Star players in 15s doesn't always equal to star 7s player. With the exclusion of Savea and SBW. The rest of the team are original 7s players. It's like saying let's take Fiji's 7s rugby stars and put them on 15s.
They didn't do well in 7s, I remember teams were bringing in top 15s players examples are SBW, iowane bros, savea, for SA it was habana, Aust it was cooper and speight, england was burgess and even Fiji brought in hayne but these boys could not adapt to the fast pace, free play and think on the fly 7s is known for.
Iowane bros, Savea ,Habana and Messam started out their professional careers in sevens and switched to 15s. Same could be said for speight as growing up in Fiji, he would have definitely played sevens through the school system. These people did really well sevens before switching to 15's. Hayne on teh other hand was playing in the NFL when he switched to sevens. He had a rugby league background. He was trying to make the Fiji Olympics 7s rugby team when he switched but did not manage to do so. His stint in london of the 7s circuit was a one off. However, other in teh fijian Team have seamlessly switched from 7s to 15's and back to 7s e.g Radrada, Kunetani.Eroni Sau etc
Ioane brothers began their rugby careers with 7s rugby. SBW and Habana believed their size and pace would be of danger to 7s. Clearly not. 15s players do it here in NZ because 7s is huge in college rugby as well as 15s. The likes of Lomu, Osbourne, Cullen, Rush (although played 15s was better known for his 7s Cap role) they all originated from 7s rugby
@@jacksonstewart6095 and both teams done it while taking a 2 year hiatus( covid protocols) if that were anyone else they would be stuffed under cooked and rusty. both came back stronger and better
So many superstars on that team but they didnt have the right chemistry and didnt gel. The Ioane brothers were incredible the best player was Augustine Pulu
Where did it say they did. Savea didn't go to the Olympics and SBW was out of the tournament in the first match. NZ won this tournament in Wellington which was 2015. The Olympics was 2016.
@@kaiuluitova6369 What on earth are you on about. Can you read what I wrote. SBW was at the Olympics and suffered a tournament ending injury in the first match. The video clip never mentioned the Ioanes and nor did I. Sighhhhhh.
@@clarke1319 think they were meaning Ioane brothers being part of that Olympic team and SBW got dropped. I wouldn't know if that's true but I don't think they fully understood nor read the original post.
@@dubutheeaglequeen yet NZ have won the most world series events to date and are equal with Fiji with 3 world titles. What good is winning an event every 4 years to say your the best when you can't be the best inbetween the years of the summer games? Fijians are also stacked but because their 15s players aren't with the best in the world. We don't say that about their team. Stacked if 2 15s players and the rest Original 7s team members? Get some knowledge sis.
@@mitchand9 an event that happens every 4 years is what every 7s player since 2016 has looked forward to. To win an olympic gold which fiji have done twice and NZ couldnt. Dont get butthurt over facts🤣Yes NZ may have won the 7s series circut more than any team but please dont bring your past glory into this. If it werent so important, why did your kiwis cry when they lost to fiji in the quaters? Why did they bring in SBW for the olympics if it wasnt that important?? People around the world much rather remember olympics glory then winning a series circut. Snowflake🤣2016 Nz 7s olympics team was stacked but couldnt even get a medal. Get over it🤣🤣
Think you guys are forgetting the Ioane brothers too 😂
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@@kefeufa283 not the username👨🏽🤣
@@kefeufa283Julian is fkn useless. Settle down Karen
Gillies kick pass was dope
This was the most stacked NZ 7s team 💥
96 HK 7s team
Lomu
Cullen
Osborne
Rush
Masirevi
Tauivi
I beg to differ
RIP Willie Los’e. NZ commentary legend.
He not even commentating in this vid?
@@rsoul9551 Ohh he most certainly did. Willie is there at the end and during.
@@rsoul9551 1:13
@@epatonganbro that’s literally Karl Te Nana 😂
@@rsoul9551 funny guy.
“Get out of here, son. This is my patch!” 😂😂😂
Gillies is too underrated 🔥🔥
That kick pass🥲1:39
So good even South Africans love it. 🇿🇦
Always a big fan of Sonny Bill Williams - Greetings from Ireland!
Dont forget..from Fiji...Tuisova n Radradra..
Don't forget Rieko :-)
I'm sorry, did SBW even touch the ball in this video or are we supposed to be impressed that he walked onto the field before the game started? 🤔
Nek minute,even with all their star players they lose to fiji
Kiwis have wrapped up the title again this year, champ...
Nek minute Fiji have won a title for ages now lmao. But nz won this year 😂
Star players in 15s doesn't always equal to star 7s player.
With the exclusion of Savea and SBW.
The rest of the team are original 7s players.
It's like saying let's take Fiji's 7s rugby stars and put them on 15s.
@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK and thats the only thing they win
Will Jordan would be great in 7s
Facts!
Dupont is going next year !
Don't think so.
Sure he'd be great when they break the defence line but he wouldn't have the stamina to break tackles and make them continuously.
@@mitchand9 It’s called training for 7s that would prepare him. Not a sudden entry into HSBC 7s tourney without a day of preparation
@@ahconscience4279 with that logic. The entire backline for the ABs would be great in 7s.
That kick at the ruck 🤦💆
Who is that guy? BOSS
you get 2 highlights wow unstoppable
Still better highlights than Australian rugby over the past 20 years.
@@bumwees2865 on par with that suggestion if anything.
most devastating part is the crowd attendance
They didn't do well in 7s, I remember teams were bringing in top 15s players examples are SBW, iowane bros, savea, for SA it was habana, Aust it was cooper and speight, england was burgess and even Fiji brought in hayne but these boys could not adapt to the fast pace, free play and think on the fly 7s is known for.
