The new All Blacks Sevens coach would like to reopen the vexed discussion about using Super Rugby players in World Series tournaments during the summer.

The 'ruck, rock and rumble' mantra has certainly worked well in Singapore, writes Andrew Alderson.

COMMENT: The team of the year is simple - Fiji. Their Olympic gold has the romance factor, something which has all but evaporated from world sport.

Sir Gordon Tietjens is hurt that he will miss the first two world circuit tournaments with Samoa - because he is still on 'gardening leave' from New Zealand Rugby.

Sonny Bill Williams is named as an ambassador for BMW in New Zealand - and receives his own luxury vehicle.

A left-field selection is emerging as the front-runner for the vacant All Blacks Sevens coaching post and he's not a New Zealander.

Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu is on the sharply worded warpath again, attacking the appointment of Gordon Tietjens as the Samoan sevens coach.

Sir Gordon Tietjens is excited to take on the challenge of coaching the Samoan sevens team.

COMMENT: It won't take long before Sir Gordon Tietjens' Samoan sevens beat New Zealand, especially if his replacement is as handicapped as he was.

Sir Gordon Tietjens has rejected media reports he's heading to Kenya this weekend for talks to take over at the helm of the Kenya Sevens team.

Sean Horan has stood down from coaching the New Zealand women's sevens team, clearing the way for him to be considered for the now

Gregor Paul says any review of a failed sevens campaign should be short, sharp and leave an amazing legacy intact.

There appears to be three main candidates to replace the incomparable Sir Gordon Tietjens in the New Zealand rugby sevens role.

A look back at the highs and lows of Gordon Tietjens' 22 year-run as coach of the New Zealand men's rugby sevens team. High points A

The future of the All Blacks Sevens programme will become clear this morning.

Gold medal winning coach Ben Ryan will always have a place in Fijian hearts. And now he's also got a place in Fiji.

In a rousing speech at Prince Charles Park, Nadi, Fiji's sevens coach tells a cheering crowd how Buzz Aldrin sent him a congratulatory text ahead of the Olympic final in Rio.

Singing, cheering and a few kava sessions await Fiji's golden sevens team, when they are welcomed home in true island style today.

Sonny Bill Williams is back in New Zealand and is set to undergo surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon in Auckland on Tuesday, It's

Cue the finger pointing and outrage over the New Zealand sevens campaign in Rio after three losses from six matches, including one to Japan.

Sonny Bill Williams has abandoned the Olympic village and his wounded All Black Sevens team mates and returned to New Zealand.

Steve Tew says there will be no review of the decision to attach the All Black name to a number of teams.

Jarryd Hayne didn't make the final cut for Rio. After watching Fiji play, you understood why.

How do you celebrate? Hit the town in Rio and brush shoulders with the many celebrities visiting the 2016 Games?

After the disappointment of the All Black Sevens at the Olympics this week, some rugby fans were suggesting they should lose that title.

Nothing is guaranteed but medal wins are especially sweet for the relative unknowns.

After winning their nation's first Olympic medal, the Fijian rugby sevens team plan to celebrate in the simplest of ways.

Even as they stood on the podium as winners, the Fijian rugby sevens side showed off one last act of humility in front of royalty.

Fijian fans in New Zealand and around the world were ecstatic about the first ever Olympic medal for the Island nation.

Fiji is guaranteed its first Olympic medal in its history after beating giantkillers Japan 20-5 in the Rio Olympics rugby sevens semi-finals this morning.