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There is a great article on this event in the Inside Rugby Mag.
Good to see a Small Union like NT get off their tail and build this event as a great warm up for Wellington and LA .
It is a great platform for smaller unions in Asia and the Pacific to build as well
May it continue to grow!
DAY 1 - AUSTAR RUGBY PARK
GAME Time Team Score Team Score
1 0900 Davetalevu (Fiji) 61 v Katherine Pirates 0
2 0900 Red Rock Rugby Club (Fiji) 70 v Groote Eylandt Mudchooks 0
3 0920 Uprising Beach Resort (Fiji) 61 v Becker NCS Dirty Dozen 0
4 0920 Gordon 62 v Parap Tavern Drunken Monkeys 0
5 0940 Randwick 33 v 1 Brigade Mens 7
6 0940 Hong Kong Dragons 24 v Darwin Taipans 12
7 1000 Global Fiji Samurai 45 v Kombat Cougars 0
8 1000 The Country King Brown's 30 v Katherine Rucking Roos 0
9 1020 AUSTAR Mosquitoes 39 v East Arnhem Rugby 5
10 1020 Australian Rugby Legends 31 v Old Boys 0
11 1040 Western Quokkas 10 v Continental Jets (Guam) 12
12 1040 Darwin Dingoes 17 v Ronin Impact 24
13 1100 Red Stingers (QLD) 52 v 1st Brigade Womens 0
14 1100 Zonnators 35 v Territory Dreamgirls 0
15 1120 South Sea Drifters 22 v AUSTAR Mosquitoes 5
16 1120 Easts Tigers (QLD) 59 v South Darwin Bunnies 0
17 1140 Gordon Rugby Club 12 v Randwick 21
18 1140 Kombat Cougars 7 v Darwin Tiapans 44
19 1200 Uprising Beach Resort 21 v Hong Kong Dragons 17
20 1200 Darwin Dingoes 52 v Katherine Pirates 5
21 1220 Digicel Barbarians (Samoa) 48 v Australian Rugby Legends 7
22 1220 Katherine Rucking Roos 7 v 1st Brigade 25
23 1240 Red Rock Rugby Club 42 v Global Fiji Samurai 0
24 1240 Western Quokkas 29 v Groote Eylandt Mudchooks 0
25 1300 Aussie Spirit 47 v Guam Continental Jets 0
26 1300 East Arnham 28 v Parap Tavern Drunken Monkeys 5
27 1320 Davetalevu 38 v Country King Browns 0
28 1320 Old Boys 10 v Dirty Dozen 7
29 1340 ULR Samurai 42 v Ronin Impact 0
30 1340 Zonnators 53 v 1st Brigade Womens 0
31 1400 Easts Tigers (QLD) 52 v Territory Dreamgirls 0
32 1400 Red Stingers (QLD) 45 v Southern Warriors (SA) 0
33 1420 Global Fiji Samurai 14 v Guam Continental Jets 31
34 1420 Kombat Cougars 14 v Katherine Pirates 7
35 1440 Hong Kong Dragons 52 v Australian Rugby Legends 0
36 1440 Darwin Dingoes 12 v Darwin Tiapans 12
37 1503 South Sea Drifters 24 v Gordon Rugby Club 0
38 1500 Katherine Rucking Roos 14 v Groote Eylandt Mudchooks 7
39 1523 Digicel Barbarians (Samoa) 41 v Uprising Beach Resort 0
40 1520 Western Quokkas 24 v 1st Brigade 22
41 1543 Randwick 19 v AUSTAR Mosquitoes 17
42 1540 East Arnham 19 v Dirty Dozen 5
43 1603 Country King Browns 19 v Ronin Impact 14
44 1600 Old Boys 31 v Parap Tavern Drunken Monkeys 12
45 1623 Aussie Spirit 17 v Red Rock Rugby Club 0
46 1620 Red Stingers (QLD) 50 v Territory Dreamgirls 0
47 1643 ULR Samurai 17 v Davetalevu 12
48 1640 Southern Warriors (SA) 0 v Easts Tigers (QLD) 54
49 1700 Zonnators 62 v South Darwin Bunnies 0
50 1700 Darwin Tiapans 34 v Katherine Pirates 12
51 1720 Gordon Rugby Club 21 v AUSTAR Mosquitoes 19
52 1720 Darwin Dingoes 19 v Kombat Cougars 12
53 1740 South Sea Drifters 19 v Randwick 7
54 1740 1st Brigade 17 v Groote Eylandt Mudchooks 17
55 1800 Uprising Beach Resort 36 v Australian Rugby Legends 5
56 1800 Western Quokkas 59 v Katherine Rucking Roos 5
57 1820 Digicel Barbarians (Samoa) 26 v Hong Kong Dragons 0
58 1820 Parap Tavern Drunken Monkeys 7 v Dirty Dozen 24
59 1840 Red Rock Rugby Club 22 v Guam Continental Jets 7
60 1840 Old Boys 14 v East Arnham 40
61 1900 Aussie Spirit 33 v Global Fiji Samurai 0
62 1900 Easts Tigers (QLD) 66 v 1st Brigade Womens 0
63 1920 ULR Samurai 31 v Country King Browns 0
64 1920 Red Stingers (QLD) 68 v South Darwin Bunnies 0
65 1940 Zonnators 46 v Southern Warriors (SA) 0
66 1940 Davetalevu 26 v Ronin Impact 0
