Boks tops in Dubai doozie
29 Nov 2008
The Springbok Sevens side edged England 19-12 to win the first leg of the series in Dubai.
A Robert Ebersohn try ensured South Africa went to an early lead and a further score by Mpho Mbioyozo took the advantage to 12-0 at half-time. England had few opportunities and were well marshalled by the Bok defenders.
Tom Biggs hit back straight after the break to give England a sniff. The momentum shifted and when Paul Delport was yellow carded the Boks looked in trouble.
Mickey Young crossed for an English try and the conversion saw the scores tied at 12-12. But Gio Aplon made a late break and was under the crossbar before passing to Ryno Benjamin. Fortunately Benjamin held on and the title was secured.
In the other divisions Samoa beat Kenya 12-7 to win the Plate, while Portugal thumped France 40-0 to win the Bowl. USA took the Shield honours by beating Arabian Gulf 31-7.
96 Comments
29 Nov 2008, 08:32 am
Seven Dragons
29 Nov 2008, 09:16 am
Sevens? Yawn.
29 Nov 2008, 10:23 am
Australia vs South Africa quarter final coming up soon
29 Nov 2008, 10:24 am
Where are the preview articles for tonight’s games?
29 Nov 2008, 10:46 am
Well done to the Boks 7′s team on beating the Aussies.
29 Nov 2008, 10:47 am
Mmmmmmmm Bokke go past Ozzie without too much trouble… semi’s here we come.
29 Nov 2008, 10:48 am
Fiji . .
29 Nov 2008, 10:50 am
no coverage. damn Australians
29 Nov 2008, 10:50 am
Australia will struggle against Samoa
29 Nov 2008, 10:52 am
Arabian Gulf beating Georgia
29 Nov 2008, 11:36 am
Seeing as there are no threads for this afternoon’s International Rugby 15′s games between Ozzie and Wales and All Blacks against the Bleekbene, I’m going to put my predictions here:
Wales could provide an upset…. difficult one to call… OK Ozzies by 5
All Blacks should romp past the Bleekbene….. up until last night I thought that NZ would put up a BIG score, but this morning I’m less sure… OK All Blacks by 33
29 Nov 2008, 11:45 am
Portugal just hammered Wales!
29 Nov 2008, 11:46 am
I would say Wales by 7 and ABs by 30
England will play it tight to keep the score down. They know they can’t win. It looks like the English press are ignoring the fact the game is taking place …. given up after last week
29 Nov 2008, 12:04 pm
Todays results so far:-
35 29-11-2008 13:20 Wales 0 – 24 Portugal DUB SF Bowl
34 29-11-2008 12:58 USA 17 – 14 Scotland DUB SF Shield
33 29-11-2008 12:36 Arabian Gulf 22 – 12 Georgia DUB SF Shield
32 29-11-2008 12:14 South Africa 19 – 0 Australia DUB 1/4 final Cup
31 29-11-2008 11:52 Samoa 7 – 12 Fiji DUB 1/4 final Cup
30 29-11-2008 11:30 England 15 – 5 Argentina DUB 1/4 final Cup
29 29-11-2008 11:08 New Zealand 21 – 17 Kenya DUB 1/4 final Cup
28 29-11-2008 10:46 Scotland 5 – 19 Zimbabwe DUB 1/4 final Bowl
27 29-11-2008 10:24 France 22 – 12 USA DUB 1/4 final Bowl
26 29-11-2008 10:02 Portugal 19 – 7 Georgia DUB 1/4 final Bowl
25 29-11-2008 09:40 Wales 26 – 7 Arabian Gulf DUB 1/4 final Bowl
29 Nov 2008, 12:05 pm
France beat Zim 17-12. Top effort by Zim
29 Nov 2008, 12:05 pm
Matches still to come:-
36 29-11-2008 13:42 France – Zimbabwe DUB SF Bowl
37 29-11-2008 14:04 Kenya – Argentina DUB SF Plate
38 29-11-2008 14:26 Samoa – Australia DUB SF Plate
39 29-11-2008 18:20 New Zealand – England DUB SF Cup
40 29-11-2008 18:42 Fiji – South Africa DUB SF Cup
41 29-11-2008 19:04 Arabian Gulf – USA DUB Final Shield
42 29-11-2008 19:34 Winner M35 – Winner M36 DUB Final Bowl
43 29-11-2008 20:04 Winner M37 – Winner M38 DUB Final Plate
44 29-11-2008 20:34 Winner M39 – Winner M40 DUB Final Cup
29 Nov 2008, 12:05 pm
Kenya v Argentina now
Kenya have been great in this tournament
29 Nov 2008, 12:12 pm
#13 church – like chch but pronounceable:
Yes chch, after 25 minutes a Pom prop or lock will drop to his knees feigning injury at every second scrum or lineout. They won’t mind giving away a few penalties either.
All Blacks by 8.
Wales by 4.
I see we get to play England twice on the same day…..SF in Dubai
29 Nov 2008, 12:20 pm
Wallabies will beat wales probably by 10 and the AB will put 50+ past england.
