Victoria’s Mike Fuaielfau has been playing rugby sevens for a long time, and wouldn’t have it any other way.
The Canadian team’s first game at the 2019 HSBC Canada Sevens is just about an all-or-nothing affair: they face Samoa at 11:01 a.m. Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium.
The Canadians, meanwhile, slumped to the consolation round, eventually finishing 13th overall on the weekend.“It’ll be interesting to look up in the stands and see what jersey he’s wearing,” the always-smiling Fuailefau joked after a practice this week at B.C. Place Stadium. “Last time we had a fundraiser I think he was wearing a Samoa hoodie over a Canada jersey.”That’s where the affinity for Samoa ends for the Victoria-born-and-raised 26 year old.
Still, he’s been in the mix for the Canada sevens squad since 2012 and the wear and tear has taken its toll. He’s had two ankle surgeries in that time, and fully admits that speed isn’t a big factor in his game anymore.“You have to find different things that you’re good at. Certain things aren’t there: I’m never going to be the fastest guy on the park, I have to be good at the breakdown, I have my own jobs at the scrums and at the lineouts.
To finish 13th in Las Vegas, the Canadians rebounded from their disappointing Saturday — the Samoa loss was followed up by a narrow loss to Scotland in the consolation-round quarter-finals — by first beating France and then Wales.
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