These Sevens stars can shine bright in Japan

Gold: Leone Nakarawa

SEVENS sometimes gets a bad wrap with the perception being that it has become a sport apart and doesn’t connect with the fifteens game anymore…so it’s worth noting that 18 recent graduates of the World Sevens Series and Olympic Sevens have made it to Japan and a number will most certainly take starring roles.
Fiji lead the way with four gold medallists from their 2016 line-up in Rio – Leone Nakarawa, Viliame Mata, Josua Tuisova, Semi Kunatani – but there are also two GB silver medal winners in England’s Ruaridh McConnochie and Jam...

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