“Putting them in the group is tough but this is a tough environment we will have to lose some good players for ambition because our goal is to defend our gold medal.
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The Fiji men s sevens team during training on the Sunshine Coast.
Photo: Fiji Rugby
The Fijian sides are set to feature in the inaugural PacificAus Oceania Sevens tournament later this month, to help boost team preparations ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in July.
Fijiana coach, Saiasi Fuli, said both squads have hit the ground running. So far so good. It s very windy and cold here in the Sunshine Coast, but we re okay with the last three days, he said. We stayed in doors and followed the protocol on those three days before we received all the negative tests, and then we were allowed to go out on Monday afternoon and straight out to the ground to do some blow outs, and a split between us and the men s doing the gym session and the field session.
Radradra, Tuimaba and Botitu still in contention for Olympics
Radradra, Tuimaba and Botitu still in contention for Olympics
Radradra, Tuimaba and Botitu
Fiji 7s Coach Gareth Baber is still hopeful to have superstar Semi Radradra, Aminiasi Tuimaba and Vilimoni Botitu join the team for the Olympics.
While speaking from quarantine in Brisbane, Baber says he has been keeping tabs on these three players who are playing in Europe.
Baber says Tuimaba and Botitu have already worked with him and the core of the team while Radradra is an exceptional talent and he can have an influence on the players around him.