Iowane bros, Savea ,Habana and Messam started out their professional careers in sevens and switched to 15s. Same could be said for speight as growing up in Fiji, he would have definitely played sevens through the school system. These people did really well sevens before switching to 15's. Hayne on teh other hand was playing in the NFL when he switched to sevens. He had a rugby league background. He was trying to make the Fiji Olympics 7s rugby team when he switched but did not manage to do so. His stint in london of the 7s circuit was a one off. However, other in teh fijian Team have seamlessly switched from 7s to 15's and back to 7s e.g Radrada, Kunetani.Eroni Sau etc
Ioane brothers began their rugby careers with 7s rugby.
SBW and Habana believed their size and pace would be of danger to 7s. Clearly not.
15s players do it here in NZ because 7s is huge in college rugby as well as 15s. The likes of Lomu, Osbourne, Cullen, Rush (although played 15s was better known for his 7s Cap role) they all originated from 7s rugby
Man...this team was stacked..usual 7s destroyers then add Ioane brothers, SBW, Ardie, Pulu...... Sheesh
Anyone want to talk about Gillies Kaka? 😂😂
Brilliant player
His wife is mean too
Ioane brothers were nasty in 7s
Is the answer that NZ Sevens don't do as well as expected?
New Zealand just won the world 7s series in both mens and womens
*as they normally do
Big king gillies
@@jacksonstewart6095 and both teams done it while taking a 2 year hiatus( covid protocols) if that were anyone else they would be stuffed under cooked and rusty.
both came back stronger and better
That's a question. Not an answer.
cant forget akira and rieko
and Ben Lam!
@@ThePooman666 honest ay
So many superstars on that team but they didnt have the right chemistry and didnt gel. The Ioane brothers were incredible the best player was Augustine Pulu
AB’s need to send some guys to the sevens team
it's more specialised now that it's in the Olympics . all blacks don't make it back in usually.
How about highlights from stronger teams... like The Boks, Australia England or Fiji. The Scottish team are not there yet.
stronger teams you are having a laugh - nz has just won the latest series numpty!! the scottish team will never get there 🤣
The Scottish team don't exist any more.
@@TrueFilter well there you go fiji australia and the boks still exist and are a fighting force unlike scotland it seems
They lost to Fiji and almost lost to Japan 😂 yes I remember
Not in this tournament. They won this event in Wellington
ioane bradas, ardie and ben lam 😤
And yet this team didn’t even make the semi finals of the Olympic Games.
Gosh 7s just looks like so much running
SBW was an overrated 7s player. Didnt bring that much
SBW was overrated in union. Fullstop.
Especially in this clip where he doesn't even play ffs, click bait!
@@namasi7070 well, no one who played against him agrees with you
@@namasi7070 just the two world cup wins then
bro and they had ioane 😳
Thats some serious pay checks right there
Please show their highlights against fiji😂when they lost😂
What happened to Kaka
Gillies was the star in this side
Did Kaka just kick pass that
Ridiculous team
Haha nevermind Reiko...
Gillies carried that team !
coached by a scot
This highlight shows Sonny Bill running onto the field and that's it. He has zero highlights in this reel.
Lol ok Karen. And fkn what? 😂
Not even a metal finish
This wasn't the Olympics tournament? Bruhhh
But they didn’t win the gold at the Olympics 🫢
Where did it say they did. Savea didn't go to the Olympics and SBW was out of the tournament in the first match. NZ won this tournament in Wellington which was 2015. The Olympics was 2016.
@@clarke1319 but both ioane brothers played and sbw was dropped from the olympic squad
@@kaiuluitova6369 What on earth are you on about. Can you read what I wrote. SBW was at the Olympics and suffered a tournament ending injury in the first match. The video clip never mentioned the Ioanes and nor did I. Sighhhhhh.
@@kaiuluitova6369why are you coconuts so fkn d*mb?
@@clarke1319 think they were meaning Ioane brothers being part of that Olympic team and SBW got dropped.
I wouldn't know if that's true but I don't think they fully understood nor read the original post.
Samoans ❤😂
Sunny did nothing
You get more cheats and also refereed by cheats. A beautuful game spoilt by cheats.
RIP WILLIE LOSE
Still they can lose to fiji....
And come back and win this year. What has fiji done? 😂
@@bumwees2865 won back 2 back olympic gold medals. Nz most stacked but couldnt beat Fiji.
@@dubutheeaglequeen is that it?
@@dubutheeaglequeen yet NZ have won the most world series events to date and are equal with Fiji with 3 world titles.
What good is winning an event every 4 years to say your the best when you can't be the best inbetween the years of the summer games?
Fijians are also stacked but because their 15s players aren't with the best in the world. We don't say that about their team.
Stacked if 2 15s players and the rest Original 7s team members? Get some knowledge sis.
@@mitchand9 an event that happens every 4 years is what every 7s player since 2016 has looked forward to. To win an olympic gold which fiji have done twice and NZ couldnt. Dont get butthurt over facts🤣Yes NZ may have won the 7s series circut more than any team but please dont bring your past glory into this. If it werent so important, why did your kiwis cry when they lost to fiji in the quaters? Why did they bring in SBW for the olympics if it wasnt that important?? People around the world much rather remember olympics glory then winning a series circut. Snowflake🤣2016 Nz 7s olympics team was stacked but couldnt even get a medal. Get over it🤣🤣