Simon Amor’s Tokyo Olympics verdict on the Men’s Sevens

Simon Amor coached Great Britain to the silver medal in Rio. Here’s his take on who is most likely to progress from the pools and go on and win the tournament.
*to qualify for the QFs
POOL A: NEW ZEALAND*
Head coach: Clark Laidlaw
Co-Captains: Scott Curry and Tim Mikkelson
Player to watch: Regan Ware
Rio finish: 5th
Tokyo seeding: 1
New Zealand have been building brilliantly under Clark Laidlaw and they are the current (Sevens) World Cup champions. They have got an incredibly experienced team, with guys who were playing when I was playing – people like Tim Mikkelson and Sam Dixon and Joe Web...

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