Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] Hong Kong 7's
From: jerryleh at pacbell.net (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sun Mar 28 10:56:51 2004
References: <642AEFE2-8042-11D8-A903-000393778554@netvigator.com> <406622DA.30824019@pacbell.net> <CBCCF79B-8060-11D8-9720-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <4066405E.2F2B15ED@pacbell.net> <C797704F-80C2-11D8-B09D-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

John

Ages ago when I played (or tried) Rugby, there were 15 players
on each side.  The other game was called "Seven-A-Side".

Now the penny drops!

Jerry

John Collier wrote:

> It is a reference to the number of players on each side. The small
> number results in a fast open game.
>
> John Collier
>
> On Mar 27, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
> > Why are they called 7's?
> >
> > John Collier wrote:
> >
> >> Rugby
> >>
> >> http://www.hksevens.com/
> >>
> >> On Mar 27, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >>
> >>> WTF are 7's?
>
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In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer) ([Leica] Hong Kong 7's)
Message from jerryleh at pacbell.net (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Hong Kong 7's)
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Message from jerryleh at pacbell.net (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Hong Kong 7's)
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] Hong Kong 7's)