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Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Coach, Gareth Baber says apart from a minimal knee injury that captain Paula Dranisinukula suffered the team is in good shape after a tough London 7s.
Its Captains Photo Shoot time ahead of Paris 7s. 16 teams one title and the race for the HSBC Series silver-wear between Fiji and USA. Join us as we wish our skipper Paula Dranisinukula all the best. #tosoviti pic.twitter.com/hx0whExxrx
— Fiji Rugby Union (@fijirugby) May 29, 2019
Speaking from Paris in the last hour, Baber says Dranisinukula was rested on Monday and Tuesday and is back to where he needs to be.
Recovery Day - Arriving in Paris🗼, the boys went through London7s game review to set their focus for the week, and had their pool session.
— Fiji Rugby Union (@fijirugby) May 29, 2019
Any predictions for this week's games? Or some highlights from last week you'd love to see again in Paris?? pic.twitter.com/llN3rez0Mg
Baber says Jerry Tuwai was also battling in London after coming back from injury.
He says with a tough pool ahead of them, the team’s game plan for this weekend is still the same and this is to play to their strength.
Fiji needs to finish ahead of USA in the Paris 7s this weekend to claim their fourth HSBC series title.
Fiji will take on England in their first pool match at 10.50pm this Saturday, they will take on Argentina at 2.16am this Sunday and take on Ireland at 5.42am in their last pool match.
The Cup quarterfinals will start at 9.28pm this Sunday, Cup semifinals will start at 1.23am Monday and the Cup final will be played at 4.33am Monday.
It’s the final round of the 2018/19 World Series!
— Fiji 7s Team (@Fiji7sTeam) May 28, 2019
Fiji leads the points table having won 4 Cup 🏆titles this season. We just need to win in #Paris7s or finish one better than USA 🇺🇸 to claim the series title. LETS GO FIJI! We got this boys! 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 pic.twitter.com/yKjS79Ij8t
Barring any upsets, Fiji is likely to meet Scotland or France in the quarter final, they are likely to take on USA or South Africa in the semifinal, and New Zealand or Australia in the final.
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