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Tuwai included in Las Vegas 7s Dream Team

Tuwai included in Las Vegas 7s Dream Team

By Semi Turaga and Rusiate Baleilevuka
06/03/2018
Las Vegas 7s Dream Team [World Rugby]

Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team captain Jerry Tuwai is included in the Las Vegas 7s Dream Team.

Tuwai is joined by USA’s Perry Baker, Ben Pinkelman and Danny Barrett as well as Wales’ Luke Morgan and South Africa’s Cecil Africa.

The pools for the Vancouver 7s have been released and Fiji is pooled with Kenya, France and Spain in Pool C.

Las Vegas 7s champion USA has been drawn with Australia, Canada and Uruguay in Pool A.

Argentina heads Pool B alongside England, Wales and Samoa while South Africa is in Pool D alongside rivals New Zealand, Scotland and Russia.

Fiji will play Spain in their first pool match at 6.36am Sunday, they will then face France at 10.08am Sunday before taking on Kenya at 1.40pm Sunday.

The quarterfinals will start at 7.08am next Monday, semifinals at 11.08am next Monday while the final will be played at 2.19m next Monday.

Looking at the Overall Series Standings, South Africa is still leading with 92 points, New Zealand is still in second place with 82 points while Fiji still sits at third place with 79 points, Australia is in fourth place with 72 points, Argentina is fifth with 67 points while USA is in sixth place with 58 points.

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