Volume 19, Number 19 “...When World Rugby Decided Earlier This Week to Release New Guidelines on How Dangerous Tackles Should
“...when World Rugby decided earlier this week to release new guidelines on how dangerous tackles should be sanctioned, [Owen] Farrell’s attempt [on Andre Esterhuizen] was used to explain what a shoulder charge is.” - Johan Coetzee Volume 19, Number 19 30 May 2019 Register to receive your own free weekly newsletter at www.rugbyrsa.co.za Blitzbokke Crash out of London Sevens The South African Sevens team crashed out of the One interesting statistic did come up during the London Sevens at the quarter-final stage last weekend’s viewing of Sevens action. This season, weekend, against Australia. In the end, the convicts the Blitzbokke are the only team to have won their made it all the way to the final where they were pool at every one of the nine tournaments held so far. soundly thrashed by Fiji (43-7), as they should have Unfortunately, we’ve also had a number of been in the quarter-final. But there's a postscript: see embarrassing exits at the quarter-final stage – as we page six for details. did in London. The Blitzbokke, meanwhile, chalked up a measly ten Looking ahead to Paris, Fiji’s win in London puts points for finishing in joint seventh place with them two points ahead of USA in the standings, with Canada. However, since our closest challengers, New Zealand a further 19 points behind the England, did even worse by scoring only two points, Americans. the South African grip tightened on fourth place in the standings. So it’s a two-horse race again and USA needs a win in Paris to take the title for the very first time, which This is important because it is the last automatic would be the first new winner since Samoa in the qualifying place for the Tokyo Olympics next year.
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