THE recent Commonwealth Games Sevens produced one game for the ages – New Zealand’s epic win over Australia to take the women’s title.
New Zealand also stole away with the men’s title but the tournament generally failed to ignite in the manner the organisers had hoped.
Much of that is down to the mystifying decision to do away with quarter-finals in the men’s competition and leap straight from the pool stages to the semifinals.
As any experienced Sevens fans will tell you the fight for the top two places in each pool – and the four quarterfinals themselve...