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the olympic sevens tournament kicked off today. fiji, new zealand and great britain all got off to winning starts. fiji overcame a scare from hosts japan to take a 24-19 victory on monday, the opening day of the 12-team tournament. great britain ran in four tries to beat canada 24-0 and new zealand comfortably dispatched south korea 50-5. argentina beat australia 29-19, south africa defeated ireland 33-14 and the united states overcame tough opponents in kenya with a 19-14 victory.
in the second round of fixtures, fiji and great britain continued with wins and will face each other to see who finishes top of pool b. a total of seven teams have sealed their qualification to the next stage, including new zealand, but the likes of ireland, japan and australia will have to wait. australia came back and put a big score on south korea, but they still may have to beat new zealand in order to qualify.
further games will be played tuesday and the semi finals will be held on wednesday.
new zealand rugby has been forced to overhaul the all blacks schedule and scrap plans to host two rugby championship tests against the pumas in auckland and wellington in september due to the trans-tasman bubble closure. the first bledisloe cup test will go ahead on august the 7th, but the second fixture has now moved from perth to new zealand.
all blacks back row shannon frizell has been charged with assault, following an incident in a nightclub in dunedin. the assualt allegedly took place back in may and now frizell has been formally charged. he is due to appear in the dunedin district court on tuesday.
“in fairness to shannon we still need to meet and hear from him his side of the story, and we’ll be doing that very shortly.
south african side sharks have made a trio of new signings, ahead of the united rugby championships inaugural season. australian centre ben tapuai has joined after leaving bath rugby, in the premiership. former gloucester, munster and blue bulls lock gerbrandt grobler has joined after a stint in the top 14 with stade français. finally, the current top try scorer in the currie cup eduan keyter will be joining from the griquas. three interesting additions that will no doubt strengthen the sharks.
the lions have been handed a boost, with scotland fly half returning to training following an injury. he had been covered in the squad by marcus smith, but his return could be a timely one. first test starting fly half dan biggar may be a doubt for the second test, as he goes through concussion protocols. if he is to miss the second test, then the lions could have owen farrell, marcus smith and finn russell available. biggar played well in the first test, but they are three very able deputies. the decision would be, which of the three gets that starting spot.
cornish pirates hooker tom channon will be leaving the club and moving to australia with his wife. the 30 year old made 113 appearances following his move from bristol in 2013. he has struggled with injuries in recent seasons, but fought hard to get back to fitness. the much loved member of the squad won the community player of the year award for three years running – 2018/2019/2020.
we are naturally going to miss tom, however at the same time all our very best wishes are expressed to him and his partner.
as everyone connected with the pirates will be aware, tom has been a huge contributor during his long time at the club, proving a valued member of the team and contributing really well both on and off the field, which is something to justly recognise and remember.
the cornish pirates can confirm that hooker tom channon is leaving the club to move to melbourne, australia.
devonian tom has made 131 appearances for the cornish pirates since signing from bristol in 2013.
former munster back row james coughlan has been appointed the new defence coach of rc toulon, in the top 14. coughlan is no stranger to french rugby and has spent the last few seasons coaching at brive, pau and aix-en-provence.
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