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HAMISH BIDWELL
Last Updated: 14:08, 24 July 2018
PHOTOSPORT
Gayle Broughton is part of the Black Ferns
The return slaps will not win gold medals at seven in New Zealand at the next Olympics.
Two years will pbad before the teams reach Tokyo 2020, where New Zealand's men's and women's teams will be world champions. In some countries, this could be a cause for celebration. But for New Zealanders (NZR), it's an opportunity to revise their talent identification system.
The Black Ferns and the winning men's world cup teams will be the subject of a major campaign next week. This initiative, known as the Ignite7, will allow players ages 18 to 20 to move from the darkness of rugby, or even other codes, to the world champion team by teams of seven. [19659009] KEVIN STENT / STUFF
Mike Anthony, Head of High Performance for NZ Rugby,
announced free practice for men's and women's seventh players in Wellington on Tuesday.
"As soon as we have the impression of having arrived – and we are two years away from an Olympic program – the teams will catch up with us," said Tuesday the director of high performance of the NZR, Mike Anthony
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"So it's a matter of keeping a long shot ahead of the opposition and this initiative will give us the opportunity to see what other athletes are there and test our thinking on our proper identification structure and if we attract good athletes to the game. "
People can apply online, with 48 men and 48 women then selected to attend a four-day camp in November. The first three days will include tests and training before the inaugural tournament of one day, Ignite7, which will be broadcast on television. From there, three players and three male players will be invited to the development camps of the national teams of rugby 7.
The program is closed for at least three years and is certainly interesting.
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World Champion Michaela Blyde proudly displays her gold medal.
Between the school, club and provincial tournament tournaments at seven, there are already mechanisms allowing the NZR to test the talent pool. And given that, especially among men, the 15 remains the undisputed preference for elite players, you wonder what the NZR will find out that they would not do otherwise.
Then there is the idea that NZR is looking at "I do not see this as poaching," Anthony said.
"It's an opportunity and if the athletes want to try, then fantastic, the events of recent days [at the world cup in San Francisco] inspire people to have a pbadion for rugby."
"C & # 39; is an opportunity for them to come and try.We are certainly not exploiting individuals from other sports.They will apply online and we will have players who have already been identified by our network in our game and we'll see what mix we shoot. "
Elite New Zealand elite players would like or be allowed to play seven at the 2016 Olympics Finally, Sonny Bill Williams, who broke an Achilles tendon, and Rieko Ioane, a teenager, were the only ones to go to Rio. "We want to have our best team for Tokyo and if that includes All Blacks, it's something we'll be working in the background with our coaches at 7 and our 15-team," said Anthony.
"We are working on who are the best players [and] when is the opportunity, if we bring 15, to integrate them in the program.This is certainly not a drop-in [and out situation] but [about] how can we make the most of them if they come to play the game at seven and add value
"Not only in the field but also, in terms of culture, which we know is very strong among our two teams at seven. "
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