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Strong team named to feature in Oceania 7s tournament

Strong team named to feature in Oceania 7s tournament
Vodafone Fiji Sevens coach Ben Ryan

Vodafone Fiji Sevens coach Ben Ryan has named a strong team to feature in the 2014 Oceania 7's tournament in Sunshine Coast Australia next week.

Ryan has called back Nasoni Roko, Isikeli Vuruna and Niko Verekauta into the national sevens scene.

Other players are Manueli Lagai, Eremasi Radrodro, Viliame Mata, Sitiveni Waqa, Apimeleki Mocekula, Jone Qorovarua, Seremaia Tuwai, Waisea Nacuqu and Vatemo Ravouvou.

Meanwhile the All Blacks 7's team will also be part of the tournament with coach Gordon Tietjens assembling an inexperienced side.

Tietjens has only had eight core sevens players in his training squad alongside 12 fresh faces.

New Zealand is in Pool A with American Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Niue while Fiji is in Pool B with Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Tahiti while Samoa has Australia, Tonga and New Caledonia in Pool C.

Meanwhile the Vodafone Fiji Sevens team that will be at the Gold Coast 7's are pooled with Australia, Scotland and Portugal.

The Oceania 7's will start next Wednesday and ends on Friday while the Gold Coast 7's will be held on the 11th and 12th of next month.

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