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<blockquote data-quote="Black_Magic" data-source="post: 541302" data-attributes="member: 61329">Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens8-9 December 2012, Port ElizabethPools drawn:A: Samoa, France, South Africa, Australia (!)B: New Zealand, Fiji, England, Scotland (!!!)C: Kenya, Argentina, Wales, SpainD: Portugal, Canada, USA, Zimbabwe (!)I wonder how do they form the pools. Three out of four are ridiculous, even considering that Canada and Portugal have been of form lately and England and Australia not necessarily.Teams in pool B won 7 out of 9 tournament last season. on the other hand, teams from pools C and D - never mind winning - only reached the semifinal twice (in both cases Argentina).Is this completely random or maybe just takes only the previous tournament into account? Even in the latter case, at least the last four should be allocated to different pools (and here we have Samoa and France together in pool A and no such team in pool D).Anyway looking forward to seeing some great games again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Black_Magic, post: 541302, member: 61329"] Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens 8-9 December 2012, Port Elizabeth Pools drawn: A: Samoa, France, South Africa, Australia (!) B: New Zealand, Fiji, England, Scotland (!!!) C: Kenya, Argentina, Wales, Spain D: Portugal, Canada, USA, Zimbabwe (!) I wonder how do they form the pools. Three out of four are ridiculous, even considering that Canada and Portugal have been of form lately and England and Australia not necessarily. Teams in pool B won 7 out of 9 tournament last season. on the other hand, teams from pools C and D - never mind winning - only reached the semifinal twice (in both cases Argentina). Is this completely random or maybe just takes only the previous tournament into account? Even in the latter case, at least the last four should be allocated to different pools (and here we have Samoa and France together in pool A and no such team in pool D). Anyway looking forward to seeing some great games again! [/QUOTE]

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