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  • immamac changed the title to Rugby 7s Thread

How are you watching USA? All I see on Peacock is Uruguay-Fiji right now.

I don't know the first thing about rugby but I think Fiji is skullfucking Uruguay.

wait did we just play for a tie on purpose? seems like kind of a bitch move at the end there

I enjoyed watching that more than full squad I have watched in the past. Purists probably hate it.  Liked the space and runs, even though scoring was still low.

 

Full disclosure not a rugby aficionado by any stretch 

Japan tried to onside kick the opening kickoff and New Zealand damn near returned it for a touchdown. This one could get ugly.

Japan's coach should tell his players to stop letting the NZ guys just run right past them.

it was on the USA network on regular TV. 12-12 draw. Split the points.

Also, DTV has a live 4K stream.

Not sure if Kenya is generally considered good, but they are playing the Australians pretty tough.  

damn we basically just like fumble as soon as we have the ball and Fiji grabs it and runs in

Wait did I just hear the announcer say that some random American guy is the 2 time world player of the year? That doesn't seem right.

18 hours ago, immamac said:

Perry, he seems very fast. lol

He's got a hat trick this morning, USA ahead 28-12 late in the second, with a man advantage.  

2 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

He's got a hat trick this morning, USA ahead 28-12 late in the second, with a man advantage.  

Make it 4 tries and a final, 33-17.  

1 minute ago, WBT said:

4 tries now

Hell of a performance, I don't have much knowledge on this, but it doesn't seem like we tackle/defend all that well, at least by comparison to the big boys like Fiji, Australia, etc.  

The size/speed combination for Fiji is unreal

Big run for manbun and the hosts score 1st vs Fiji

I'm only sorta paying attention to this. Why do they sometimes kick the extra point from right up close and other times from way far away?

9 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I'm only sorta paying attention to this. Why do they sometimes kick the extra point from right up close and other times from way far away?

You kick in line with where you ground the ball for a try. Score out wide and you basically have a 40 meter drop goal attempt. Score under the posts and the conversion is way easier.  

12 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I'm only sorta paying attention to this. Why do they sometimes kick the extra point from right up close and other times from way far away?

I see Rudiger answered it.  If you ground it or down it outside you wouldn't want to be close to the goal line on the kick because of the angle, so you have to back it up.

23 minutes ago, AbeFroman said:

I see Rudiger answered it.  If you ground it or down it outside you wouldn't want to be close to the goal line on the kick because of the angle, so you have to back it up.

So the sideline-to-sideline placement is based on where you ground it, but the distance from the goal line is up to the kicker?

11 minutes ago, tokamak said:

So the sideline-to-sideline placement is based on where you ground it, but the distance from the goal line is up to the kicker?

I'm a casual watcher, but that's the way I've always understood it.   It's up to the kicker as long as they are inline with where it was touched down.

1 hour ago, tokamak said:

So the sideline-to-sideline placement is based on where you ground it, but the distance from the goal line is up to the kicker?

Correct. Especially in 15s where you can kick from a tee, you’ll often see them kick from behind the 22 because it gives them a better angle. And you can kick inside the 22, but as soon as you start your run up to kick, the other team (which has to start behind the try line) can start running up to try to block your kick. 

On 7/24/2024 at 11:11 AM, tokamak said:

NZ seems good at this

The All Blacks do NOT suck at Rugby.

Kenya over Uruguay in ET in the consolation bracket was fun

All Blacks down 14-7 at half

Huge goalline stand for the springboks

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