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Gollings' Fiji successor outlines 'criteria' for Olympic gold defence

Osea Kolinisau #14 of Old Glory DC warms up before the match against the New England Free Jacks at Segra Field on April 25, 2021 in Leesburg, VA. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Newly-appointed Fiji 7s men’s head coach Osea Kolinisau has arrived from the USA to replace Ben Gollings, who it has been revealed received forewarning before he was eventually sacked.

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The gold medal winner, 38, immediately held his first briefing with the squad which included his 2016 Rio Olympics-winning teammates Jerry Tuwai and Vatemo Ravouvou, setting out the path he believes Fiji needs to take to defend their Olympic sevens title in Paris in the summer.

Kolinisau, who has been playing in Major League Rugby in the USA, told the Fiji Sun: “My criteria are not based on experience and talent alone but fitness and training to the standard Fiji sevens is renowned for. It’s the Olympics and we want to take the best players that we have.

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    Tendai Mtawarira shares some pearls of wisdom with young players

    “No player is guaranteed a spot on the team as equal opportunity will be given to players. My focus now is Hong Kong SVNS, I’m going to work on our fitness and defence this week. I’m also going to work on our reaction to kick-offs and set pieces.”

    He captained Fiji at the 2016 Rio Games where they won the first gold medal available for sevens under coach Ben Ryan and it was defended by a Gareth Baber-led team in Tokyo. However, Fiji have not won a round on the HSBC SVNS Series since May 2022 and Kolinisau’s first target will be at the famous Hong Kong SVNS tournament on April 5-7.

    Fiji Rugby Union interim chair Peter Mazey revealed at a press briefing that Gollings had been given clear warnings about his failure to win a tournament.

    “He (Gollings) got his first verbal warning in November last year,” said Mazey.

    “We had to give three verbals and one written, they were all given.

    “The first one was in November, another two were given after the Cape Town and Perth SVNS and he got a written warning after the Vancouver SVNS.”

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    JW 9 minutes ago
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    JJ really needs to have a review about what his leadership/coaching team are offering this bunch of players.


    Why put Big Jim on the wing and the young fella at 12? Jake could have played wing but far more sensible would have been for Gilbert to. Why breed the new guys in in a game like this? It was bad enough having no Robinson for this game.


    Also across the park play looked so confused yet still one dimensional. Fakatava even threw a lame pass to the weakest player on the tam 3 meters out from the goal line, because his instincts (and peripheral vision) were all crying out ”run through the hole”. He could have done a number of things to get an easy score but he ended up doing the only thing that gave the Crusaders a chance of defending. There was a period their this season he said they didn’t try to overawe, over coach them, and just wanted to let them play. I suggest the players on the field have better instincts/tactical knowledge about what’s best to do than their coaching staff can impart differently.


    That was of course when their number one halves pair starting, Hastie and Robinson, with Jim and Tele’a outside them. Lasaqa inside. This was a completely different team but still exhibiting some of the same fundamental problems (other than the scrum). I mean either team were far from the seasoned outfit of a Crusaders side but I at least saw potential against quality opposition in their earlier games.

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