The amount of funding from the olympics going to help the full XV a side game in various countries is yet another nail/trick that RL have missed out on.

I honestly think the standard of play hasn't been all that for the most part and somewhat boring to watch.
Tactics of standing around waiting for a team to walk up to you, kicking for touch to gain you 15-20metres from a penalty when you've a decent chance of losing the ball at the line-out and basically trying to barge your way through are outmoded.
wingers hanging out wide with shallow kicks for them to run onto haven't happened, barely any chip and gather kicks when there's 70metres of pitch behind the last defender.
Yes there have being some good passages of play and some great tackling particularly in the women's tournament (though was devoid of any attacking nuance) but honestly I thought a lot of it was tedious and I just switched off.

Re the GB/Argintine match, frustratingly the British lad tried to cut inside to narrow the angle when he had a golden chance of a try in normal time, got high tackled (& the Argie shouldv'e gone to the bin) but ultimately blew the chance of a try, very niave.
Can't see them winning it tbh but you never know, SA v Fiji for the final with Fiji pinching it...just

Perhaps not Although I agree with all of your other comments.

The standard of the attacking play (and defence) in the old Wigan 7's tournament back in the day, was superior to the Union 7's that the BBC are lauding as the "second coming".

Aye, never can tell, well done to them, didn't think GB would beat SA tbh

Everytime a top Rugby League team plays in a Union 7s they destroy everyone. League players have too much all round athleticism and their anticipatory instincts are too advanced for Union.

Most of the girls from the Australian gold medal side come from a touch background, which is played with League rules.
Jarryd Hayne wasn't able to make the Fiji side, and it sounds like he is just too big and not fit enough for the 7s format now.
All the really good touch and 7s players seem to be jockey sized and very fit and very mobile.
Not many 7s players are good at the longer forms now.
It's basically become a separate sport for fit little guys.

Wish I'd not stayed up... poop!

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