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Dickson and Collier recommits to All Blacks 7s

January 22, 2019 4:47 pm

All Blacks 7s has secured two of its experience players until the Olympic Games in Japan next year.

The Commonwealth Games gold medalists and World Cup winners Sam Dickson and Dylan Collier have recommitted to the side, Dickson through to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Collier for the 2019 season.
Dickson says they are ready to give their best shot for the side this season, in-order to qualify for the Olympic Games.

“It was an easy decision at the end. I love this team, I have been part of this team for many year now and with the way the All Blacks 7s is been going with World Cup and Commonwealth Games and building to this World Series and also the Olympics, it was an easy decision to be honest.”

New Zealand is pooled with Spain, Canada and Japan.

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Meanwhile, the Fiji 7s side begins its campaign against Wales at 10.52am on Saturday then faces Argentina at 2.42pm and plays Australia in its last pool match at 6.52pm.

The Cup quarter-final begins at 10.36am on Sunday, Cup semifinal starts at 3.16pm and the final is scheduled for 7.10pm.

You can watch the entire tournament live on FBC TV.