There's not much in the Game of Sevens Rugby that New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens has not won.

Eight of the 10 World Series titles have gone his way, as well as a Rugby World Cup Sevens crown in 2001 and all three Commonwealth Games gold medals that have been contested to date, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

In fact, in the current Sevens calendar the only tournament that has so far eluded him has been the International Sevens in Adelaide.

All seven of the other stops on the World tour have at some stage climaxed with a kiwi victory with the haka, but so far only Fiji and South Africa have tasted victory here, a little statistic Tietjens is keen to change.