6th Rugby Sevens World Cup - OOC Thread (Sign-ups OPEN)

[NS Rugby Board Executive Council]

Hello and welcome to the 6th edition of the Rugby Sevens World Cup (or R7WC for short). This would've been up months before but no one seemed to have been interested in hosting another sevens tournament and this whole thing just kind of died. Still, hopefully everyone's looking forward to high-octane, fast paced 7-a-side action. If you are, get a post up in this thread and show your interest. If you're hoping to enter a puppet, then go ahead although only ONE PUPPET PER NATION allowed. If you're hoping to host the competition (and anyone can, really), then get a bid up and hope for the best*.

*Due to the fast-paced nature of sevens, where matches last 15-20 minutes (including breaks) and there are usually at least five matches per day, we're ideally looking for the one stadium to host it, though two is acceptable if it's in the same city or area and if we get a LOT of sign-ups. The deadline for host bids will be Sunday 18th April at 00:00 UTC (or Saturday 17th April 18:00 CST); voting will close exactly one week later on 25th April at the same times.

Important Links!

• Wikipedia article on Rugby sevens (for a written guide to the sport)
• The Rules of Rugby Sevens (Rugby 7's) - EXPLAINED! (for a visual guide to the sport or if the written guide isn't as helpful)
• Fiji vs Team GB at the 2016 Olympics (as an example of a match)
• NZ vs England at the 2019 LA 7s (an an example of a seven minute per half match)
• Rankings (useful for getting everyone arranged into pots so they can be sorted into groups/pools)
• NS Rugby discussion thread (if you want to shoot the breeze or keep an eye on future tournaments)
• 5th Rugby Sevens World Cup (just in case)

Signups (26/??):

1. Elejamie
2. Placely Placington (puppet of Elejamie)
3. Hebitaka
4. Barunia
5. Quebec and Shingoryeo
6. The Licentian Isles
7. Abanhfleft
8. Copper Cuprum (puppet of Abanhfleft)
9. Kriegiersien
10. San Ortelio
11. TJUN-ia
12. The Grearish Union
13. Darmen
14. Nova Anglicana
15. Commonwealth of Baker Park
16. Pratapgadh
17. Lisander
18. Shreekaristan
19. Darkmania
20. Bollonich
21. The Hannasean Federation
22. Udmar
23. Sannyamathland
24. United States of Devonta
25. Suimede
26. Queenisa

Host bids:

1. The Grearish Union
2. Hebitaka

Note this post also counts as a sign-up for both Elejamie and his puppet Placely Placington.

[Placely Placington]

Note this post also counts as a sign-up for both Elejamie and his puppet Placely Placington.

Can confirm that I am Elejamie's puppet. In the event that we need to cut some nations, I won't mind this being taken out.

[Hebitaka]

Ininin

[Barunia]

Little waves are back

[Quebec and Shingoryeo]

'bout time.

[The Licentian Isles]

We'll play some rugby.

[Abanhfleft]

Finally! Some rugby returns! And so will we! And the chicken killers as well!

[Copper Cuprum]

Finally! Some rugby returns! And so will we! And the chicken killers as well!

The chicken killers confirm their return as well!

[Kriegiersien]

In.

[San Ortelio]

Per favore.

[TJUN-ia]

S E V E N
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V
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N

[Juvencus]

Poggers

[The Grearish Union]

Sure

[Darmen]

Prezent.

[Nova Anglicana]

Let's play some sevens!

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

Yeah, why not...

[Pratapgadh]

In!

[Lisander]

I have a horrible pain in my arm, but I will do my best to play at the same level as you guys.

[Shreekaristan]

In in

[NS Rugby Board Executive Council]

Sign-ups updated to Shreekaristan. Also, new rankings have been added due to the old sheet getting deleted and a new link to the previous R7WC is there if you want a look at how last time went.

[Darkmania]

Elejamie posted a link to this thread on a discord server I am with him. And being polite, we will take part.

[NS Rugby Board Executive Council]

Sign-up added to the sheet. And title updated to mention the sign-ups are open just to see if that'll get more people signing up.

[The Grearish Union]

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Grearish Bid to Host the 6th Rugby Sevens World Cup

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About Forsho

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The Forsho conurbation comprises of a large number of metropolitan areas, cities, towns, suburbs and outskirt-villages; the heartbeat of the city, however, is in the Forsho city proper, which is bidding to host the presitigious Rugby Sevens World Cup in it's sixth edition. The city is the lifeline of the 3-million-strong conurbation, which in turn is the lifeline of 90-odd million Grears living throughout the mainland. The port city is well-known for its tourism value, as both air and sea travel to and fro is bustling all-round the year. The international shipping port and international airports are the main entry into the city, with rail and road (national highway) connections with the other six major cities of the Union, should you choose to land elsewhere and travel to the venue for the weekend rugby extravaganza.

About the Venue and Rugby

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Historically, the burly sailors of Forsho grew weary of football, once they were introduced to the much more physical game of rugby, that suited their body types and tastes in terms of the kind of exercise they wanted. This created a love for rugby that remained within the sailor class, and condensed into the being of a stadium in recent times - the Seagull Cavern, set in the heart of the city, with a few hilly undulations in the horizon behind (aside from the regular skyscrapers, of course). The stadium seats 30,000 spectators on the upper side, on a good day of rugby, and has a beautiful retractable fibre roof that enables the stadium to be a safe shelter in times of cyclonic storms as such, for the locals, while also allowing for nice, rainy rugby match when required, with the roof retracted.

Why Grearia?

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The Grearish Union has recently been trying to actively host international tournaments despite a few nibbly issues with the economic situation at home. This is mostly to attract sponsors, investment and to provide an impetus to industrial advancement, growth and innovation through international recognition. The country has recently hosted the 13th edition of the GCF World Twenty20 Championship in cricket, the Salvador Hills Open in the NSTT tennis calendar and has a bit of experience with hosting.
To help with scorekeeping, a deal with the Xkoranate™ brand has been negotiated, where it has been made clear that the Rugby Union Sevens event formulas will be used for better scorekeeping in the event. It is also made known by the Grearish Rugby Federation, that good reporting of personal, national and unrelated issues by the participating nations will be encouraged generously via scorekeeping points. The latest NSRB sevens ranks will be used in this regard.
The organisers are keen on having 20 teams to start off the tournament with 4 pools of 5, progressing to quarters, semis and a final. In this format, the expected games per team would be at least four and at most 8. The next best number for this format would be 24.
In the case that we have 18 nations, we shall propse 3 pools of 6, with the first 4 from each pool progressing to 2 elite pools (Elite A and Elite B) of 6 teams each. The top 2 from these groups then progress to a semi-final and final arrangement. This, however, is not a preferred format due to the density of games against time, and we would have to include the Forsho Sailor's University field to fill in the gaps. Thus the government would really appreciate a 20-team field.
The government has announced that it shall be active on these international forums and shall answer any questions that the multiverse may have. It would also like to apologise in advance for any misprint in the bid, owing to their feeble (but determined!) understanding of rugby.

[NS Rugby Board Executive Council]

In order to speed things up, the deadline for submitting hosts bids has been moved up by one week to Sunday 18th April at 00:00 UTC. This means that anyone who wishes to challenge The Grearish Union has just over three days to post their bid.

[Bollonich]

Bollonich in