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GB make four changes to their squad for Vancouver SVNS

Alex Davis of Great Britain wins the ball in the line out during day 1 of HSBC Dubai Sevens at Sevens Stadium on December 2, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)

GB Sevens men’s team have made four changes to their squad for the Vancouver SVNS this weekend from the one that finished eleventh in Perth last month.

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Experienced campaigner Alex Davis returns to the team following an injury, as does Will Homer. Ross McCann is also back in the squad after missing the third leg of the HSBC SVNS Series due to a call-up into the Scotland 15s squad in the build-up to the Guinness Six Nations. Charlton Kerr is the final new addition to the squad, who is returning to the World Series set-up for the first time since 2022.

The four players making way for the returning quartet are Jordan Edmunds, Jamie Farndale, Jamie Barden and Jamie Adamson.

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      GB Sevens women’s have also made four changes to the squad that finished third in Perth, where they lost to eventual champions Ireland in the semi-final.

      Grace Crompton and Lisa Thomson have returned to the squad, with Celia Quansah and Kayleigh Powell set to feature for the first time this season, taking the place of Abbie Brown, Shona Campbell, Rhona Lloyd and Heather Cowell.

      GB Women’s Squad
      1. Lisa Thomson
      3. Abi Burton
      4. Grace Crompton
      6. Lauren Torley
      7. Emma Uren (captain)
      8. Celia Quansah
      9. Isla Norman-Bell
      11. Jasmine Joyce
      12. Amy Wilson-Hardy
      13. Ellie Boatman
      18. Kayleigh Powell
      22. Jade Shekells
      95. Alicia Maude

      GB Men’s Squad
      2. Tom Williams
      3. Alex Davis
      4. Kaleem Barreto
      5. Ross McCann
      6. Harry Glover
      9. Morgan Williams
      10. Robbie Fergusson (captain)
      11. Ethan Waddleton
      12. Will Homer
      15. Tom Emery
      23. Api Bavadra
      24. Charlton Kerr
      64. Austin Emens

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      After three legs of the HSBC SVNS Series, the men’s team currently sit at the bottom of the standings on nine points, one point behind Canada, while the women’s team sit in eighth place.

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      NB 15 minutes ago
      How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

      Oh you mean this https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-raw-data-that-proves-super-rugby-pacific-is-currently-a-cut-above/ . We know you like it because it finds a way to claim that SRP is the highest standard of club/provinicial comp in the world! So there is an agenda.


      “Data analysts ask us to produce reports from tables with millions of records, with live dashboards that constantly get updated. So unless there's a really good reason to use a median instead of a mean, we'll go with the mean.”


      That’s from the mouth of a guy who uses data analysis every day. Median is a useful tool, but much less wieldy than Mean for big datasets.


      Your suppositions about French forwards are completely wrong. The lightest member of any pack is typically the #7. Top 14 clubs all play without dedicated open-sides, they play hybrids instead. Thus Francois Cros in the national side is 110 kilos, Boudenhent at #6 is 112 kilos, and Alldritt is 115 k’s at #8. They are all similar in build.


      The topic of all sizes and shapes is not for the 75’s and the 140’s to get representation, it is that 90 to 110 range where everyone should probably be for the best rugby.

      This is where we disagree and where you are clouded by your preference for the SR model. I like the fact that rugby can include 140k and 75k guys in the same team, and that’s what France and SA are doing.


      It’s inclusive and democratic, not authoritarian and bureaucratic like your notion of narrowing the weight range between 90-110k’s.

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      JW 1 hour ago
      How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

      One of the real-world spin-offs of Rassie’s selection policy was glossed over in the statement ‘it discriminates against backs; our game is for all shapes and sizes’. The truth is exactly the opposite.

      I think you misconstrue his point for this story.

      The biggest differential between the size of the forwards and the size of the backs is France at +29kg per man in favour of the forwards.

      This is exactly his point that you’re agreeing with, ALL the fowards are big (hence the discrepancy).


      You didn’t really make a good point yourself. A Data Analysts recently came in with an article about Super Rugby and was the first to correctly use Median instead of Mean as the basis of his prognosis. That’s what this article is missing. French forwards in their own would also have the widest margin of variance, with big and small forwards. French rugby, and their packs are frequently misidentified as large (again in just a recent article last week), when they actually have quite the tradition for athletic forwards as well.


      Back back to the real issue you have tried to highlight, much like League went, the game now is moving all forwards towards the same size and shape. The topic of all sizes and shapes is not for the 75’s and the 140’s to get representation, it is that 90 to 110 range where everyone should probably be for the best rugby. Hell the most popular form of rugby now in NZ is the u85’s I think, and you have everyone in it, short f/r, bean pole locks, explosive 2nd5’s. I think there’s some allowance but everyone else would be between that 80 to 85 range I reckon.


      I think it goes back to Grant Batty. Really enjoyed the explosion of all the little guys in Super Rugby this year as well, some of the best to watch. I’m not enjoying the discussion that stand out fowards in the competition like Du’Plessis Kirifi or Ioane Moananu are too small (read short) for International rugby forwards, so thank you very much Nick but you can kindly decease (FRO) with suggesting you can only be a forward if you’re 120kgs.

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