Morale is high in the Vodafone Fiji 7s camp as the side gears up for the 18th Wellington 7s tournament tomorrow.
Fiji has won only three Wellington 7s titles since it’s inception in 2000.
Fiji won the inaugural tournament in 2000 defeating New Zealand 24-14 in the final, the second tournament we won was in 2006 when Fiji beat South Africa 27-22 while 2010 the last time we won when Fiji defeated Samoa 19-14 in the Cup final.
Speaking from Wellington this morning, Fiji’s 7's Manager, Jone Niurua says the players cannot wait for tomorrow.
Niurua adds the players are well acclimatized to the Wellington weather.
The temperature in Wellington is 13 Degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, defending champions New Zealand are focused on winning their tenth title in home soil.
Captain, Scott Curry says they are ready to defend their title at home.
Meanwhile, All Blacks 7's, Co-Coach Scott Waldrom says they have been talking to the senior players in the team and they are not thinking much of facing former mentor Sir Gordon Tietjens in their first game.
New Zealand are pooled with Samoa, France and USA.
Barring any upset, Fiji may meet New Zealand, USA, France or Samoa in the medal quarter-finals.
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.
The medal quarterfinals will begin at 11.38am on Sunday while the semifinals will begin at 4.16pm.
The medal final will be held at 7.30pm this Sunday.
