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The men’s tournament will get underway [Tomorrow 24/7] before the Opening Ceremony on 26 July, featuring France (host nation), New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia (top four teams in the World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 excluding France), Uruguay (South America), Ireland (Europe), USA (North America), Kenya (Africa), Samoa (Oceania), Japan (Asia) and South Africa, who were last to qualify through the repechage.

The pool phase and quarter-finals are scheduled on 24 and 25 July.
The semi-finals, classification matches and medal events are scheduled on 27 July.

The women’s tournament will follow from 28-30 July featuring France (host nation), New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and USA (top four teams in the World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 not including France), Brazil (South America), Canada (North America), Great Britain (Europe), South Africa (Africa), Fiji (Oceania), Japan (Asia) and China who qualified through the repechage.

https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/oly ... 24/matches

From my ultra lazy following of 7s I believe that France have a legitimate chance of winning gold and Ireland medaling. I know Dupont is playing but it seems that in general, France are taking the game more seriously these days.

Hugo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:11 pm From my ultra lazy following of 7s I believe that France have a legitimate chance of winning gold and Ireland medaling. I know Dupont is playing but it seems that in general, France are taking the game more seriously these days.

I saw a little of a press conference with the NZ teams. The men's spokesman was saying France have put an enormous amount of work in over the last 4 years and were looking very strong even before they added Dupont.

Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:19 pm

Hugo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:11 pm From my ultra lazy following of 7s I believe that France have a legitimate chance of winning gold and Ireland medaling. I know Dupont is playing but it seems that in general, France are taking the game more seriously these days.

I saw a little of a press conference with the NZ teams. The men's spokesman was saying France have put an enormous amount of work in over the last 4 years and were looking very strong even before they added Dupont.

Yes, you are correct but they won their first 2 major tournaments with Dupont, same with EdF15 or Toulouse, big difference when he’s playing.

Pool stages live coverage seem to be limited to Eurosport 2 here, with BBC only picking it up from the knock-out rounds?

How come there is no GB men’s team?

Slick wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:08 pm How come there is no GB men’s team?

Failed to qualify I think.

Yup

Great Britain have failed to reach the men's rugby sevens at the Olympic Games for the first time since it made its debut in 2016 after losing 14-5 to South Africa in the repechage final in Monaco.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:44 am

I hate the odd group structure. Same with the Euros at football.

No reason there couldn't have been four groups or even two groups of 6 with an extra day added. There are constraints on venue but Paris has a few rugby stadiums that could have assisted.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:00 pm Pool stages live coverage seem to be limited to Eurosport 2 here, with BBC only picking it up from the knock-out rounds?

The early rounds will be live on the BBC red button this afternoon.

Lobby wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 9:05 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:00 pm Pool stages live coverage seem to be limited to Eurosport 2 here, with BBC only picking it up from the knock-out rounds?

The early rounds will be live on the BBC red button this afternoon.

Match 1

Aus 21 - 14 Samoa

Fun to watch, but some fairly ropey basic skills on display so far

Cmon kenya

Partisan crowd argies getting booed with every touch of the ball

yermum wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 2:09 pm Cmon kenya

Partisan crowd argies getting booed with every touch of the ball

Wonder why....

That escalated quickly

Arg 31 - 12 Kenya

Fra 5 - 7 USA
Half time
Fra 12 - 7 USA - 2.5 min left
Fra 12 - 12 USA 60 secs

French #4 fucks up the chance to win the match.

USA kick the ball dead for the draw

Result
Fra 12 - 12 USA

Fiji player should've been yellowed for push into touch
Fiji 5 - 7 Uruguay

Half Time
Fiji 19 - 7 Uruguay

Full Time
Fiji 40 - 12 Uruguay

Full time
Ireland 10 - 5 South Africa

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:00 pm Full time
Ireland 10 - 5 South Africa

Blitzbokke a shadow of their recent, former glory.

NZ hammer Japan 40-12

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:00 pm Full time
Ireland 10 - 5 South Africa

Ireland have seemed to found a way to play sevens in the style of Munster winning the HC. It’s a sort of anti sevens

Slick wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:08 pm How come there is no GB men’s team?

Failed to qualify, as said above.

This is after it was decided to do away with separate national teams for England, Scotland and Wales in order to concentrate on competing at the Olympics.

That really fucking worked, didn't it.

And now the country that invented the game doesn't have a national side.

Oh, and for the Commonwealth games which is pretty much the same level of competition, we have to pull a scratch team together

Round #2 - last night results

Aus 21 - 7 Kenya

Arg 28 - 12 Samoa

France 19 - 12 Uruguay

Fiji 38 - 12 USA

Ireland 40 - 5 Japan

NZ 17 - 5 South Africa

Pool A
NZ 6 points
Ireland 6 points
South Africa 2 Points
Japan 2 points

Pool B
Arg 6 points
Aus 6 Points
Samoa 2 Points
Kenya 2 Points

Pool C
Fiji 6 points
France 5 points
USA 3 points
Uruguay 2 points

So all my teams are already out of medal contention before the opening ceremony

assfly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:18 am So all my teams are already out of medal contention before the opening ceremony

Our 7s have really been shocking. And our under 20s. An embarressment really

Day 2

Samoa 26 - 0 Kenya
Arg 14 - 22 Aus -----------> Aus through, top of their group
USA 33 - 17 Uruguay

France v Fiji in the sevens live now.

BBC1 - Rick Steins Cornwall
BBC2 - Make me a Dealer

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:33 pm France v Fiji in the sevens live now.

BBC1 - Rick Steins Cornwall
BBC2 - Make me a Dealer

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:33 pm France v Fiji in the sevens live now.

BBC1 - Rick Steins Cornwall
BBC2 - Make me a Dealer

It is on iPlayer though.

Fiji 19 - 12 France

SA 49 - 5 Japan

NZ 14 - 12 Ireland

Pool A
NZ - 9
Ireland - 7
SA - 5
Japan - 3

Pool B
Aus - 9
Arg - 7
Samoa - 5 - SA go through with better points diff, thanks to the huge win over Japan, so they can lose to NZ again in the next round
Kenya - 3

Pool C
Fiji - 9
France - 6
USA - 6
Uruguay - 3

https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/oly ... s-bracket/

Boks squeeze thru to quarters. Probably underserved and NZ will wipe the floor with us anyway.

Been hunting around youtube for match replays to pass on to Bro in Law who is currently bush, naturally nothing beyond some Aussie highlights showing up. World Rugby doing it's best promoting the game again would be my call

SA 14 - 7 NZ

Pure guts

Haven’t watched 7’s for a while, it’s really bloody physical. Every tackle is a cruncher.

Also, is a the ball they use slightly more round? Doesn’t seem to make so many odd bounces

That's was defense.

Just wow