Fijian 7s to face Australia in a scrummage tomorrow morning

The Fiji Airways Fijian 7s team will hold a scrummage against Australia early tomorrow morning as they prepare for the Los Angeles tournament over the weekend.

Coach Gareth Baber said ‘’We are playing against Australia tomorrow to judge ourselves and test some of our set-pieces ahead of the LA 7s’’.

The national team is looking forward to playing at the new venue in the United States as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series leg returns to Los Angeles after 14 years.

Since 2010 the tournament has been played in Las Vegas where Fiji won the title twice.

Baber said they are excited and at the same time focused for the two day tournament.

‘’We know about the size of Los Angeles and we know all teams will be in a process of finding a little bit about what the tournament will be like in LA’’ he said.

He added ‘’We need to be flexible which we have talked about as a team’’.

Fiji is pooled with invitational side South Korea and ever improving Argentina and France.

‘’We have a tough pool and we will be up against two teams who have beaten us this season.

Our first game is against South Korea and we want to concentrate on ourselves and take each game as it comes.’’ Said Baber.

Fiji Airways Fijian 7s skipper Meli Derenalagi said they are looking forward to the tournament which will have a different atmosphere.

Derenalagi said ‘’This is my first time in LA and I predict there will be a different crowd and atmosphere’’.

‘’It won’t affect us as we remain focused on the job ahead’’ he said.

Fiji takes on South Korea at 6.51am on Sunday, then faces France at 9.47am before battling it out against Argentina at 1.05pm.