I believe World Rugby has clearly displayed that it has no spine made of bones, but jelly instead!

It has forgotten that rugby teams like the All Blacks, always play consistent rugby and it has pools of resources, talent and populace to propel its team to do well all the time.

However, on this occasion, it would have made sense to reward a nation that had brought a sensational touch of emotion to the world audience, for a sport that was played for the first time at the Olympics, and also was on a different code.

It was clear that if you reduce the number of players from 15 to 7, then New Zealand was nowhere close to Fiji on this occasion — and that Pacific nations have never been supported, neither have they the resources to rise up to that level on their own, overnight.

It is very clear and no secret that World Rugby is exploiting the islanders and many other minor nations in 7s, as without them there would be no competition.

World Rugby is not trying to build the sport, but has major commercial interest that it is pandering to, for profit.

World Rugby should have made a clear distinction between New Zealand and Fiji, suggesting that on this occasion — in a code in which we have only seven players playing — New Zealand was found lacking by miles, and was not even close on the day, months and even in that year.

In a group sport, thus it appears that it is not the skill always that counts when you enlarge the team from seven to say 15, and it is no mean feat to accomplish what the All Blacks have been doing in that code.

However when it comes to reducing the numbers to seven or less, we are seeing more of stamina, drive, tact, finesse, and endurance on an individual basis between teams and players.

This is not so important it appears in the code -15 where we have many support players who can do the job, but we are seeing raw individual talent here in this code.

I believe this then means that the individual players in the sevens winning the title were relatively much more superior as athletes, then those in code 15 when the All Blacks won their matches.

If World Rugby does not believe this, then let them choose a New Zealand sevens team solely from the code-15 group, and I am sure that our golden boys will wallop them in no time!

I believe World Rugby has missed a fitting moment to make a clear and distinctive mark, to let the global nations, players and spectators know that it is bold, transparent, fair, progressive, and above all has a spine made of steel and not jelly to do the right thing, by rewarding where it is just and due — as was the case this time around for the golden Fijian team.