One of the world's greatest sevens players has spoken of his sadness over the apparent demise of the Wellington tournament.
Two‑time Commonwealth Games gold medallist and six‑time World Sevens series champion Eric Rush says the Wellington 7s used to be the highlight of the international sevens calendar.
Rush says it was the best tournament on the circuit back then and now it is probably one of the worst in terms of crowd numbers.
He says it is a bit disappointing but maybe officials need to take it away from New Zealand so they can finally realise what they had.
Fiji will play Australia in their first pool match at 10.46am tomorrow before facing Japan at 2.10pm while Fiji's last pool match will be against South Africa at 6.18pm tomorrow.
Source: RadioNZ
