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Is the Middlesex 7's dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="prolate_spheroid" data-source="post: 139176"><p>Wasps fielded both Cipriani and Haskell unanounced because they were not sure whether or not they'd be available, or whether they'd instead be going to France, at the time of the programme going to print.</p><p></p><p>I agree that no-one apart from Newcastle, the Exiles and Worcester seemed up for it. The latter did amazingly well - I thought they were going to get killed in their group facing Gloucester and Wasps but they finished top of it and got all the way to the final. Saw some promising stuff from Leeds as well. Quins and Sarries clearly couldn't be arsed, and Wasps - well, I can honestly say that was the most feeble ***le defence I've ever seen.</p><p></p><p>The event is fantastic, and it's a shame the crowds aren't bigger. Those who did turn up seemed to be having a lot of fun, albeit in a bit of a rowdy fashion at times (me and my mate ended up next to a stag party, and during the semis there was a polystyrene head being thrown around the stand). I think it was inevitably going to be a lean year given the build up to RWC '07 - after all, the last Investec Challenge match was being played that evening. And also it is quite early to be thinking about club rugby, given that the double header isn't till the second week of September (is that right?). Perhaps try linking the two events? Ie, play the 7s tournament on the Saturday and then the Double Header on the Sunday - the four London sides didn't use many first team players anyway...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prolate_spheroid, post: 139176"] Wasps fielded both Cipriani and Haskell unanounced because they were not sure whether or not they'd be available, or whether they'd instead be going to France, at the time of the programme going to print. I agree that no-one apart from Newcastle, the Exiles and Worcester seemed up for it. The latter did amazingly well - I thought they were going to get killed in their group facing Gloucester and Wasps but they finished top of it and got all the way to the final. Saw some promising stuff from Leeds as well. Quins and Sarries clearly couldn't be arsed, and Wasps - well, I can honestly say that was the most feeble ***le defence I've ever seen. The event is fantastic, and it's a shame the crowds aren't bigger. Those who did turn up seemed to be having a lot of fun, albeit in a bit of a rowdy fashion at times (me and my mate ended up next to a stag party, and during the semis there was a polystyrene head being thrown around the stand). I think it was inevitably going to be a lean year given the build up to RWC '07 - after all, the last Investec Challenge match was being played that evening. And also it is quite early to be thinking about club rugby, given that the double header isn't till the second week of September (is that right?). Perhaps try linking the two events? Ie, play the 7s tournament on the Saturday and then the Double Header on the Sunday - the four London sides didn't use many first team players anyway... [/QUOTE]
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