Aussie Spirit top their pool
Aussie Spirit top their pool along with South Sea Drifters, Digicel Samoa Barbarians and ULR Samurai to tackle tomorrows finals. THE Aussie Spirit booked themselves a place in the main draw of the Heineken Hottest Sevens in Darwin after recording three wins from as many starts on Saturday.
But the Digicell Samoa Barbarians are looming as the team favoured to grab a major slice of the $60,000 prizemoney on offer after an impressive first day where they looked pacy and expressive.
The Michael O'Connor coached Australians defeated Continental Jets from Guam 45-0, Fijian team Red Rock 17-0 and finished the hot and steamy day here in the tropical north with a 33-0 victory over the Global Fiji Samurai.
The Australians were seeded third for this tournament and national sevens team coach O'Connor is using it as a trial for the next leg of the IRB World Sevens series which kicks off in a fortnight's time in San Diego and also the looming sevens World Cup in Dubai in early April.
The Aussie Spirit will meet Ronan Impact in their quarter-final round on Sunday and on current form look assured of a semi-final berth.
The Aussies were workmanlike rather than flashy in their work on the field on Saturday but O'Connor was pleased with their attitude and workrate in defence.
"It was a great first day's work for a side that is pretty inexperienced at this level of sevens Rugby," O'Connor said.
"Our focus today was on our defence and to come through our three games without having our lined crossed says something about the attitude we had out there."
They really put in in that area, but there are parts of our game where we could have been more polished, but the idea was to get through today without a defeat and that has come together for us.
"I was happy for a lot of the young guys in the squad like Michael Maguire and Mark Swanepoel. They got stuck in came up with some super plays."
Outstanding performers for the Aussie Spirit included former Australian Schools backrower and today's captain Will Brock and the elusive Willie Bishop.
Top seeds the South Sea Drifters also came through Saturday unscathed on day one with wins over the Austar Mosquitoes and Sydney clubs Gordon and Randwick.
Their captain and coach, the sevens legend Waisale Serevi had limited involvement in the first two wins, but played a major role in their victory over a Randwick coached by Glen Ella.
But by far the most impressive team on show on Saturday was the Digicel Samoa Barbarians. They showed power and pace at different times on Saturday and all the indications are that they will be able to crank it up a gear on Sunday.
"Yeah the Samoans from what I saw will be a contender for the title here. They have pace and physical edge that is important on the second day of these type of tournaments," O'Connor added.
Elsewhere in the tournament, O'Connor couldn't help but be impressed with the work of young Henry Vanderglas who came up from Canberra to play for local side the Austar Mosquitoes.
The Brumbies Academy player showed pace, anticipation and outstanding defence and is definitely now on the national sevens team coach's radar.
The tournament is the centrepiece of a festival of Rugby here in Darwin over the weekend.
Former Wallabies Chris Handy, John Lambie and Mark Ella starred at a sold out luncheon on Friday with Northern Territory's Chief Minister Paul Henderson enjoying every moment of a rollicking afternoon.
There is $60,00 in prizemoney on offer on Sunday and the hottest sevens tournament in the north is sured to get even more serious.
Mark Cashman
Editor
Inside Rugby magazine
http://www.hottest7s.com/index.php?o...d=64&Itemid=50
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