Dubai Sevens - kicks off 29 Nov

[zimeric]

Dubai Sevens Kicks off Tomorrow folks, very dissapointed its not being telecast here in Aus, looks like Fox are only willing to come to the party if its a local tourni.
lift your Game Foxtel!!

[zimeric]

heres the schedule...

(game 4) Aus v Zimbabwe could be exciting!!

[jargan83]

The Australian tournament is the only one they show isnt it??

[zimeric]

yep suxors!

[jargan83]

thats kinda sucky, i guess they think were only interested when it's in our country and when its easily heard about (eg when its in our country)

[etienneuae]

hey guys!!!!!!!!!!

Any of you "thewholeforce.com" members out here in Dubai to watch the sevens?

I was thinking of meeting up...if anyone is up for it? I'll be coming down from Abu Dhabi on Friday....hope to see some force shirts there....

cheers!

[zimeric]

OK here are the current results:
New Zealand 41 Scotland 7
France 26 Arabian gulf 0
fiji 31 Argentina 19
Australia 28 Zimbabwe 21
Samoa 24 Kenya 19
Wales 22 USA 7
South Africa 31 Canada 5
England 27 Tunisia 12

No big upsets there so far.. closest match seems to have been the Aus v Zim match

GO ZIM!!!

EDIT: sorry i was wrong. kenyaquin seems your boys took Samoa to the wire!

[GIGS20]

Must've been good games to watch, Zim and Kenya games would've been worth a look, as well as the Argies scoring 19 against Fiji, that makes pleasing sounds for the future of Argentine rugby. Their forwards' quality is pretty much assumed these days, looks like the backs factory is going OK as well!

[KenyaQuin]

EDIT: sorry i was wrong. kenyaquin seems your boys took Samoa to the wire!

Apology accepted Zim..no doubt both matches would have been worth a watch..maybe something will turn up on YouTube.

[zimeric]

results end of day 1:

Morning Games:
New Zealand 41 Scotland 7
France 26 Arabian gulf 0
fiji 31 Argentina 19
Australia 28 Zimbabwe 21
Samoa 24 Kenya 19
Wales 22 USA 7
South Africa 31 Canada 5
England 27 Tunisia 12

Afternoon games:
New Zealand 64 Arabian Gulf 0
France 12 Scotland 17
Fiji 34 Zimbabwe 5
Australia 12 Argentina 19
Samoa 29 USA 0
Wales 12 Kenya 14
South Africa 42 Tunisia 0
England 24 Canada 24

Evening Games
Scotland 27 Arabian Gulf 5
New Zealand 21 France 19
Argentina 12 Zimbabwe 7
Fiji 46 Austrlia 12
Kenya 12 USA 7
Samoa 19 Wales 14
Canada 24 Tunisia 19
South Africa 22 England 10

Playoffs start today
Trophy Quarter-final
NZ vs Argentina
South Africa vs Kenya
Samoa vs England
Fiji vs Scotland

Bowl Quarter-final
France vs Zimbabwe
Canada vs USA
Wales vs Tunisia
Australia vs Arabian Gulf

Well done to Kenya & Argentina for making the final 8
Commiserations to Aus and Zim they were in the tougest Group by far.

[GIGS20]

Shame about Argentina's draw in the finals, it looks like they've been having an awesome tournament so far.

[zimeric]

Dubai Sevens Results Day 2 -(finals!)

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Trophy Quarter finals
New Zealand 40 Argentina 7
South Africa 17 Kenya 15
Samoa 19 England 26
Fiji 28 Scotland 5
Bowl Quarter finals
France 24 Zimbabwe 19
Canada 21 USA 12
Wales 17 Tunisia 12
Australia 36 Arabian Gulf 5

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Trophy Semi Finals
New Zealand 12 South Africa 7
Engalnd 21 Fiji 22
Plate Semi finals
Argentina 17 Kenya 14
Samoa 28 Scotland 19
Bowl semi finals
France 5 Canada 21
Wales 19 Australia 22
Shield Semi Finals
Zimbabwe 29 USA 17
Tunisia 36 Arabian Gulf 0

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IRB Sevens Dubai Round Trophy Final
New Zealand 31 Fiji 21

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Plate Final
Argentina 15 Samoa 14
Bowl Final
Canada 0 Australia 31
Shield Final
Zimbabwe 22 Tunisia 19

[zimeric]

Well done to NZ for taking the Trophy and to the big improvers Argentina & Kenya

Australia get special mention as they won every knockout game.

Zim should have won the game against france but did well to win against USA and Tunisia, they will be disappointed.

[KenyaQuin]

Happy for the Kenyan boys..I'm sure they'll be abit disappointed (as anyone is in tight contests) but should be really comforted by their 2 and 3 pnt loss to the Boks and Argies.