Ben Ryan says he’s destined for sevens stardom and Fiji flier Sakeo Raloa is ready to take the Hong Kong Tens by storm
The young gun is one of five Fijians lining up for defending champions UBB Gavekal in next week’s tournament
He’s caught the eye of former Fiji coach Ben Ryan and now Sakeo Raloa is bound for next week’s GFI HKFC Tens.
Raloa, one of five contracted Fiji Sevens who will line up for defending champions UBB Gavekal, prompted Ryan to tweet “I think we might have seen the next sevens star here today – Sakeo Raloa” during January’s Coral Coast Sevens in Sigatoka.
Winger Samu Bale will line up alongside Raloa and has fond memories of the Hong Kong Football Club after scoring four tries in his side’s successful 2017 campaign and making his Fiji debut a month later.
Dangerous back Leveni Kurimalawai and forwards Keponi Paul and Vasikali Mudu round out the Fijian fivesome, with Mudu riding high after making his World Series debut in Las Vegas in February.
Last year, Bale and three other Fiji Sevens backs – Lemeki Tulele, Josua Vici and Glen Cakautini – scored 12 tries between them as UBB defied their 11th-seed status to win the Bill Burgess Cup for the first time.
The team won the Bowl on their debut in 2015 and finished Bowl runners-up in 2016, but last year secured the Fijian quartet with the cooperation of Fiji Sevens coach Gareth Baber, the former Hong Kong boss.
