George Sevens, Day 1
7 Dec 2007
South Africa cruised to three wins on the opening day of the George Sevens.
Fabian Juries scored a brace as South Africa disposed of Argentina 24-7 in their opening pool game. The Boks then hammered Uganda 41-0 and brushed aside Wales 31-0.
Kenya stunned England, who in turn were 20 seconds away from beating New Zealand. A try in the last play of the game saw the Kiwis edge out England 26-24 to remain unbeaten.
Live scoring of day one results
FRIDAY BOK RESULTS
Bt Argentina 24-7
Bt Uganda 41-0
Bt Wales 31-0
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7 Dec 2007, 10:50 am
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7 Dec 2007, 10:59 am
Quokkas!
7 Dec 2007, 12:13 pm
I hate to admit it – but Tackler is right. George 7′s is the lowlight of the 7′s calendar. Compared to the show they have in Wellington and Hong Kong we cannot compare. It really looks like a few locals stumbled by and had a look.
They should have it in Durban over Christmas or in Stellenbosch earlier in the year. We need to get thousand of people watching, and creating some hype.
George really is a sleepy hollow town – and the event does us no favours.
7 Dec 2007, 13:33 pm
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7 Dec 2007, 14:23 pm
CC
I agree, they may as well hold the thing in Nelspruit or Polokwane if they intend to have it in a crappy town – *****, I bet they will get more people to attend in eiterh of those cities than in George!
I vote for Durban in December.
7 Dec 2007, 15:27 pm
Australia are seriously **** at this game…
7 Dec 2007, 17:07 pm
Fabian is a class act…
7 Dec 2007, 17:22 pm
Kenya 17 – England 7
7 Dec 2007, 17:23 pm
Scotland 21 – Australia 10
7 Dec 2007, 17:27 pm
Australia 12 – Tunisia 12
Pool D points
4 – Samoa
2 – Scotland
1 – Tunisia
1 – Australia
Aus to play Samoa tomorrow
7 Dec 2007, 19:23 pm
Who the Z(*&^&&* is Kabmba Floors?
7 Dec 2007, 19:30 pm
#11 – Someone faster, brighter, stronger, more talented and one Springbok jersey richer THAN YOU……..
7 Dec 2007, 21:25 pm
This tournament can be improved by South Africa winning it. Regularly.
8 Dec 2007, 07:20 am
@11 what a stupid thing to say.
they look much more jelled than last week
8 Dec 2007, 07:35 am
For heaven’s sake MOVE the thing to ANY university town in term time and take it away from that sleepy-hollow dullsville called George! The House of blimming Sleep!
8 Dec 2007, 08:24 am
Tackler, George and surroundings area’s sleepy-hollow dullsville in December? With half of the population of the world cramped in there! Surely you were never there in December.
8 Dec 2007, 09:20 am
They’re sleepy-hollow dullsvilles 24/7 and 12 months of the year. When the caravan park fills up, it doesn’t exactly change into Las Vegas. It merely changes from being stone dead to being in a deep coma.
Give the SA Sevens to Stellenbosch.
When the students are back. Get a party atmosphere into the current South Cape drudgery.
Then it might be able to give Hong Kong or Wellington something to worry about.
George is like De Aar spraypainted lime-green. It’s a dump but with bushes and leaves and rain.
8 Dec 2007, 10:33 am
i will say this only once, and for the record, i think Tackler is a heap of circumsition leftovers, but on the George issue he is right.
George is stunningly beautiful, and all of us have a soft spot for it. The problem is that its beautiful the way a painting is pretty. And not an exciting nude painting of Angelina Jolie. No. More like a still life of the Karoo. or a nude painting of Marthinus v Schalkwyk.
George is boring. Its the Camry of SA towns. Yes, it gets buzzy over December, but only later in December, not this early. If we were to have a Bowling Sevens( lawn bowls, not the exciting 10 pin variety) George would be your town!
