Three overseas based players have been ruled out from the Digicel Fiji 7's team for the Scotland and England 7s tournament.
It was earlier said that Nikola Matawalu, Metuisela Talebula and Waisea Nayacalevu will be part of the team to the next leg of the IRB 7's series but now they are only available for the 7s rugby World cup.
Fiji 7s coach, Alifereti Dere confirmed that the three should be in the country well before the World cup.
Dere said they did not discuss yesterday about the possibility of other overseas based players joining the team for the World Cup but he added that things may change depending on the situation next month.
Meanwhile, the 21 member Fiji 7s team marched into camp yesterday for the preparation of the Scotland and England 7s tournaments.
Story by: Dhanjay Deo
Overseas based players ruled out of Fiji 7s team
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