{"id":13137,"date":"2023-01-01T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13137"},"modified":"2023-01-01T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:09:19","slug":"new-zealand-want-sonny-bills-star-power-to-boost-7s-side-at-rio-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13137","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand want Sonny Bill’s star power to boost 7s side at Rio 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

SONNY BILL WILLIAMS is one of a number of All Blacks set to be targeted to run out for New Zealand in the 2016 Olympic Games\u2019 rugby Sevens.<\/p>\n

The Rio de Janeiro Games will be the first to include rugby, with world champions New Zealand likely to be installed as one of the\u00a0favourites for gold.<\/p>\n

Savea brothers Ardie and Julian, Liam Messam and Charles Piutau are among a group of All Blacks reportedly in the thoughts of sevens coach Gordon Tietjens, alongside Williams.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand Rugby general manager Neil Sorensen and player relationship manager Ben Castle have been tasked with ascertaining which All Blacks players will be chosen to supplement a core of existing sevens regulars.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen and I are going around in the next couple of months to talk to players. Titch [Tietjens] may be interested in about how it might work in 2016 in terms of whether they can play any Super Rugby and how many sevens tournaments they\u2019d have to play,\u201d Sorensen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re looking at a mix of specialist gurus, the experts who have played sevens for a few years, and a smattering of other players like Sonny Bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly don\u2019t see it being eight All Blacks and four other guys. It won\u2019t work like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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SONNY BILL WILLIAMS is one of a number of All Blacks set to be targeted to run out for New Zealand in the 2016 Olympic Games\u2019 rugby Sevens. The Rio de Janeiro Games will be the first to include rugby, with world champions New Zealand likely to be installed as one of the\u00a0favourites for gold. … <\/p>\n

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