Kolinisau to focus on players’ fitness at Singapore 7s as Olympics draws near

As the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s side gets ready for the start of the HSBC Singapore 7s this afternoon, one area that coach Osea Kolinisau will be looking at closely is the players’ fitness and their ability to contain themselves under pressure.

This is because they are racing against time as they prepare for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.

Kolinisau says one thing he worked on really hard with the team was raising their level of fitness to the gold medal standard.

He said the players know they are not at the required level of fitness yet and they are pushing harder as they get closer to the Olympics.

The Fiji Men’s 7s side will play the USA at 5.14 this afternoon in their first pool match before facing Great Britain at 10.30 tonight. They will meet Ireland at 5.37pm tomorrow in their final pool match. The Cup quarter-finals will start at 11 tomorrow night, the semi-finals will start at 5.48pm Sunday and the final will kick off at 10.21pm Sunday. Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s will open their Singapore 7s campaign against Great Britain at 4.28pm today, then they will take on Brazil at 9.43 tonight in their second match and play Australia at 4.50pm tomorrow in their last pool match. The Women’s quarter-finals will start at 8.27pm tomorrow, the semi-finals will begin at 5.02pm Sunday, and the final will be held at 9.41pm Sunday.