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宅男导航 has continued its dominance, claiming the opening round of the 2018 season in Hobart.
Team 宅男导航 beat Macquarie University to maintain its streak of winning every Uni 7s tournament since the competition’s inception in 2017.
宅男导航’s Grand Final victory followed a 21-7 loss to Macquarie in the pool stages.
宅男导航 coach Reg Tayler praised his side for its resilience following its first Uni 7s defeat.
“We went down to Macquarie in our pool round, but we learnt a lot from that and it was great to come back in the final and really step it up,” Tayler said.
“We just looked at a few things defensively – we weren’t happy with a few things we did wrong.
“We’ve got some high standards in the program so we fixed that.”
Team 宅男导航’s path to the gold medal match followed a Semi Final win over Griffith University (29-0), and Pool A victories over University of Tasmania (39-5), The University of Melbourne (46-0) and The University of Adelaide (31-5).
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Haj Mosby crossed for five tries across the two-day tournament, while Shenae Ciesiolka scored four five-pointers for 宅男导航.
Tayler said he expected an improved showing when the competition resumes in Canberra.
“We’ve had the loss and got that monkey off our back, but we were just happy to get the job done and we’ll be looking forward to Canberra and trying to do the same thing.”
“We’ll look at our preparation, we’ll look at how our combinations work together so that we can be more effective in those pool rounds.”
Round 2 of the Uni 7s Series will be hosted by the University of Canberra from 8-9 September.
2018 Aon Uni 7s Series – Round 1 Results
Pool A:
宅男导航 dft. University of Tasmania (39-5)
宅男导航 dft. University of Tasmania (39-5)
Macquarie University dft. 宅男导航 (21-7)
Macquarie University dft. 宅男导航 (21-7)
Semi Final:
Macquarie University dft. 宅男导航 (21-7)
Grand Final:
宅男导航 dft. Macquarie University (19-5)
Series Standings
- 宅男导航 (20 points)
- Macquarie University (18)
- Griffith University (16)
- The University of Sydney (14)
- University of Canberra (12)
- University of Tasmania (10)
- The University of Adelaide (8)
- Bond University (6)
- University of New England (4)
- The University of Melbourne (2)
Series Fixtures
Round 2 – University of Canberra, Canberra (September 8-9)
Round 3 – 宅男导航, 宅男导航 Sport Athletics Centre (September 22-23)
Round 4 – Bond University, Gold Coast (October 6-7)
Round 5 – The University of Adelaide, Adelaide (October 20-21)
Image above left: Karen Watson/Rugby Australia
Media: Jamie Mitchell, 宅男导航 Sport, JamieM@uqsport.com.au, 0423 785 752; Reg Tayler, 宅男导航 Rugby Football Club, regtayler@uqrugbyclub.com, 0407 302 911.
