{"id":8207,"date":"2018-11-24T20:50:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T07:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/?p=8207"},"modified":"2018-11-24T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T08:09:01","slug":"six-talented-athletes-emerge-from-red-bull-ignite7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2018\/11\/24\/six-talented-athletes-emerge-from-red-bull-ignite7\/","title":{"rendered":"Six talented athletes emerge from Red Bull Ignite7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six players have emerged from the inaugural Red Bull Ignite7 talent search in Auckland to claim a place at the 2019 All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens National Development Camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three women\u2019s players Isla Norman-Bell, Mererangi Paul and Kalyn Takitimu-Cook and three men\u2019s players William Warbrick, Chay Fihaki and Jacob Kneepkens were picked from 96 hopefuls an intensive four days culminated in a one-day tournament at Trusts Arena, Waitakere.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Zealand Sevens High Performance Manager Tony Philp said the players chosen epitomised the Red Bull Ignite7 concept.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese athletes come from varying backgrounds and have varying levels of rugby experience, but all of them stepped up to the mark to force the selectors hands over the past four days.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis week has delivered what we had hoped for and far more. Not only have we been able to identify six very talented athletes to attend our 2019 Development Camps, but we have also unearthed new talent and learned a lot about a large number of other players who were already on our radar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pint-sized Aucklander Norman-Bell (18) and hulking Kawerau lad William Warbrick (20) epitomised a programme that provided opportunity for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Howick College product Norman-Bell, at 54kg, and from a touch rugby background showed that sevens is truly a sport for all sizes as her skill consistently shone for the women\u2019s Inferno team she led to a 22-0 win in the tournament Final.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warbrick, who has dabbled in AFL and rugby league, used all of his 105kg, 192cm frame to power his way into the selectors favour as part of the men\u2019s Bolt team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Mystics netball representative Paul and Takitimu-Cook highlighted Red Bull Ignite7\u2019s search for cross code talent as they continued their stellar rise in sevens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul, originally from Whakatane, followed her little sister Mahina, also at the tournament, into rugby less than a year ago, but already looks a seasoned rugby player. Takitimu-Cook, who took up rugby two years ago after her family shifted from Papakura to Palmerston North, also shone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kneepkens, 17, is another product of the Francis Douglas Memorial College factory that produced the Barrett brothers, while Fihaki has already forged a reputation as a player of some promise at Sacred Heart College in Auckland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philp said the door was not closed on the players who had missed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor some of these players this was just the start of their sevens journey in terms of high performance. We had a number of players, particularly in the women\u2019s teams, who had very little experience of rugby coming into the week.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe exposure and knowledge they have gained from the past four days has been immeasurable and I\u2019m expecting to see a lot of them back here again in a year\u2019s time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Bull Ignite7 also proved a valuable testing ground for several new law variations and new initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolling subs allowed up to 12 replacements per game, while tries scored in the Hertz Zone behind the posts did not require conversions to bank seven points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Player statistics, including heart rate, body impacts and number of sprints per game, were all available to coaches and fans in real time via on the Red Bull Ignite7 website www.redbullignite7.co.nz thank to VX Sport.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six players have emerged from the inaugural Red Bull Ignite7 talent search in Auckland to claim a place at the 2019 All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens National Development Camp. Three women\u2019s players Isla Norman-Bell, Mererangi Paul and Kalyn Takitimu-Cook and three men\u2019s players William Warbrick, Chay Fihaki and Jacob Kneepkens were picked from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Six talented athletes emerge from Red Bull Ignite7\r\nhttps:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-28n","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugbyheartland-news","category-sevens"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ih7.jpg?fit=1292%2C861&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-28n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12588,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2020\/10\/02\/red-bull-ignite7-returns-with-exciting-new-format\/","url_meta":{"origin":8207,"position":0},"title":"Red Bull Ignite7 returns with exciting new format","author":"admin_hland","date":"October 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Red Bull Ignite7 breaks new ground again in 2020 as the country\u2019s leading sevens players go head to head this December. 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