The Fiji Airways Men’s 7s Team are aware of the of the kind of physicality that Kenya, Scotland and France will bring into the first round of 2018/2019 HSBC sevens series later this month.
The three team are pooled with Fiji in the Dubai Sevens and Head Coach Gareth Baber says that the draw provides a mix of styles for them to combat.
Baber says that the team are aware of the kind of physicality that the Kenyans will bring, Scotland will want to create pressure through moving the ball from edge to edge and France will look to individual game breakers to give them the advantage
Coach Baber says that they want to start the season strongly, so their focus will be on implementing their game style and putting together consistency in their performance from the start
Meanwhile Baber’s squad have been put through an intense 8 week training block including a number of local tournaments in Kadavu and across the country as build up to the Oceania 7’s and HSBC series.
The 2018 Oceania 7s tournament will kick off at the ANZ Stadium in Suva next weekend and Fiji is pooled with Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
Fiji will take on Solomon Islands at 4.57pm next Friday and they will then take on PNG at 8.06pm next Friday.
Meanwhile, the 2018 Dubai Sevens will be played from 29 of this month to 1st December this year.
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