The Vodafone Fiji 7s team could feature in one of the richest ever rugby sevens tournament in China in October.

South China Morning Post revealed that the top eight teams on the 2016-2017 World Rugby Sevens Series will converge on Shanghai later this year.

Alisports, the sports division of e-commerce giant Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post – will host the tournament and is leading the charge as far as popularizing rugby in China.