Rugby: US chase maiden Hong Kong Sevens win, Tokyo 2020 berth

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A surging United States are 'confident' of taking home their maiden cup at this weekend's Hong Kong Sevens, with the unexpected series leaders ...

HONG KONG: A surging United States are"confident" of taking home their maiden cup at this weekend's Hong Kong Sevens, with the unexpected series leaders eyeing a guaranteed Tokyo 2020 berth for the top finishers at the flagship tournament.

"We're confident. There's a lot of good teams here, especially a lot of the top ones that are coming for us. We're excited for that and we believe in ourselves and we're going to give it everything we've got." "We're working hard, keeping our heads down and trying to be the best we can," he told reporters Wednesday."We'll take every opportunity in every game where it comes and see where it takes us. But we're in a decent place at the moment, we're confident. We've got a few injury issues like everybody else but the next the next man in is stepping up for us."

Fiji coach Gareth Baber said he expected an especially fierce tournament with teams chasing a top-four finish and a ticket to Tokyo next year."Obviously an Olympic year is huge for everybody.

 

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