I seem to remember Wigan winning the Middlesex 7s a few years ago

Fiji is the only country where 7s rugby is the national sport.
Every kid in Fiji plays an informal form of 7s in any spare bit of ground they can find.
Part of the reason they are taking to Rugby League so quickly is because the basic skills of running, passing and tackling are things they learn about 5 minutes after they learn to walk.

Men against boys in that final. Fiji are a bit special, but GB's handling is woeful, and they just couldn't stop the offload in the final. They did well to make the final and showed alot of heart to get there, but a league 7's team would wipe the floor with the GB team. If you shut down the space for their speedsters they don't have the ability to break a team down.

Fiji were great but, it certainly showed up the British defence.
First contact was dire which made the offload just too easy.
They (the Fijians) looked bigger, faster, stronger and more skillful.

What was staggering was the comment from one of the British players, who said they didn't even know each other until 10 weeks ago and yet they were able to make an Olympic final !

Does anyone realise how well GB did to even get to the final? Fiji as well as most of the other countries, play 7s all year round in different competitions. England and Scotland are the only teams who play 7s regularly and aren't even ranked in the top 5 nations. The GB team had only been together for less than 10 weeks and played against what you would call a professional 7s outfit in Fiji and took a beating. To get to the final was a monumental achievement and they should be applauded for finishing in the silver medal position.

well i have been entertained , been great to watch

and it has been a hit and will be in the olympics for years to come

for GB to reach the final was an amazing achievement. new team put together only 10 weeks ago, losing to fiji is not the end of the world even if the manner of defeat was disappointing

interesting that jarred hayne couldnt get in the fiji team

Quick question.... Why are you praising a team for coming second ??? IMO that's everything that's wrong with our sporting culture

because it was totally unexpected for GB to be in the final.

now praising tom daley and his partner for getting a bronze medal

I sort of get your point I take it you look on it more like the aussies and yanks who don't really see 2nd or 3rd as any real achievement? I think in the Olympics it's a little different and I enjoyed the tournament as a speccy GB certainly over achieved.Fiji were always going to win and anyone who comes home with a gong of any colour can and should be proud.even athletes who don't make podium are doing something pretty special in their field.been some amazing sport so far imo

I'd say daleys pair getting bronze was just as unexpected as rugby lads.listened to the diving final on radio whilst at work and it was surprisingly tense.the Chinese pair were in different league.iv watched and listened to as much Olympics as possible there's only golf and tennis (sports I normally like watching)that haven't caught my imagination .even the clay pigeon thing was enjoyable

"I remember Wigan winning the rugby 7s a few (lol) years ago"

"Wigan showed the way in 2001"

A couple of choice quotes from this thread because Wigan won a tournament 15 years ago.

Australia rl could put a team in that would have a good chance of winning gold but apart from that, the other 4 countries that play RL (eng, nz, png and France) would get absolutely mullered by their rugby counterparts


Regards

King James

nah daley was expected to get a medal

chinese were awesome i watched it

cant do with watching tennis and golf though!