Roaring World Rugby Seven Show



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By CHARLES NYENDE
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Just as the rebound of the rugby ball is unpredictable, the result of the Rugby World Cup 7 is also unpredictable. Nobody gave England a chance at the inaugural tournament of Edinburgh in 1993.

They literally sent a new team led by the international Lawrence Dallaglio to face the powers Seven, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. ahead of the Wallabies 21-17.

The same year, Ireland, which had not yet won the semi-finals, was seconds away from the unlikely final

that would have predicted the country of Wales. season, challenge the prediction of the experts to win the 2009 title in Dubai? Wales played, wait for that, Argentina, in a last game, few would have imagined. Wales ran 19-12 winners in a tight affair.

And who would have put his money on small Kenya pbading in front of heavyweights and favorites of Fiji en route to a semifinal in the same tournament of Dubai? Surprisingly, Kenya once again challenged the chances of playing its second semi-final in 2015 at the now famous Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, defeating France in the quarterfinals and facing England before missing the last minute.

Still, the famous Fiji Sevens, with wizards of the abridged version of the game such as Waisela Serevi, Marika Vunibaka, Sireli Bobo, Vilimoni Delasau and al have won the title twice. – 1997 and 2005, only easily matched by the best rugby player in the world, New Zealand – 2001 and 2013, which makes the San Francisco tournament rather predictable in 2019.

Not quite. New Zealand 's porters have not been as dominant as they were a few years ago. They struggled this season to finish an unusual third match as the race for the series winner was eliminated before South Africa imposed the tiara on Fiji.

The recent series of 10 wins has yielded unpredictable results. the names on the table of leg winners.

Fiji has won five legs and should start as a favorite, as they usually do in this tournament.

But South Africa is going to have a big crush on its first Rugby World Cup title after its victories and consistency that have earned it world championships.

Australia triumphed in Sydney. earned a series title, or the World Cup from elsewhere. [Angleterre9004] England, winning in 1993 and losing in 2013 after beating Kenya in a captivating and tense semi-final, will undoubtedly unleash Dan Norton
the top scorer of the world series. Under the auspices of former Kenyan coach Mike Friday, John Perry, an X-factor player, won a Las Vegas tournament that earned him a deserved victory. Top scorer Nathan Hiriyama, Kenya thrilling with the now astute scoring machine Collins Injera pulling the strings.

Add Argentina, Samoa and Wales and you think that predicting the bounce of a ball could give you a more predictable result.

He promises to be another entertaining rugby tournament of three days; chills and frills on the ground, and boogie and party. Bring it on San Francisco!

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