RWC sevens 2009 thread

sock puppet

Serenity Now! wrote: »

Finals day.
First three in each group go into the Bowl, Plate and Cup respectively.
Ireland must finish third at least to progress.

No everyone plays again. We're the best finishing 4th placed team so I think we'll be against the Arabian Gulf in the quarters of the bowl.

conf101

Knock Out Competition : 24 Team Format

Following the completion of the pool games in the 24 team format, teams are re-seeded and divided into three groups of eight as follows :

Cup (Melrose Cup)
Winner A - 1st
Winner B - 2nd
Winner C - 3rd
Winner D - 4th
Winner E - 5th
Winner F - 6th
Best 2nd place - 7th
2nd Best 2nd place - 8th

Plate
3rd best 2nd place - 9th
4th best 2nd place - 10th
5th best 2nd place - 11th
6th best 2nd place - 12th
Best 3rd place - 13th
2nd best 3rd place - 14th
3rd best 3rd place - 15th
4th best 3rd place - 16th

Bowl
5th best 3rd place - 17th
6th best 3rd place - 18th
Best 4th place - 19th
2nd best 4th place - 20th
3rd best 4th place - 21st
4th best 4th place - 22nd
5th best 4th place - 23rd
6th best 4th place - 24th

http://www.rwcsevens.com/men/rules/index.html

Serenity Now!

sock puppet wrote: »

No everyone plays again. We're the best finishing 4th placed team so I think we'll be against the Arabian Gulf in the quarters of the bowl.

Erm...yes, the bowl which is played on finals day

big dan

Ireland through to the Bowl Final against Zimbabwe.
We beat Arabian Gulf in the QF 24-5 and then beat Hong Kong 22-15 in the SF

johnnyboy4711

14.30 by my reckoning!
hopefully on setanta!
and a win for the boys!
slan
j

hopefully they mark Nemadire out of it as he is there top try scorer!

Podge_irl

Hehe, I got an (unfortunately small) bet on Kenya at 50/1 before the whole thing started They've a damn good sevens team, its great to see.
Nice to see Ireland through to the bowl final, it was a pretty poor 7s squad though.

big dan

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

14.30 by my reckoning!
hopefully on setanta!
and a win for the boys!
slan
j

It's on setanta 1

Stev_o

Wales have come on leaps and bounds they'v beaten New Zealand and now leading Samoa in the semi's.

big dan

Samoa aren't playing great at all.

ya Wales have a decent team.

big dan

Samoa so unlucky at the end there. i'd say they're gutted

Stev_o

It would be a great moment in rugby if Kenya go onto the final and beat Wales!

big dan

Stev_o wrote: »

It would be a great moment in rugby if Kenya go onto the final and beat Wales!

Would be for sure but the Argies are looking tough at the moment

Stev_o

big dan wrote: »

Would be for sure but the Argies are looking tough at the moment

Are also sly feckers going down for "breathers" at every set piece.

big dan

Ireland losing 12-0 at half time. they look tired

big dan

converted try for ireland

big dan

another converted try for ireland 12-14 to us

big dan

try for zimbabwe 17-14 last play

big dan

we knocked on in attack and the kick it out.

zimbabwe 17-14 ireland (FT)

toomevara

Been dipping in and out of this, struck by the competitive nature of the comp with teams like Georgia, Portugal etc...displaying huge skills and fitness levels..

What also struck me is the exceptionally high skill the womens' teams have...no lack of commitment or ferocity there...impressive. WOuldnt want to meet any of them down a dark alley..or hang on...maybe I would;).

Sangre

Ireland lost because they didn't get the finger out.

Serenity Now!

Sangre wrote: »

Ireland lost because they didn't get the finger out

Actually won that game

For my bandwidth's sake, do us a favour and crop that picture, eh?

Gijoe

Watched Ireland's game with Zimbabwe earlier and saw the Australia game yesterday. Maybe this merits a new thread but does anyone think we should have a team on the IRB Sevens circuit? I know funding is an issue but when you look at the names of the some of the players that have played it, it is obviously a good ground for improving players ball skills.

Judging from Ireland's performances compared with other teams it is maybe something which would be good for young backs or loose forwards in the Irish game.

