NZ vs OZ 2013 london sevens cup finals thread,,,

i will be keeping an updated paly by play account in this thread as we bid farewell to the 2012/2013 sevens world series, :o)

good luck to both NZ & OZ, :o)

*update*

2013 london 7s,,,

wales - bowls finals winner
fiji - plate finals winner
 

core status qualifying winners for 2013/2014 season - spain, scotland & portugal

3rd place play off winner - england

kenya are still a very green team, they score a try to take the score to 26-12 and the try scorer screws around as if resigned to the fact theyve lost the match.
he wasted a good 40-50 secs there, which in 7s is a life time.

a bit more urgency was need and i hope the coach gives him a boot up the bum for it, tiejesn would have dropped anyone who wasted that much time, regardless of who it was, thats the differenc ebetween the elite teams and the good teams.

try to mickelson in the opneing minutes and a try to ahki see NZ ahead 14 nil

good start, :o)
 

australia score with 2:30 left on the clock, score is 14-5

kiwis need to listen to the ref, i dont believe they cant hear the ref say leave it. too many penalties been given away.
 

NZ score thanks to a baker kick which luckily bounces for cama who passes to stowers for their 3rd try.

NZ lead 21-5, :o)

half time, 21-5 NZ lead.

nice half boys, lets keep the pressure on in the second half and bring this one, kia kaha, :o)

baker score in first minute of second half.

looking good boys,

score 28 - 5.

miceklson try 5th minute fo the game

NZ lead 33-5, :o)
 

rakinbula try, dodgy though it looked liek a knock on.

NZ lead 40 - 0, :o)

laloifi scores for australia, score is 40 12 with 1min 40sec left.

congrats NZ, nice london series win, :o)

mickelson with no more time on the clock unselfishly passes in goal to lahmert who socres his firt try of the tournament.

woo hoo, :o)

congrats NZ on a well deserved 47-12 win.

NZ SEVENS ARE KINGS OF THE SEVENS WORLD!!!!

YAYYYYYY..... KIWI KIWI KIWI KIWI KIWI!

Sasue

Don't get overly excited abou this win - it was a freakish weekend where the Kiwis at last won their second tournament of the year.  Teams do under-perform if they won the Scotish leg of the series so it is normal that the top teams in Glasgow will not perform as well in the London tournament and that accounts to a large xtent for the All Blacks win in this case.

Lets wait and see what happens in the London WC when players like Brown and Delport will be back for SA.

 Is that your way of congratulating the AB 7s team Mike? Shit, we can't win with you blokes! You lot were all mouth and trousers last week cos the Bok team beat us and now you excuse your team for a "disgustingly poor" display in London where they beaten twice by the USA , the 2nd one a creaming!

Just like your Springboks.....no consistency or staying power! 

@mikey,

teheheheheheehe, :oP

i didnt do a good job of explaining why i was so happy with the london tournament, but here are the key reasons why,,,,

- NZ scored a podium finish in every single tournament, 2 golds, 5 slivers and 2 bronzes
- NZ 7s 173pts means that NZ have the top 5 highest pts in the series history
-  blitzboks inability to make the plate finals now negates the momentum they currently had. they are still a threat, but inconsistencies makes NZ favourites for the 7sWC.
- we won it quite easily despite missing ben lam and dj forbes, both who NZs incumbent forwards. when they get back in the team, our cureent momentum will get a seriouys power boost.
- london leg was the nice cherry on top of the world crown, :o)