Cheeky Tongan try at the Hong Kong Sevens
In a tight encounter between Tonga and Australia at this weekends Hong Kong leg of the IRB Sevens, Tongan flyer Teu Nafe showed that a bit of trickery can go a long way.Nafe got the ball a few meters out and all he had to do was dot it down, but realising the importance of getting the kick closer to the posts, very important in Sevens as all conversions are taken as dropkicks, he pulled of his bag of tricks.
A little step, a huge dummy and he was away, leaving the hapless Aussie defender on the floor. Outrageous, possibly even unnecessary, but in a tight game, every point counts.
Whichever way you look at it, pure entertainment factor is what makes Sevens great to watch, and this was just another example of that.
Note: More highlights from the weekends events to come.
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12 Comments:
Nice..very nice
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Anonymous, at March 30, 2008 10:50 pm
pretty dam aswum
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Anonymous, at March 30, 2008 11:19 pm
better than the stupid aussies cud eva do yeh man bling init
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Anonymous, at March 30, 2008 11:20 pm
HaHa... That was awesome... Had the right frame of mind on though, and to be able to do that... man got skills and balls!! Can't wait for some more highlights...
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 12:13 am
I was there for that 3 days and watching all the matches. That move was nice,the crowd were amazed
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 4:04 am
That was Class!
James
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 9:05 am
towards the end wen hes drinkin water u hear the commentator go "conversion unsuccessful"!!!!!XD
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 6:44 pm
Yeah, but they'd have an even less chance of getting that conversion had he not brought the ball closer to under the posts.
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 9:26 pm
reminds me of an all blacks try v italy in the 2007 world cup(their first).....didnt go down well with the crowd and new zeland certainly didnt need the extra points!!!
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 11:18 pm
I don't see how this could ever be seen as unnecessary. In fact, I wish more players would do this (in sevens and fifteens).
I never understand why players settle for touching it down in the corner when they've got space to move in and make the kick easier.
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Anonymous, at April 02, 2008 5:47 pm
Really Nice!!
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Fel Mendes, at April 02, 2008 9:54 pm
Who won the game?
I hope it's Tonga because of the great try!
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Anonymous, at June 04, 2008 12:40 pm
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