29 Nov 2008, 12:27 pm
Just an amazing game. Have Kenya won?
29 Nov 2008, 12:31 pm
It would appear so chch.
29 Nov 2008, 12:32 pm
#19 Wallabie. – The English always have an excuse after a pomp!!:
On Wednesday…………. Wallabies to roger Jakes Baa Baas by 15.
29 Nov 2008, 12:39 pm
I hope Aus beat Wales
29 Nov 2008, 12:40 pm
I hope Samoa beat Aus
29 Nov 2008, 13:05 pm
Hi AiDoc
29 Nov 2008, 13:16 pm
Wales 23-17 Aus and then surprisingly low Nz 39-17 Eng.
29 Nov 2008, 13:18 pm
Oh yes and Boks 2win the Dubai 7′s against blacks.
29 Nov 2008, 13:27 pm
#27 Pekkie:
You shouldn’t refer to Fijian players that way
29 Nov 2008, 13:30 pm
#25 church – like chch but pronounceable:
Hi. I was trying to watch it online but it is not a good feed. It is so cold here. I was in Hong Kong yesterday and it was mid 20′s. Now it is about 8 C. Just piut the cfentral heating on for the winter.
29 Nov 2008, 13:32 pm
I am picking the Dingoes and the Blackness to do it in a bit of a canter tonight. The new Kiwi sevens seem to be very good and the second Fijian team, (England), looks good in patches.
29 Nov 2008, 13:33 pm
#27 Pekkie:
Blacks will be better than boks. lol
29 Nov 2008, 13:36 pm
The match at Tatters is listed at 03.30 Sunday NZT. That’s 1530 GMT Saturday. and 1130 BJJ time. The Aussie feed is live then.
29 Nov 2008, 14:47 pm
No man double Ch i meant we would in by beating the blacks in the final, the all blacks. cummon man.
29 Nov 2008, 15:11 pm
Oz by 16
NZ by 19
29 Nov 2008, 15:42 pm
#33 Pekkie:
I know. The sevens are not teh All Blacks though
#29 AiDoc:
That feed was good for me. I will use it later. The other 2p2 one may work for you.
29 Nov 2008, 16:15 pm
#35 church – like chch but pronounceable:
The Greatwall strikes again!
The All Blacks are not really the All Blacks this year either, but they still seem to be better than anyone else.
I have just been watching an Oz series about the Oz POWs in China during WWII. I had not realised that they were here. The American pilots are held in high esteem for their efforts here.
29 Nov 2008, 16:22 pm
#36 AiDoc:
The game is on the Dragons Jungle channel
29 Nov 2008, 16:24 pm
The Sir Edmund Hillary Cup
29 Nov 2008, 16:24 pm
It is Eng 0 – 0 NZ and in the other game Eng 0 -0 NZ
29 Nov 2008, 16:28 pm
here we go
29 Nov 2008, 16:31 pm
Sevens. oh no
29 Nov 2008, 16:31 pm
Sir E….. Plate
29 Nov 2008, 16:40 pm
Wales just scored a try on the left wing, wide out. I think it is 11 – 0 but can’t be sure.
29 Nov 2008, 16:41 pm
5 – 0 and it was the right wing. ooops. Clappy pic
29 Nov 2008, 16:59 pm
5 – 7
29 Nov 2008, 17:01 pm
5 – 10 Gitteau FG
29 Nov 2008, 17:13 pm
Mzwandile, Mzwandile!!!!!!!!!!!!!
29 Nov 2008, 17:16 pm
Who saw SA Fiji 7′s?!
Was great! SA losing 7 – 0 with 20 seconds to go, Fiji scrum. SA, with a much lighter 3, cause havoc, ball spurts out, Mboyosi scores in the corner, 7 – 5.
Stick, the new captain, slots the drop to make it 7- 7. Extra time, Fiji kick off, Aplon clears to Fiji 10. Fiji win line out, but another steal by SA sees the ball swung to Stick. He lines up a drop from 55m and slots it!
SA win 10 – 7 to play England (who beat NZ).
29 Nov 2008, 17:18 pm
#48 ziyaad: I did. It was brilliant. I was on my feet cheering for our guys. What a drop goal. So proud of the Boks 7′s
Well done. Now for the final.
29 Nov 2008, 17:40 pm
#48 ziyaad: Hence Mzwandile Stick!!!!, the boy was a bloody champ!!!!!!
29 Nov 2008, 18:41 pm
South Africa leading
29 Nov 2008, 18:48 pm
2nd try
29 Nov 2008, 18:55 pm
The Poms have pulled one back.
29 Nov 2008, 18:59 pm
and another – the pygmies are getting dominated physically at the breakdowns.
29 Nov 2008, 19:03 pm
SA win
29 Nov 2008, 19:04 pm
try to the pygmies friend – and the Poms lose again.
29 Nov 2008, 19:04 pm
Amazing win. Congrats to South Africa
leading the sevens in 2008/9
29 Nov 2008, 19:06 pm
Mzwandile, Mzwabdile!!!!
