Fijian dream team '98 percent chance' of winning Sevens World Cup - Serevi
Fijian Sevens legend Waisele Serevi is confident his nation will take home Sevens Rugby World Cup in San Francisco. How confident? He is '98 percent' sure they lift the trophy.
"If you win the World Cup - in Sevens or XVs - you have done something great for your country," Serevi told Rugby.com.au.
"The boys know that and that's why I believe that Fiji are a 98 percent chance of winning this World Cup."
The side has been labeled the Fijian 'dream team', aided by the high-profile inclusions of Toulon superstars Semi Radradra, Josua Tuisova and Racing star Leon Nakarawa.
"Radradra is very, very important to Fiji," Serevi said.
"To do what he has done after going away to Parramatta, Toulon, the Barbarians, I don't think I have ever seen anything like it.
"He is a really dangerous player and is really important to Fiji.
"We are lucky to have him come back and play.
The Fijian sevens team is coming off a quarterfinal defeat against England on the French leg of the Sevens circuit, which ended their run off four straight World Series tournament wins. A World Cup victory will be highly rated, alongside the gold medal won at the Rio Olympics two years ago.
"I think Fiji have the best team on paper but that's the beauty of Sevens - you have to go out and perform for 14 minutes," he said.
"You can't take any of the other countries lightly and I believe we will see some of the best Sevens ever this weekend.
"The boys will all be giving their best because if you lose, you don't get another chance for four more years."
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Honestly, I am a bit lost here …. Ireland - RSA was (at least in my opinion) perhaps (from a purely technical / rugby-skills-show point of view) the pinnacle of the RWC2023 - almost flawless playing (putting aside the kicking of RSA which was the difference between the two teams), rugby at it’s very best …. if I were a Bok and after the game some Irish lads came around saying “see you in 5 weeks same place”, I definitely wouldn’t have thought of it as being in any way “arrogant”, rather a sort of jolly “if we both continue to play like this, no one could stop us” - besides, few of us fans would have, at that time, been surprised to see the same teams playing on 23 september and 28 october 2023 ….. well, we all know Ireland chose to hit a slump to keep the QF curse alive …..
Go to commentsThere’s value gleaned from having an All Black star running and training with your team. How many games he starts (or even where he plays in the backline) will be decided on a week by week basis based on the needs for that week. But the overall learning and growth for all concerned, I’d think, is massively beneficial. Especially for Irish players.
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