Men's Rugby Sevens Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Josh 10,504]

qualify for the 2024 Olympics through the Rugby 7s South American Qualification Tournament

[Benolympique 2,398]

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-RugbySevens.pdf?_ga=2.218566877.531653494.1688374221-1615612636.1687716718

 

 

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[Dragon 1,844]

Interesting. If this works France could be gold medal favourites

[LDOG 2,418]

49 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Interesting. If this works France could be gold medal favourites

It won't work if they play no tournaments with the team beforehand. 

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Yeah Union players need some experience with Sevens or else they will be ran circles around. Raw talent can only go so far.

Edited November 12, 2023 by JoshMartini007

[SalamAkhi 316]

1 hour ago, Dragon said:

Interesting. If this works France could be gold medal favourites

France was a decent outsider (if Fiji were not Fiji) beforehand. The team is building up nicely and I wouldn't be surprised to see them win a stage this season.

I don't really buy the "put 15-a-side players in the mix with light preparation", more harmful than anything. And Penaud despite his qualities is too much of a liability defensively, can work with 14 partners, not with 6. 

[Dragon 1,844]

Wow!

[Dragon 1,844]

On 11/15/2023 at 11:27 PM, Dragon said:

Wow!

So what do we think here? Dupont to carry the French flag or even light the Olympic cauldron?

[Benolympique 2,398]

1 hour ago, Dragon said:

So what do we think here? Dupont to carry the French flag or even light the Olympic cauldron?

for the Olympic cauldron I was thinking more of a great athlete from the past

[SalamAkhi 316]

1 hour ago, Dragon said:

So what do we think here? Dupont to carry the French flag or even light the Olympic cauldron?

1. Impossible as the 7s tournament starts just before the opening ceremony and goes on after.

2. Impossible as we're not rotten enough (yet) to offer the flag to a "non-olympian" (same applies for Mbappé or Wembanyama )