The king of Fiji’s 7s coaches, “the Lion” Ben Ryan, has dropped one of his more experienced knights in Jarryd Hayne.
A prelude to the Lion’s quest for a successful crusade to front-up in the presence and shadow of “Christ the Redeemer” in Rio, the tedious work of culling only the greatest of knights to represent the country against the best the world has to offer has begun.
Although, Hayne’s dropping is a disappointment for the man himself and for most of us who saw his inclusion as an inspired choice by Ben, we hope that his work ethic and strong mental skill sets would have rubbed-off on the rest of his teammates. And his exploits in the past few weeks during their 7s squad training has been nothing but positive.
For all Fiji teams going out to battle, the onus is on us to man-up mentally. We already have the talent, the fitness, the physique, the know-how, however, tend to fail miserably with our mental toughness. If Hayne has done his job and shown the rest of his fellow knights how to stay mentally strong and apply that ability from the very first game, then the Lion’s knights will come out victorious.
Let the Lion Ben’s crusade move on. Bring on Rio, bring on the Olympics. We will be ready.
Fiji — we believe we will win!
