Boots and all | Rugby World Cup Sevens: Fiji ‘Dream Team’ must deliver in San Francisco or 2018 will be wasted
After choking in the World Series and falling in the final of the Commonwealth Games, Gareth Baber’s side have one last chance for silverware
Not a bad year’s work in anyone’s book.
Missing out at the Commonwealth Games was one thing – it came in the middle of a heavy schedule and just days after their win in Hong Kong – but giving up the World Series title after it was theirs for the taking must burn.
Now, with what some are saying could be the best sevens squad ever assembled at their disposal, Fiji must deliver when it counts or risk consigning what loomed as an all-conquering 2018 to the scrap heap.
Fiji boss Gareth Baber has added some serious firepower to the team that fell short in the Commonwealth Games, with Toulon star Josua Tuisova, Bordeaux flier Semi Radradra and Racing 92 powerhouse Leone Nakarawa all selected in what is being labelled the “Dream Team”.