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So is Lennox A

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Watched it at half time England v Baa, Baas

It was rugby 7s simplified, it was just terrible. Two games at the same time on one pitch
It may well appeal to some but so removed from rugby union it’s not my cup of tea at all, would rather watch rugby league

Watching the coverage now.  This isn't innovation.  It's a warm-up session from mid-week coaching.

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Seems a bit cack to me

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Watching now. Not that impressed so far. Probably not aimed at me really but not sure so far  how it's meant to be better than sevens.

Ugo and co hyping it like mad on commentary despite the action not justifying it but to be expected.

Too easy to score really. Possession should guarantee score

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The 1 on 1 if the event of a draw us silly too. Oh well, not something I'll watch again but aimed at non traditional fans so it'll be interesting to see what they think

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I think that the final few minutes of Ugo gushing about the concept should really have been identified as advertising or promotion rather than commentary.

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Too much like training sessions, too easy to score. We already have Touch and Sevens so not sure what is being achieved with this format other than somebody thinks they can make money from it.
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I can understand the rationale behind this. It's a game that can be played in a park, on a beach, wherever with just 4 jumpers to make the corners of the pitch (in the same way we all used jumpers as goalposts playing football as kids). Simple scoring system. Why they're making it 5 points for a try and not just a single point is puzzling, though. It's basically Touch but with the "Touch" element taken out.

My issue is that it's being pushed as the "Best thing ever" for Rugby and RL in the same way as the "Hundred" competition is in Cricket at the moment. In both cases it's very similar to an existing variant (Sevens/T20) and may actually harm the existing variant due to overload. Sevens has managed to break into the Olympics where it has had a good response (including giving Fiji their first Olympic medal in the process) so more effort should go into promoting that globally.

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As someone said on Twitter its British Bulldog with a ball. Not for me I'm afraid.

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A little surprised that people on here were expecting it to be aimed at the likes of us. I'm sure a few 15s fans might enjoy it for what it is, but this was always going to be targeting primarily a younger demographic and one that would rather get up and go to the bar than sit through reset scrums. Hang on a second... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

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Argentinian no 2, Tomas Costa, I tour managed his club last year, he must be 21 now, rapid and very strong!!!!