We’d like to thank all of our fantastic readers and commenters that helped make our coverage of the 2008 IRB Sevens Rugby Tournament so much fun to bring. It was our first true “live blog” and we had tons of fun with it. In case you missed the action over the weekend, here’s a quick recap of the weekend’s events.
Cup Winner: New Zealand
Plate Winner: Fiji
Bowl Winner: Wales
Shield Winner: Australia
Fortunately for the home crowd, the United States had a good showing. They fought hard against Plate finalists England and later upset France in their first game yesterday. A narrow loss to Wales is the only thing preventing them from earning hardware. The same can’t be said for Mexico, who took five consecutive beatings over the weekend, getting outscored 249-0. As Mexico left the field, they received a standing ovation for their efforts.
But the major story here was the dominance of New Zealand, who allowed just 27 points in six matches. After their quarterfinal destruction of Fiji, the writing was on the wall for an All Black title, which is what we got yesterday. It’s the 2nd USA Sevens title for New Zealand and if this weekend was any indication, it won’t be their last. To review all of the weekend craziness, just look below and replay our live blogs of Saturday and Sunday.
Also, we’ve launched a Flickr page that features all of the pictures we took from the field. You can check out those pictures here. Some of our favorite pictures are after the jump.
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Thanks for the great posts about IRB 7’s. I have linked a few posts from your coverage to my blog.
Thanks,
Wendy
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