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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Oh god, I hope it doesn't become more popular. Sevens is nice for a lark, but 15's is the proper game.
That being said, nice to see countries like Uganda with a team.
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Agreed 15s is the proper game but I bet in 20 years 7s will be more popular.
-20 minute faced paced games with lots of try scoring fits well in the modern world of short attention spans and watching sports on mobile devices.
-It is much cheaper for a country to have a competitive 7's team.
-You cannot discount the exposure in the Olympics and the additional funding this brings.
What do you think about 10's though? There is a tournament coming up in February in Brisbane. I believe the rationale is creating a balance between 7s and 15s where they keep the integrity of the set pieces while still opening up the field for try scoring rugby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisba...bal_Rugby_Tens
Interestingly we now have the following forms of Rugby. What will be next?
-7s
-9s (League)
-10s
-13s (League)
-15s