Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

[Stargazer]

Results of the first round of games:

Fijiana 7s 5 - 22 Black Ferns 7s
France 28 - 12 Australia

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Results:

Round 2:
Fijiana 7s 29- 7 France
New Zealand 24-14 Australia

Round 3:
Fijiana 7s 34-12 Australia
New Zealand 24-12 France

Round 4:
Fijiana 7s 17-12 France
New Zealand 7-10 Australia

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https://oceania.rugby/news/teams-buzzing-ahead-of-oceania-rugby-sevens-championship-for-place-at-paris-olympics-20231018

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The Sir Gordon Tietjens 7s tournament was held on the weekend.

I haven't followed the games or tournament, but the winners were:

Open Girls: Manukura Pango team
Open Boys: Fielding High School
U15 Boys: Palmerston North BHS

Open Boys MVP: Mosese Bason (FAHS)
Open Girls MVP: Litia Bulicakau (St Mary's College)

U15 Boys Sir Gordon Tietjens 7's tournament team for 2023:
Nate Werder - New Plymouth BHS
Luke Goodman - New Plymouth BHS
Viliami Rongokea-Tupou - Palmerston North BHS
Will Lovatt - Napier BHS
Triumph Voice - Hastings BHS
Panapa Peia - Hastings BHS
Cayden Pardey - Palmerston North BHS
Teariki-Joseph Maui - Hastings BHS
Jack Hurley - New Plymouth BHS
Eric Miller - Palmerston North BHS

Open Girls Sir Gordon Tietjens 7's tournament team for 2023:
Fono Bason - Feilding HS
Armani Martine - Cullinane College
Bailey Nightingale - St Mary's College
Litia Bulicakau - St Mary's College
Keighley-Rein Araia - Manukura
Patricia Hei Hei - Manukura
Louise Blyde - Sacred Heart Girls' College - New Plymouth
Tiani Kensington - Sacred Heart Girls' College - New Plymouth
Teamaia Sweetman - Manukura
Nia Sutherland - Manukuran

Open Boys Sir Gordon Tietjens 7's tournament team for 2023:
CJ Mienie - Napier BHS
Josh Augustine - Napier BHS
Dan Maisiri - Feilding HS
Mosese Bason - Feilding HS
Brayden Neilson - New Plymouth BHS
Semisi Balenaisa - Feilding HS
Tim O'Leary - Whanganui CS
Raef Robinson - Hastings BHS
Tevita Fakahau - Palmerston North BHS
Cooper Furnell - Palmerston North BHS

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@Stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:

This tournament starts on Friday. I've seen several national squads being named, but no All Blacks 7s or Black Ferns 7s Development teams.

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By the way, you can watch the Oceania Sevens Championship on Sky Sport 2.

[mikedogz]

Some provincial sevens warm up tournaments start soon. One at Whangamata this weekend.

https://countiessportshub.co.nz/cmrfu-representative-sevens-squads-named/?fbclid=IwAR3Hxr5eylV3avrOOdW_x84MBqJwDoPf1GlrtRfba3NXy3Ct11sEHRE57zY

[Bovidae]

Dawai is in the Waikato squad. Cody Nordstrom made his name in schoolboy sevens.

[Stargazer]

Squads All Blacks 7s and Black Ferns 7s Development:

[Daffy Jaffy]

Times for NZ games -

Day One – Friday 10 November *times listed in NZDT
3.18pm New Zealand men v Oceania
7.20pm New Zealand Development women v Australia
7.42pm New Zealand men v Fiji

Day Two – Saturday 11 November
4.08pm New Zealand Development women v Australia
4.30pm New Zealand men v Niue
7.04pm New Zealand Development women v Australia
7.26pm New Zealand men v Australia

Day Three – Sunday 12 November
3.18pm Mens Final
4.02pm New Zealand Development women v Australia

Matches will be broadcast on Sky.

[KiwiMurph]

A reminder this is also on Stan for those in Aus

[Bovidae]

NZ are playing now, so those times must be local.

[Stargazer]

Here's the schedule with NZ times:

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Results of day 1:

[Bovidae]

The results for the women are encouraging as from what I saw from game 1, Aust were closer to a full strength team.

[Stargazer]

Interesting to see Lotu Inisi playing for Tonga. You don't see that many SR players playing sevens after the NPC anymore.

[Bovidae]

And unlike his old man, Jordan Bunce is playing for Niue not Samoa.

[Stargazer]

NZ Development struggling against Australia.

[Bovidae]

Some dumb decisions by experienced players nearly cost the AB7s their game vs Aust. Looking at you Dickson.

[KiwiMurph]

Good AB 7s win over Fiji. Che Clark looked good.