The New Zealand Men’s 7s team is ready to defend their Commonwealth Games 7s gold medal this weekend.
After claiming the Oceania 7s last month, the All Blacks 7s are heading into this weekend’s tournament as favourites.
Coach Clark Laidlaw says they are really excited about the younger players getting to play for the first time.
Meanwhile, Team New Zealand have been hit by their first case of COVID-19, with one athlete isolating after testing positive on arrival in Birmingham.
New Zealand are in Pool A with Sri Lanka, Samoa and host England.
Meanwhile, the Fiji men’s 7s team will play Zambia at 12.02am Saturday in their first pool match.
Their second match is against Canada at 8.32am Saturday before they face Wales at 12.02am Sunday.
The quarter finals will start at 7.26am Sunday, the semifinals will be at 12.12am Monday while the Commonwealth Games 7s Gold Medal match will be at 8.26am on Monday 1st August.
Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s team will face Scotland at 8.22pm this Friday, they will meet South Africa in their second match at 4.30am Saturday before they face Australia at 8.22pm Saturday.
The semi finals will kick off at 6.42am Sunday while the women’s gold final will start at 8.04am Monday 1st August.
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