Adelaide Sevens

In the weekend the Adelaide sevens was going down. If you don't know what sevens is, it's rugby union with seven players and instead of each half being 40 minutes long they are 7 minutes long.

The South Africans had just come off a 26-12 loss against New Zealand the previous weekend at the Hong Kong Sevens.New Zealand had a struggle to reach the final, needing a late Zar Lawrence try to overcome 2007 Adelaide champions Fiji 17-14 in the semifinals and relying on another late try by skipper DJ Forbes to edge out Tonga 19-14 in the quarterfinals.

The final was between New Zealand and South Africa. Both are outstanding teams with x-factor players such as Tamasi Cama(pronounced Dama) for New Zealand and Fabien Juries for South Africa. Fabien Juries scored two of the three tries the game. The game ended at 15-7 to South Africa and also ended New Zealands 47 consecutive winning streak.The South Africans showed more verve and pace in the final, often catching out the Kiwis with swift ball movement and superior pace.

If you don't watch sevens rugby I think you should. It is a great sport with plenty of action if you don't like watching 80 minutes of rugby then get a drink, relax and watch a game of sevens. How bad could it be? If you don't like it, it's not like you wasted a lot of time it's only 14 minutes.