Maybe enter a team consisting of Academy or young A players from the provinces. It would be worth a go for a year or 2 anyway and see how we get on or if any new talent emerges.

ALSO, assuming Sevens does eventually make it to the Olympics if we do have a competitive team (which we are capable of producing), it is a sport where Irish Olympic medals could be won - instead of boxing.

Opinions?

Serenity Now!

Gijoe wrote: »

Watched Ireland's game with Zimbabwe earlier and saw the Australia game yesterday. Maybe this merits a new thread but does anyone think we should have a team on the IRB Sevens circuit? I know funding is an issue but when you look at the names of the some of the players that have played it, it is obviously a good ground for improving players ball skills

You don't just "go" onto the Sevens Series circuit. There are qualifications involved and there are currently teams already established there. If one of them dropped out then maybe its a possibility. Until then, this is how it is.

sock puppet

Australia beat New Zealand in the women's cup final. No swapping jerseys at the end though.

sock puppet

A lot of kicking in this final so far, particularly from Argentina. Wales lead 12-7

chupacabra

Not a bad trip for the boys, 3 wins to 3 losses, and a great performance against the wallabies. Good considering we're not series regulars.

sock puppet

Wales win 19-12. Both teams look totally wrecked. Argentina missed a few chances. They knocked on twice in front of the try line in the first half.

Serenity Now!

sock puppet wrote: »

Wales win 19-12. Both teams look totally wrecked. Argentina missed a few chances. They knocked on twice in front of the try line in the first half.

Hopefully the last thing Wales win this season.

Some of the Argentinians were nutters. They never once stopped backchatting at the ref despite his decisions being bang on the button.

thomond2006

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

sock puppet

thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

Ah don't be so harsh. Us Celts should stick together.

chupacabra

thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

Hold awhile now, stall the ball, hold your horses, calm down. I for one am happy to see a team outside of the big four of rugby sevens take the world cup, it shows that sevens is a really competitive game and bodes well going forward for its inclusion into the Olympics, which is what we all want to see correct?

And as for Henson, i hate him as much as the next guy and i hope the lads knock the fake tan off him, but do you really think that man is capable of producing tears? Im afraid his tear ducts are probably blocked by the bullsh1t
that comes out of his mouth by now.

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thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

Woah...

Serenity Now!

thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

You should move to Wales. There are many more over there like you than here.
And for your information, a rugby league ex-player is on the Irish coaching setup doing wonders with the Irish team's defence and backline.

Serenity Now!

sock puppet wrote: »

Us Celts should stick together.

What a ridiculous thing to say...

sock puppet

Serenity Now! wrote: »

What a ridiculous thing to say...

It was tongue in cheek. And would you rather see someone like New Zealand win......again?

toomevara

thomond2006 wrote: »

bald headed rugby league asswipe.

sigh...what's the point?

Stev_o

sock puppet wrote: »

It was tongue in cheek. And would you rather see someone like New Zealand win......again?

Fiji won the last one

sock puppet

Stev_o wrote: »

Fiji won the last one

Yes i know. New Zealand have won it before though. Plus didn't they win the series last year?

Webbs

thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh great, Wales won, I can see it now, Johnathan Davies and all the Welsh pundits go on about "the great Welsh talent coming through" and how "Gatland and Wales will benefit form this achievement" and all the other BS.

You know what, I can't wait till Ireland beat seven shades of sh!te out of the Welsh, with their seriously overated Kiwi coach and bald headed rugby league asswipe.

I can't wait to see Gavin Henson in tears when he discovers that he isn't a superstar player after Munster "deal" with him at TP in HEC QF.


*End of Rant*

Wow what amazing sour grapes. Sounds like you have a serious inferiority complex there- ever thought of professional help

Serenity Now!

sock puppet wrote: »

It was tongue in cheek. And would you rather see someone like New Zealand win......again?

I don't care who wins it so long as its a good contest. If NZ won it then fair dues to them.
I don't do the convenient tribalism thing as I think its pathetic.

thomond2006

Webbs wrote: »

Wow what amazing sour grapes. Sounds like you have a serious inferiority complex there- ever thought of professional help

:D:D