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New Zealand keep title hopes alive by beating Australia in ‘must-win’ clash

Moses Leo #13 of New Zealand scores a try against Henry Palmer #3 of Australia in the men's pool A match during day two of the HSBC SVNS Singapore at the National Stadium on May 04, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

With their hopes of playing in the SVNS Singapore Cup quarter-finals hanging in the balance, New Zealand have lived to fight another game after overcoming Australia 26-10 in a “must-win” clash.

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New Zealand started their campaign at the National Stadium with a tight win over Canada but a disastrous defeat to Series frontrunners Argentina later on left them with their backs against the ropes.

It was almost poetic that for the All Blacks Sevens to remain alive in this competition they would have to thwart off the threat of their fiercest rivals Australia, and the Aussies had looked good too.

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    Australia went unbeaten on the opening day of play with a big win over Los Pumas Sevens and another impressive performance against Series cellar dwellers Canada who looked much-improved.

    While the Aussies were set to play in the quarter-finals, New Zealand had it all on the line and they certainly played like it and rain continued to pour down onto the roof of the Singaporean venue.

    Fehi Fineanganofo scored the opener inside the first minute which set the tone for the All Blacks Sevens, and Moses Leo added a first half double before captain Dylan Collier scored on the bell.

    “We set a goal this morning that this was pretty much an early quarter-final, a must-win,” Leo told RugbyPass.

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    “It was good that we stated well had a few bumps through the middle but Aussie are a good side so they took advantage of their opportunities.

    “Definitely looking forward to the next game.”

    The All Blacks Sevens will play the United States of America in the quarter-finals – the very same side who knocked the Kiwis out of Cup contention at SVNS Los Angeles earlier this season.

    But if the New Zealanders are good enough to beat Perry Baker and Co. then the men in black could be set for a reunion of sorts with Australia playing South Africa on the same side of the draw.

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    That’s a conversation for another time, though, with the Hong Kong Sevens champions New Zealand just searching for some consistency ahead of the Series’ Grand Final event in Madrid later this month.

    “We’ve gone away from some of our processes and I think that comes with boys not having a lot of game time,” Leo explained.

    “The coaches are trusting in players to put on the black jersey and mixing up connections, giving them the opportunity to play in the black jersey.

    “I think there’s a bit of teething, a bit of rust and that’s to be expected, but it’s how we can bounce back from that and I think this game was a good reflection of how we reflected on yesterday.”

    New Zealand play the USA in the third men’s quarter-final at 7:48 pm local time before South Africa take on Australia in the following match at 8:12 pm.

    Earlier, SVNS LAX champions France will take on a spirited Great Britain outfit who are battling for a top eight spot on the Series, while Argentina take on Ireland in the other knockout fixture.

    Catch up on all the latest SVNS Series action from the 2023/24 season on RugbyPass TV. SVNS Singapore is live and free to watch, all you need to do is sign up HERE.

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    JW 1 hour ago
    Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

    Players like Prendergast and Finn Smith already have a few seasons at top club level under their belt and are now test players, at an age when NZ players make their debuts in SR.

    That’s just a difference in standards. You’re confusing SR for being their local domestic comps, where it’s more accurately comparable to Champions Cup, apart from that teams are happy to throw games as it’s in a bit of a limbo in terms of importance atm.


    All these kids have been playing for a comparable NPC team for years now. Sam is no where near ready for tests but he has a great temperament, much like Sextons, that makes it a good choice to speed up his development. He wasn’t even a comparable Super Rugby starter before playing for Ireland, so not a great comparison.


    Fin would be much better example, but then England don’t have 3 world class Test tens in front of him (not that I’d put Beauden their but obviously in terms of young NZ players chances, he is). Would he otherwise have debuted at the same age as Fergus Burke (injury and leaving withstanding), around 24, a couple of years later? England also aren’t as pedantic to who they give jerseys to, in NZ a test jersey is very hard earned for the most part.


    In general I think the effects are as you say, but the only difference is the money involved, as you yourself said, their paths are just as all over the show being loaned out playing for clubs etc. My solution to that, and what you perceive as the problem, would be to introduce university football that utilitizes the large investment they have into high performance sport.

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    Jennifer Ross 3 hours ago
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    JW 4 hours ago
    Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

    JJ and DMac shows how little attention you actually pay to the substance of the articles.

    What do you mean by that? For lack of an answer from you I’d suggest yuo need to look at the game again and then read your article. Because although I’m not going to again but I did quickly review the videos and they all match correctly with my perception.

    JTPL is shifting towards overseas players being JQP in future

    No they’re not, thats a flatout lie Nick. You can find an article on here with their CEO where they want more out of their deals but it’s standard professional sports fair, nothing underhand like the NH does. I find that quite foul that you would share such a view.


    I suppose the new World Club League thats starting would die for the best ABs even for just a year, and probably set them up even better. Mo’unga hadn’t done enough to earn a sabbatical though. This is where NZR needs to start questioning itself. You can’t blame the player if the NZR are not even interesting in offering you a contract. In situations where say NZR aren’t able to reach 70% of the offer I think a great starting point would be for them to be treated differently than someone who just left for money. NZR could say make that player immediately eligible if NZR decide to make a fair offer and they sign to return, with players putting in their overseas contracts a right to leave early if they resign back with NZR.


    Even with Japans fading desire for sabbaticals I still think NZ can make it a good destination and have many reciprocal agreements with JRFU and the JRLO teams. The situation still very much favours NZ and Australia but it’s upto them to make the most of it or the JRFU won’t see any reason to be the ones always giving the favours.

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