But before you get too upset, just let me say that Wellington is no better than George and only certain defensive bloggers’ severe myopia would ever see it differently. By the way, my folks live in George.
We have to look at why they have it in George. Maybe they were going for a folksy, calm type of festival, as an alternative to the frenetic Hong Kong and Dubai. But more likely, no such thought went into it and some SARugby bigwigs have holiday homes in Sedgefield(or used to, before the floods…), and therefore we have our tournament in George.
Looking around the country, Durban would offer and excellent alternative, based on their hosting the very successful A1 GP, and the annual Mr Price Pro (Under correction, I’m referring to the old Gunston 500) I’m sure they would fill up Kings Park, and imaginge the party afterwards. But playing rugby in 28deg with 80% humidity, even if only for a few minutes at a time, would suck more than being a Stormers fan. So scratch that.
East London, as much as I love it, is just not an option, and neither is PE. Dont give me any “transformation agenda” **** either. We dont have the bums in seats, finish and klaar. And bums in seats generates the money we need for development.
Which takes us down to Cape Town. You’ll probably find one or two people there this time of year that may be perusaded to have a bit of a party punctuated by bouts of brilliant rugby. The setting is beautiful, the weather is great, the girls are stunning, (and for the Wellington crossdressing transvestites, you’ll find Cape Town caters for you too.)Access for tourists is sorted, Nightlife goes on past 11pm (sorry George) and that little list goes on.
So why dont we have it in Cape Town? Because it makes too much sense. Why didnt we treat Jake much much better? It makes too much sense. Why has it taken us 5 years to give Sevens’ boks decent contracts, because it makes too much sense.
Why is the Prez Council(our own little Illuminati) making decisions for SA Rugby when their own unions are floundering based on their impeccable decision making skills? Because it makes no sense at all.
Get your heads around that and being a rugby fan in SA will become a little easier. No less painful, but easier to understand.
one last thing: Frans Ludeke. What the f@ck?
8 Dec 2007, 10:42 am
Oh and, if you live in Bloem, or have a GP registration, I have not forgotten you, I left you off because it seems you are all here anyway, with all the GP, and bloem cars, either racing like hell on roads where you cant see the sea, or crawling at 20kms ph on roads where you can. And clogging up our shopping centres.
thanks for your money though..maybe next year, you can just post a cheque?
8 Dec 2007, 10:44 am
did i mention Frans Ludeke, wtf?
8 Dec 2007, 10:50 am
George is like a painting? A nude painting of Kortbroek van Schalkwyk?
Whoo!
That’s even stronger than where I would go.
(Well, almost!)
8 Dec 2007, 13:46 pm
Plett would be great for a sevens.
8 Dec 2007, 13:47 pm
They could use the polo fields as rugby pitches.
8 Dec 2007, 14:17 pm
Bluebarb – bad news. I am from Bfn living in Gauteng and I am coming to East London to visit you next week !!!!! hahahahahahahaha. I plan to go 20kmh in the slow lane – litter on the beach, and walk around Vincent Park moaning about how much better Sandton City is
I love East London.
8 Dec 2007, 14:31 pm
Kenya beat England, excellent stuff!
8 Dec 2007, 18:49 pm
Bluebarb,
You worry me dude. A nude painting of Marthinus? That is something you use to scare little children and turn teenage girls into confirmed lesbians …
“Beauty”, “nude” and “Marthinus van Schalkwyk” should not be used in the same sentence unless it is accompanied with a liberal sprinkling of “nots”.
9 Dec 2007, 02:13 am
Its great to see the smaller nations beating the strong rugby countries. Kenya beating England, and Tunisia draw with Aus. Great to see.
Maybe this is what we need to have rugby in the Olympics.
10 Dec 2007, 06:05 am
Tackler #17 George sounds like Wellington on a good day then?
10 Dec 2007, 06:09 am
Bluebarb LOL well said dude!!!
Durbs is too hot for sevens this time of year.
PE and EL too windy.
Joburg and Snor City too hot, and scary.
I reckon Cape town would do wonders for it.
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