starman
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How are these players selected. Is it like in the football you can only have 3 over 23y/o players?
Can someone who undertands rugby please explain to me how there can be such a huge difference between gold and silver? I thought GB was quite good at Rugby?
Isn't this the kind of hammering when 1st plays unneeded?
i think you can have 4 professional 15 a side players, the rest have to be 7s players.How are these players selected. Is it like in the football you can only have 3 over 23y/o players?
I get that but it's not totally different.It's a different sport. It's Rugby sevens
Can someone who undertands rugby please explain to me how there can be such a huge difference between gold and silver? I thought GB was quite good at Rugby?
Isn't this the kind of hammering when 1st plays unneeded?
OK makes sense. Thanks!Don't really watch 7s but from what I understand Fiji take it very seriously and are the world number ones, whereas the GB team was cobbled together specifically for these games and not really expected to do a huge amount.
Even then the gulfs probably not as big as its looked this game, GB just made a string of simple errors up front and got hit hard. This second halfs probably a better representation of the quality difference.
Not really a rugby man myself but they also say South Africa were the second favourites. GB's semi final win was a bit of an upset.I get that but it's not totally different.
Anyways why such a big difference between gold and silver teams?
Watching Beach Volleyball, the crowd is so small.
pretty shocking , you would think people would want to watch a once in a lifetime even in their own country.Even swimming arenas are half empty
pretty shocking , you would think people would want to watch a once in a lifetime even in their own country.
Am watching the ladies hockey final: Japan vs GB.
Some very pretty ladies on both teams!
They are being priced out.pretty shocking , you would think people would want to watch a once in a lifetime even in their own country.
pretty shocking , you would think people would want to watch a once in a lifetime even in their own country.
Phelps has broken the record for individual medals set by Leonidas in ancient Rome.
16 year old Canadian Penny Oleksiak just tied for gold and now has four medals in these games. She has one more event as well.
Phelps is going to get rightly deserved credit for basically solidifying himself as the greatest Olympian ever tonight, but Oleksiak has been a great story during these games
Money is the reason them and a lot of the other island nations aren't that good at the 15 man game, It was great to see them win their first ever medal at a sport they love.Surprising that they are so good at Rugby 7's but not that good at 15 man Rugby Union
Money is the reason them and a lot of the other island nations aren't that good at the 15 man game, It was great to see them win their first ever medal at a sport they love.