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Black Ferns and All Blacks Sevens into semi-finals in Toulouse

Players of New Zealand perform a haka after the final game of the World Rugby Seven Series 2023 BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Black Ferns and All Blacks Sevens have qualified for the semi-finals of the World Sevens Series in Toulouse.

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After day one victories over USA and Poland which secured the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series title for 2023, the Black Ferns Sevens continued their winning ways with a 28-7 win over Canada, powered by a Jorja Miller brace in their final pool game.

Risi Pouri-Lane grabbed a double against Japan in the 29-7 quarter-final win to set up a semi-final showdown with France, who earlier upset Australia and made the final four with a win over Great Britain in their quarter.

Australia were still able to top their pool despite the upset defeat and beat Ireland 17-7 in the quarter-final to set up a semi-final with the USA.

In the men’s, the All Blacks Sevens cruised to the semi-finals with a 35-0 win over Ireland to book a semi-final date with France.

New Zealand had comfortable wins over Canada 29-12 and Kenya 31-5 before a tough 14-12 win over Uruguay.

A length of the field try to Roderick Solo after a Regan Ware break gave the All Blacks a 14-5 lead with under two minutes to play.

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Argentina booked a date with Canada in the other men’s semi-final after a hard-fought 21-12 win over South Africa, while Canada overcome Australia by 12-10.

If the All Blacks Sevens are able to secure their third straight gold and fifth event overall in Toulouse they would seal the Series with one leg remaining.

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CB 15 minutes ago
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It will come down to (as it always does) to who controls the gain line. Scotland need to stop the English forwards at the gain line and suck then into a war of attrition up front. If the English forwards are able to mix in the back line and punch holes then it will be game over.

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PB 17 minutes ago
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GrahamVF 54 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

The main problem is that on this thread we are trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Rugby union developed as distinct from rugby league. The difference - rugby league opted for guaranteed tackle ball and continuous phase play. Rugby union was based on a stop start game with stanzas of flowing exciting moves by smaller faster players bookended by forward tussles for possession between bigger players. The obsession with continuous play has brought the hybrid (long before the current use) into play. Backs started to look more like forwards because they were expected to compete at the tackle and breakdowns completely different from what the original game looked like. Now here’s the dilemma. Scrum lineout ruck and maul, tackling kicking handling the ball. The seven pillars of rugby union. We want to retain our “World in Union” essence with the strong forward influence on the game but now we expect 125kg props to scrum like tractors and run around like scrum halves. And that in a nutshell is the problem. While you expect huge scrums and ball in play time to be both yardsticks, you are going to have to have big benches. You simply can’t have it both ways. And BTW talking about player safety when I was 19 I was playing at Stellenbosch at a then respectable (for a fly half) 160lbs against guys ( especially in Koshuis rugby) who were 100 lbs heavier than me - and I played 80 minutes. You just learned to stay out of their way. In Today’s game there is no such thing and not defending your channel is a cardinal sin no matter how unequal the task. When we hybridised with union in semi guaranteed tackle ball the writing was on the wall.

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RC 56 minutes ago
'I’m severely worried': Ex-players sound alarm over looming Irish crisis

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RC 57 minutes ago
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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

What you are talking about is on field tactics - not taking into account that the on field tactics are the immediate expression of a long laid carefully planned strategy. Like the “Art of War” says (not in these words) the better the strategy the less you have to adapt tactics.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

What I would like to know is; in a game that developed as a stop start game with exciting flowing moves in between physical confrontations, and was eagerly watched and revered by millions, why has it become a yardstick of excellence for how long it takes to through 20 phases to gain 10 meters?

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

It is axiomatic that the countries with the most talented athletes will have greater depth. Limiting the bench because not all nations produce lots of high quality players is like saying lets have three runners in a relay so those who only have three top athletes can compete.

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Warped logic there. Pollock, Curry and Itoje are not bigger because they sit on the bench. In the RWC final Fourie and Kwagga were not bigger than so called power wingers. If you watch NH rugby you will know this and you will know that this supposed lack of endurance comment about T14 teams is ignorance.

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'I’m severely worried': Ex-players sound alarm over looming Irish crisis

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Hammer Head 2 hours ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

My issue is: that we keep tinkering with the game, the rules - not liking all the consequences of the changes, making more changes.

When does it end and when does rugby evolve into something that is barely recognizable?



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jb 2 hours ago
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Thinking outside the box, and just throwing it out there; could we limit the number of box kicks by the 9, outside his own 22, to say five per game? That’s a random number that would need thought but it might force some greater tactical thought.

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The Reds are probably weakest in the back three these days (seems crazy looking at their quality over the years.. Ioane, Latham, Tune, Big Dell, Rocket Rod etc.).

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Over the sideline 3 hours ago
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Looks a better draw than last years too.

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