New Zealand 7s coach Clark Laidlaw says his side is ready participate in front of their home crowd at the Hamilton tournament in New Zealand.

Laidlaw says there is pressure for them to perform, but the players are confident of a good outing from tomorrow.

“Yes, there is pressure and there is expectations. You know all teams want to play at home, we want to play infornt of our home people and we want to give them a real good performance.”

New Zealand is pooled with Spain, Canada and Japan.

Meanwhile, the Fiji 7s begins its campaign against Wales at 10.52am tomorrow 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.