Along with Harri Millard (a travelling reserve on the Gold Coast), joining them in Singapore for next weekend’s tournament are five players who represented Wales in Hong Kong a fortnight ago: Cai Devine, Joe Jenkins, Jacob Flynn and Daf Smith.
In a winner-takes-all pool match, Team Wales went agonisingly close to beating Fiji and reaching the semi-finals of the Games last Saturday, drawing praise for producing one of the most memorable displays of the tournament with the eventual finalists.
Head coach Gareth Williams, who will wait until next week to finalise his game day selection, underlined the need for consistency on the field. “We return to our World Series programme and finding consistency in our performance is key for our ambition,” said Williams. “It’s time we deliver on our potential and put a complete performance together in a World Series event. We came close to realising a dream in Gold Coast last week, now we need to consistently do so.”
Williams wants to see a strong finish at the back end of the 2017/18 campaign, and added: “There are players who are coming to an end of their period with us and moving on to regional environments in the coming months. The next step of their development is to compete at that level, and I expect to see Morgan Williams and Tom Williams playing in European competition in the latter stages of next year. Many others could also be pushing for regional inclusion with what they are capable of.”
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Wales Sevens squad (extended):
Adam Thomas (c)
Ben Roach
Harri Millard
Cai Devine
Joe Jenkins
Owen Jenkins
Jacob Flynn
Luke Treharne
Ethan Davies
Morgan Williams
Daf Smith
Tom Williams
Luke Morgan
