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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 348157" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I've been away for the last few days, paying people to burn my eyeballs with a high powered laser beam, so haven't had a chance to comment so far...</p><p></p><p>Overall I'm happy with the result for New Zealand. I thought DJ Forbes played well for NZ considering the limited rugby he had in the build up, while I was a bit disappointed in Messem, but I was probably expecting too much from him given he hadn't played sevens at the top level for a number of years. Baker and Smith were solid, as was Hosea Gear, while Stowers was impressive when he came on - the tactic of bringing on Stowers later in the game against a tiring defense worked really well. I was impressed with the quality of the Australian side - their loss to England on the first day actually put them on the easier side of the draw, but they certainly deserved their spot in the final.</p><p></p><p>On PNG: Before the professional era PNG used to have quite a reasonable sevens team - they frequently featured strongly at the Hong Kong sevens during the 90's. They weren't generally in top tier of teams, but frequently featured strongly in the plate or bowl competitions. I think money is their major obstacle, as they clearly possess a number of talented sevens players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 348157, member: 24910"] I've been away for the last few days, paying people to burn my eyeballs with a high powered laser beam, so haven't had a chance to comment so far... Overall I'm happy with the result for New Zealand. I thought DJ Forbes played well for NZ considering the limited rugby he had in the build up, while I was a bit disappointed in Messem, but I was probably expecting too much from him given he hadn't played sevens at the top level for a number of years. Baker and Smith were solid, as was Hosea Gear, while Stowers was impressive when he came on - the tactic of bringing on Stowers later in the game against a tiring defense worked really well. I was impressed with the quality of the Australian side - their loss to England on the first day actually put them on the easier side of the draw, but they certainly deserved their spot in the final. On PNG: Before the professional era PNG used to have quite a reasonable sevens team - they frequently featured strongly at the Hong Kong sevens during the 90's. They weren't generally in top tier of teams, but frequently featured strongly in the plate or bowl competitions. I think money is their major obstacle, as they clearly possess a number of talented sevens players. [/QUOTE]
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