Making Headlines on his Debut last year, Naduva is back in Hamilton.
Fiji Airways Fijian 7s flyer Alasio Naduva will make return to the NZ Sevens this weekend with fond memories of his debut world sevens series in Hamilton last year.
Naduvas’ notable performance in the final at Hamilton sevens last year made headlines being awarded the DHL Player of the Final.
His incredible skills shone in the breakout performance scoring a total of 4 tries at the Hamilton sevens, three out of which came in their final against the Boks scoring a hat-trick on his first ever final.
Strongly supported by his team mates, the speedster showcased his now trademark finishing during the final, scoring a hat-trick. Who can forget the memorable moment, combining with Kalione Nasoko who delivered an incredible no-look pass to send Naduva on the fly and keeping Fiji in the game.
With three major tournaments under his belt since that Hamilton debut last year fans should expect more highlights from the smiling winger when our Fiji Airways Fijian Sevens team onto the field this weekend.
The 28 year old has played a total of 50 match on the HSBC sevens series accumulating some 181 points from 35 total tries he scored throughout the series.
He is also among the 2019 top try scorer sitting just in second place with 11 tries behind most try scorer Alamanda Motuga of Samoa with a total of 12 tries.
Fiji Airways sevens team will play their first match this weekend against Wales at 10:52 am and their second match will be against Argentina at 2:42pm and their final pool game against Australia at 6:52pm.