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