HAVING all-round international athlete such as Sonny Bill Williams try out the abbreviated code of rugby is good for the game, says Fiji coach Ben Ryan.

With 7s rugby to be played for the first time in the Olympics this year, Sonny Bill Williams. affectionately known as SBW, played his first 7s tournament this weekend at the Cake Tin in Wellington.

And for Vodafone Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan, he believes bringing SBW to the abbreviated code is only for the good of 7s.

“I think it’s good for the 7s game,” Ryan said.

With SBW’s move being the topic in nearly everyone’s talk, fans believing he would do well while others thought otherwise.

“Everyone has been talking about 7s and big names like Sonny Bill and he’s got a lot of humility here and he’s coming around shaking boys’ hands saying ‘hello’,” “I think for a superstar of the game like that he needs to be applauded.

“And everybody is asking whether he’s gonna go well or not, I think it’s all very unfair. He’s a good football player, he will go very well, this is just his first tournament, I wish him all the very best.”