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Rugby 7's Olympic Egg Chasers

Dazzler21
Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
edited August 2016 in Other Football and Sports
Just watched GB beat Argentina in Golden Goal...

Nervy and exciting as hell!

How is 7's not televised more often?

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Think the 7s tour is on ITV
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited August 2016
    ValleyGary said:

    Think the 7s tour is on ITV

    Nice, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

    Far better than standard, much faster and more entertaining.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Dazzler21 said:

    Just watched England beat Argentina in Golden Goal...

    Nervy and exciting as hell!

    How is 7's not televised more often?

    Team GB
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,891
    Sky televises the World 7s, very watchable.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Think it's USA have an ex sprinter who can do the 100m in sub 10.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Chizz said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    Just watched England beat Argentina in Golden Goal...

    Nervy and exciting as hell!

    How is 7's not televised more often?

    Team GB
    Doh a very good point!
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,891
    England if we win Gold.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    ValleyGary said:

    Think it's USA have an ex sprinter who can do the 100m in sub 10.

    they have got an ex sprinter but he was some way off of sub 10. probably why he switched to rugby where he's going to be the quickest one out there
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited August 2016
    Carling Isles has a 10.24 100m


    Not bad!

    At the same height and weight and age my Pb was 13.27 seconds.

    I'm currently at about 14 seconds... Though I'm 18 months older
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  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    Much.
    You are dropping an oval ball onto an uneven surface with unpredicatable bounce.
    Timing is much more crucial.

    They make it look easy!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    No. But drop kicking while being closed down at high speed is very difficult.
  • theeenorth
    theeenorth Posts: 2,277
    Went to Ibrox for Commonwealth games 7's with my boy. Very entertaining day out.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Chizz said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    No. But drop kicking while being closed down at high speed is very difficult.
    Yeah but they do that in normal ruggers, i was referring to the conversion kick.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    Without a doubt
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    Yes very much so. Have you Sen the success rate on drop goals against the success rate off the tee?

    Positions that would be easy lining up from a fixed position are very hard from the hand.

    Line the ball up off the tee and the best kickers in the world can score reliably from close on 50 yards and from out quite wide on both sides.

    Scoring from a drop goal is OK the closer and more central you are but its still harder and the further out and wider you are, the difficulty to get right through the ball in the right direction increases massively.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Dazzler21 said:

    Chizz said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    No. But drop kicking while being closed down at high speed is very difficult.
    Yeah but they do that in normal ruggers, i was referring to the conversion kick.
    You should never miss if it's straight in front. But, from wide, a drop kick is much harder than a placed-kick.
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Team GBR have a player in that of Dan Norton, who can run the first 20m of the 100m faster than Usain Bolt (2.7s), and I believe he can clock 10s or a shade faster (but they try to keep that under wraps), his starting speed is hard to believe, like a motor.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Alwaysneil said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    Is drop kicking harder than a kick from a tee?

    Yes very much so. Have you Sen the success rate on drop goals against the success rate off the tee?

    Positions that would be easy lining up from a fixed position are very hard from the hand.

    Line the ball up off the tee and the best kickers in the world can score reliably from close on 50 yards and from out quite wide on both sides.

    Scoring from a drop goal is OK the closer and more central you are but its still harder and the further out and wider you are, the difficulty to get right through the ball in the right direction increases massively.
    In football terms, it's like taking a penalty as opposed to hitting a volley
  • bazjonster
    bazjonster Posts: 2,875
    Semi-Final v S.Africa at 7pm today
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Some of my most memorable (or lack of later) weekends have been spent at the Hong Kong Sevens. If anyone ever got a chance to go.. do. It is absolutely mental.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    I didn't watch much of the rugby mind.

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