Baber hopes former captain Nasoko will be available for selection for Hong Kong 7s

Fiji Airways National Men’s 7s Coach, Gareth Baber is hoping that former captain Kalione Nasoko will be available for selection for the Hong Kong 7s.

Baber says Nasoko is progressing strongly with the knee rehabilitation.

He says if Nasoko is available for the Hong Kong 7s then it will be a huge boost to the team for the second half of the HSBC World 7s Series and the Olympics preparations.

Current captain, Paula Dranisinukula will miss the Hamilton and Sydney 7s due to injury sustained in Cape Town.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team will play their first pool match in the Hamilton 7s against Samoa at 12.57 pm next Saturday, they will take on Australia at 6.35 pm the same day and play Argentina at 11.57 am next Sunday in their last pool match.

The pools and schedule have been announced for the HSBC @NZ_Sevens, kicking off on 25 January in Hamilton

Men's fixtures: https://t.co/2zv2LWqpVr

Women's fixtures: https://t.co/lRrkuEsWOp#NZSevens #HSBC7s pic.twitter.com/z3xFe87jQJ

— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 19, 2019

The cup semis will kick off at 3.20 pm next Sunday while the final will start at 7.56 pm next Sunday.