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Men's Rugby Sevens WR Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2024


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Semi finals

 

:RSA  :CAN

:GBR  :ESP

 

Controversy in the last match as :CAN win on golden point against :CHI however there were 2 blatant forwards passes in the build up to said golden point try which the ref and linesman somehow missed. Out of the 4 teams :GBR looked the best closely followed by :ESP who eased off in the second half against :HKG:RSA struggled in the poor conditions against :UGA and would've lost to both :ESP and :GBR. It's still looking like they won't be tested till the final though, as :CAN looks a shadow of the team that played yesterday. 

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53 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

:GBR :cheer:

We have the quality to do it, but the way the tournament (and frankly the whole season) has played out, we're slight underdogs going into the final for me.

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Just now, Epic Failure said:

We have the quality to do it, but the way the tournament (and frankly the whole season) has played out, we're slight underdogs going into the final for me.

I would love to see our place. and matches between our 2 teams!!

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Gonna be a close contest between :GBR and :RSA. One thing that may slightly edge it for :GBR is that :RSA haven't been tested at all this tournament, whereas :GBR have faced :ESP and a spirited :CAN performance. Furthermore, :GBR have rested a lot of their quicker players and will be able to match the pace of :RSA. I still think it's too close to call though. 

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26 minutes ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

Gonna be a close contest between :GBR and :RSA. One thing that may slightly edge it for :GBR is that :RSA haven't been tested at all this tournament, whereas :GBR have faced :ESP and a spirited :CAN performance. Furthermore, :GBR have rested a lot of their quicker players and will be able to match the pace of :RSA. I still think it's too close to call though. 

I've just got a sneaky feeling that it will come down to a slip on the pitch, or one misplaced pass.

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