The Digicel Fiji 7s team will always be favourites in most of the IRB 7s series across the globe.
Those were the words of New Zealand 7s coach Gordon Tietjens with just two days remaining for the second leg of the 7s series to kick-off in Wellington.
Tietjens said being last year's finalist in New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa will try to come back to stamp their mark this weekend but his boys have also prepared well to defend their home turf.
But for Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula, he said that Tietjens comment is nothing new and his boys will have to also lift their performance to defend the NZ 7s title.
Fiji will meet France on Friday at 1.44pm then Canada at 4.40pm before the final pool game against South Africa at 9.12pm.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
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