2020 Coral Coast 7s: Te Nana notes high number of yellow cards

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HSBC World Sevens Series commentator and former All Blacks captain Karl Te Nana at the 2020 McDonald’s Coral Coast 7s tournament at Lawaqa Park in Sigatoka. Picture: JONA KONATACI

HSBC World Sevens Series commentator Karl Te Nana yesterday highlighted the high number of yellow cards that resulted from the high tackles committed in the past four days of the McDonald’s Fiji’s Coral Coast Sevens tournament in Sigatoka.

The former New Zealand rugby sevens team captain said the new laws from World Rugby would take time for local players to adapt to.

“Many teams are struggling with the new laws in terms of tackling around the shoulder and up so it’s taking the boys and the team a little bit longer to adapt,” Te Nana said.

“This is especially in the cup quarter-finals and semi-finals.

“So going to the final, the players need to be careful of their tackles because one yellow card can change the outcome of the match,” he said before the Ratu Filise and Police final.

He added the team that was disciplined would win the final between Mango Bay Ratu Filise and Police.

“The Police team (members) are consistent in their performances but Ratu Filise is just something else but like I said, the disciplined team will walk out as champion.”

In the final yesterday, three yellow cards were flashed — two to Police and one to Ratu Filise.

Police won the final 14-14 marking their third consecutive year of retaining the title.

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