Canada finished 4th! I repeat Canada finished 4th! It would have been nice if they could have beat Scotland a second time to get 3rd but I'm still so proud of then right now. They were even better than the host Kiwis who were 6th, the Aussies who were 9th and the Americans who were 11th haha. By the way South Africa beat Fiji in the finals.
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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Mostly due to a public drunkenness crackdown. NZRU is trying to make it a "family friendly event", a stark contrast from the weekend of binge drinking in costumes that it used to be. I heard today that they're only serving mid strength beer! There's a lot of talk that this may be the last Wellington sevens, what with the low ticket sales. They might move it around the country, possibly to Dunedin but if the alcohol policies stay the same them the crowds will be just as sparse.
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Yeah the crowd looked pathetic, I take back everything I said about Sevens increasing in popularity. Interesting that is the reason for the low numbers. I found the sold out Sydney Sevens last year to be both a party atmosphere and a family friendly event (with mid strength beer). It might have something to do with Union fans here being of a higher standard while the bogans follow League. I guess in New Zealand most fans, both classy and feral, follow Union. Also, it probably didn't hurt ticket sales that Sydney has a higher population than all of NZ combined.