THE Japanese women’s sevens team is ready for battle in the Oceania 7s tournament this coming weekend at the ANZ Stadium.
Manageress Akane Kagawa said the players were in top shape and were working on their individual performance.
“They are concentrating mostly on their defence and set pieces,” she said.
“The last thing we want is to give away penalties that can cost us the game.
“The girls have been adapting well to the weather and to the environment focusing on the task at hand.”
With the epic men’s 15s performance in the Rugby World Cup, it has set a standard on the players to perform at their best since they will be hosting the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
“We want to improve on our areas basically our passes, lineouts, our scrum and other areas because these shows what we have been doing during training.
“Since we will be hosting the Olympics, the onus is on us to perform at our best, we want to win in our home ground.”
