Thumbs up to Ben Ryan and those local coaches who have seen the need to revive our own 7s series in a bid to develop more local talents and identify 7s stars who could don the national jumper.

Going back to the early days, we had tournaments which formed the basis of national team selection.

The BP Oil 7s series that flourished once produced players who made newspaper headlines.

One such gem was William Ryder. We also won the IRB 7s series.

FRU under the able leadership of John O’Connor must sanction a set of local tournaments which must pave the way for selection of our national 7s team to the different legs of the world 7s series.

Mr O’Connor, let’s please rekindle and revive the Namoli, Ganilau, Nabua, Courts Dreketi and Hydro 7s just to name a few.

These tournaments will expose raw talents and add more depth to Ryan’s team for the Olympics.

Please FRU, take the early step!