IRB wolrd sevens

[shaggy]

The IRB world sevens circut kicked off last week end in Dubai the
australians sevens team for dubai and south africa
NAME CLUB
Paul Warwick (captain) - Manly (NSW)
Scott Staniforth (vice captain) - Eastwood (NSW)
Adam Ashley-Cooper - Norths (NSW)
Andrew Brown - University (QLD)
Richard Brown - Wests (QLD)
Gene Fairbanks - Easts (QLD)
Luke Inman - Sydney University (NSW)
Peri Maika - West Harbour (NSW)
Marshall Milroy - West Harbour (NSW)
Jarrod Saffy - Sydney University (NSW)
Chris Siale - West Harbour (NSW)
Andrew Smith - Norths (NSW)

the calander 4 the sevens tournament is:
Dec 4-5 Dubai
Dec 12-13 George (South Africa)
Feb 6-7 Wellington
Feb 14-15 Los Angeles
Mar 26-28 Hong Kong
Apr 3-4 Singapore
May 28-29 Bordeaux
Jun 5-6 London

The australian team d Zambai 12 -10, d Kenya 22-17, L SA 34-7

the australian team qualifed 4 the quaters were they lost 2 samoa 14-10 then d france 19-7 in the plate semi but lost to Argentina 40-10 in the plate final

Cup Final
South Africa 26 defeated New Zealand 19
Cup Semi Finals
South Africa 13 defeated England 12
New Zealand 33 defeated Samoa 0

2003/04 IRB SEVENS STANDING
South Africa 20
New Zealand 16
England 12
Samoa 12
Argentina 8
Australia 6
Fiji 4
France 4
Canada 2

 

[Matt M]

In union why don't Australia ever put good players in the 7's side? I only know Scott Staniforth from that list. Is it a scheduling thing or something?

 

[SpaceMonkey]

NZ does the same, few if any All Blacks play on the sevens circuit any more. They need an off-season like anyone else I guess.

 

[Marcus]

Very rarely do unions put their best players in the 7s. Usually its the young and aspiring players that start in 7s.

7s seems to produce some really good players though. Muliana, Rocokoco and Brett Russell to name a few.

 

[..::ERIC::..]

NZ does the same, few if any All Blacks play on the sevens circuit any more. They need an off-season like anyone else I guess.

They don't even release Super 12 players like Hosea Gear who probably wont even play much Super 12. Our team lacks any pace. Guys like Gear, Koonwaiyou, Pedersen, Atiga and co should be released for the 7s.