Shannon Walker and the Australian sevens team face a tough challenge in Las Vegas. Source: Brendan Radke / News Limited
WITH the IRB Sevens World Series resuming in Las Vegas at the weekend, I thought I'd share a few stats with you to shed some light on why the abbreviated game is going gangbusters around the world.
A lot of the growth is in countries that are not necessarily a rugby power, but with so much exposure in both the established and new markets, it's easy to see why the game is now an Olympic sport.
If it's action you want, Rugby Sevens will give it to you. The following stats from the first three events from the 2013-14 series present a highly fluid, end-to-end game:
- A try is scored every 74 seconds of game time.
- 68% of all tries are scored with no completed tackle or ruck/maul in the possession build-up
- Of those tries, 60% are scored with 3 or fewer passes
- 42% of all tries are scored from a possession that originated within the attacking team's half
The following shows that controlling possession is becoming a greater challenge:
- 42% of all tries are scored from a turnover in possession or a regain at the restart
- 78% of all restarts are contestable kicks (36% are regained)
- 22% of all tackle/ruck/maul situations are turned-over
The World Series is certainly more competitive nowadays. With a bit of luck and the right bounce of the ball, anything can happen. This is the most competitive the series has been to date.
- 38% of all matches are won by a margin of 10pts or less
- 35% of all pool matches are won by a margin of 10pts or less
- 43% of all knockout matches are won by a margin of 10pts or less
And to round things off, the ball is in play for 53% of the time. That's the highest in all rugby union forms and competitions.
This long weekend you can check it out as Fox Sports is screening all three days from the Las Vegas Sevens. The young Australian team is currently fifth on the overall standings but they have a major challenge getting through the 'Pool of Death'.
They've been drawn with Gold Coast champs New Zealand and Dubai champs Fiji. Scotland make up the pool and they've been very competitive with Australia in recent outings.
The Aussies suffered a major blow when captain Ed Jenkins suffered an injury in the gym before the team departed for the USA. Luke Morahan and Sean McMahon are back with their Super Rugby franchises and unavailable while veteran James Stannard is injured.
Ed Jenkins will miss the Las Vegas Sevens through injury. Source: News Limited
Experienced trio Cameron Clark, Alan Fa'alava'au and Jordon Tuapou make a welcome return after injury and will need to hit the ground running if Australia is to advance to the top eight and pick up valuable series points.
South Africa are the defending champs and hope to make it back to back titles after their exciting triumph in their own event in Port Elizabeth in December. The first three events in this series have produced a different Champion each time. Who will it be in Vegas?
Australian Sevens team for Las Vegas: Nick Malouf, Jesse Parahi, Alan Fa'alava'au, Tom Lucas, Sam Myers, Con Foley, Cameron Clark, Greg Jeloudev, Jordan Tuapou, Peter Schuster, Paul Asquith, Shannon Walker
LAS VEGAS SEVENS
All three days LIVE on Fox 1. All times AEDT.
Jan 25 - 10.55am-5pm
Jan 26 - 6.55am-9.55am, 11.20am-2.20pm
Jan 27 - 4.10am-7.15am, 7.40am-10.10am
Pools:
A: South Africa, Kenya, Wales, Canada
B: New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Scotland
C: Samoa, Portugal, England, Uruguay
D: Argentina, France, USA, Spain
Current standings - Top 10
1: New Zealand 58
2: South Africa 56
3: Fiji 48
4: England 40
5: Australia 34
6: Argentina 33
7: Kenya 32
8: Samoa 32
9: Wales 27
10: France 23
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