By Campbell BurnesThe new All Blacks Sevens coach would like to reopen the vexed discussion about using Super Rugby players in World Series tournaments during the December/January /February period. "Ultimately it is up to us to make a programme that a Super Rugby coach knows his player is going to benefit from if he sends him there. If someone has played a lot of Mitre 10 Cup but not much Super Rugby, there may be an option for him to play a couple of tournaments," says the 39-year-old Scotsman. One of those is surely having the All Blacks Sevens playing more tournaments outside the World Series to get them sevens-fit. He will be in New Zealand for some of January 2017 around the provincial nationals sevens tournaments and will touch base with interim coaches Scott Waldrom and Tomasi Cama.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 16, 2016 22:34 UTC