Olympic Sevens rugby quarter-finals line-up confirmed as France stumble

All Blacks 37 South Africa 33

I look for Moodie to have a break-out game today and I like the AB 6

Pity the match isn’t being covered on RP.

Cape Town strip looking glorious. Another beautiful day in Africa.

You probably also critized him when he screamed "get in there!" to his forwards before finally diving in himself to try and save the day on that lost ball 5m out?

Don't worry. We won't endure as many losses as we had to go through with Mo'unga this time. Dmac came ready made with the temperament of a test player.

DMacs hardly made a mistake, I think you're confusing his chip kicks down the middle of the park as a mistake. He did what he was trying to do, so not a mistake. He has been awesome with the way he puts others in space and holes, I prefer that over Mo's running ability and inclination to kick the ball into touch.

No, Mo's not going to help you in that last game (other than he would have replaced Barrett who is a huge weak link). Mo gets a lot of stick because he took 5 years before he was able to express himself at test level. It's a shame the way he was used and he's a fabulous player. I suspect be will be the type to fade quickly once that physical edge fades, but he's still going to be a great asset to the side next year. So it's all gudz.

We weren't talking about that though, we were talking about what type of team should make up that competition.

The obvious format of rugby should be half a dozen to a dozen State matches, a Club Pacific Championship with NZ/Japan and rest of Oceana, that's about 6 to 8 weeks, and then a semi pro comp that it all comes from which runs the whole season. A huge investment requirement that but you know, you have to spend money to make money. But yes, I can even a simple model like that could have facets for and against it's benefit in a country like Australia, which is were they guys on the ground can provide real value.

In case it's never come across before Nick, I'm not a fan of Super Rugby. I'm a fan of the NPC. Do I think some of the purpose behind Super Rugby should be preserved if possible? Yes of course, lots of good things in but it's a soleless competition that misses out on so much more and theres many better ways to combine all the best aspects. You just need money.