29 Nov 2008, 19:08 pm
#57 church – like chch but pronounceable:
Yes congrats to them, but it is early days still and I expect the usual suspect to come good very soon.
29 Nov 2008, 19:10 pm
Great stuff. Lot’s of work to do though. How fast is Aplon? Can’t be much slower than the likes of Nokwe and Habana…
29 Nov 2008, 19:12 pm
It seems that Ryno and Aplon have found their calling – 7′s is their job now. And Delport what is up with him? Is he going to replace Bolla?
29 Nov 2008, 19:22 pm
#56 RedBull (formerly RedLion):
A Pygmy from Wales is the IRB International player of the year… Seems that there is a place for them in the game….
29 Nov 2008, 19:24 pm
Well done Boks 7′s on your win in Dubai.
29 Nov 2008, 19:30 pm
haha … in true Keo form this thread has been moved to the top after SA won
It is just like being in Australia
29 Nov 2008, 19:32 pm
The world cup draw is Monday at 3pm UK time. Barbarian match to come and the year is over
29 Nov 2008, 19:44 pm
#60 ziyaad: his tackling was great too..although he has bigger guys running at him in the 15 man game..
29 Nov 2008, 20:34 pm
#65 church – like chch but pronounceable: AND YOU STILL CANNOT READ, IT IS A SA SITE!!
29 Nov 2008, 20:38 pm
fffaaannnnttttaaaasssstiiicccc
29 Nov 2008, 23:20 pm
Awesome win, but we were lucky! What an atmosphere
30 Nov 2008, 00:32 am
Mzwandile, Mzwandile!
30 Nov 2008, 01:08 am
steyn must take giteau OUT
30 Nov 2008, 01:10 am
“Fortunately Benjamin held on ”
What’s he doing in the side then?
30 Nov 2008, 01:10 am
Tom Biggs is a good player.
30 Nov 2008, 01:11 am
#67 JL1:
Education is not high on the Kiwi agenda… bro…
30 Nov 2008, 04:26 am
#67 JL1:
It is actually a rugby site hosted in SA and mainly focused on South Africa. You will find that South Africa are not the only side in the IRB sevens which is what this thread is about.
If this site was just a South African site then there would be tips on how to push someone down the stairs
30 Nov 2008, 04:45 am
#75 church – like chch but pronounceable:
forgot
30 Nov 2008, 05:03 am
Congrats to the Boks 7s Team – Well done representing the SH
30 Nov 2008, 05:04 am
Your welcome Princess
30 Nov 2008, 05:05 am
Congrats on your teams win V poms
30 Nov 2008, 05:48 am
#75 chch
And the 24 hr emergency contact number would be Suzy’s hotline.
30 Nov 2008, 05:49 am
#80 Manlybok:
Maybe a self-help guide in avoiding stairway falls?
30 Nov 2008, 05:49 am
#75 chch
You mean there are other countries that play rugby ??
30 Nov 2008, 05:51 am
#81 chch
……but written in Afrikaans so that while theyre struggling to understand it, we still get a chance to push them down the stairs.
30 Nov 2008, 05:53 am
#83 Manlybok:
lol
30 Nov 2008, 06:04 am
#77 Rugby_Princess:
Funny thing last night Princess. Was watching game through internet pirate TV and some Chinese person calling himself ShaghaiDoc starts talking about ‘opium pushing slave traders’ …. now just who do you think that was
30 Nov 2008, 07:09 am
What an amazing weekend. Did someone say “BP Stand”??!??! Have had an hour’s sleep and loving being at work!!
30 Nov 2008, 09:56 am
Whats up with the Porras beating all these major countries? First Wales and now France? Sheeshkebab.
30 Nov 2008, 12:04 pm
Well done SA.
You have a Team with talent.
30 Nov 2008, 12:08 pm
#72 bryce_in_oz:
Finishing as the tournament’s 2nd highest try scorer
30 Nov 2008, 12:47 pm
#89 saffa_guy:
I thought Wendel Sailor was the highest try scorer
30 Nov 2008, 14:12 pm
#88 cane: Thanks cane. Well done to your team yesterday too mate.
30 Nov 2008, 14:52 pm
Well done mini Bokke!
30 Nov 2008, 16:47 pm
You Saffas are a bunch of tuggers. Northern Hemisphere rules, you losers!!
Ha! ha! ha!
graeme.douglas4@btinternet.com
30 Nov 2008, 17:35 pm
#93 Graemedouglas: What are you, 3, or just from Manchester?
1 Dec 2008, 08:17 am
Well done to our Boys. Fantastic performance with some real heart and fire. The difference this year to last was our defense and scrums looking a lot more solid.
Robbie Ebersohn – wys vir die mense hoekom jy meer awards as enigiemand anders by die SA Rugby Player of the Year gekry het.
I am so glad Ebersohn is playing Sevens and not S14. It is the best thing for his rugby – and SA will reap the rewards of this move in years to come.
1 Dec 2008, 09:04 am
Dream 7′s Team.
Bakkies.
Kanko
Spies
Stick
Ruhan
Frans Steyn
Aplon
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