The National's Sport cover for the Saturday, December 5 issue, featuring Day 2 of Dubai Sevens.
Catch all of Paul Radley's ongoing Sevens coverage. In particular see his interview with Waisale Serevi, who touched on his Dubai Sevens inspiration and recalled one of his favourite moments with Jonah Lomu:
“The anguish of Lomu’s death last month was keenly felt by his former counterpart, who vividly recalls their first meeting.”
“The night before the tournament, there was a knock on my door,” Serevi recalls of the 1994 Hong Kong Sevens, which announced Lomu on rugby’s world stage.
“A Fijian player said there was a new rugby player who wanted to see me. I asked his name. Jonah Lomu.
“I said, ‘Hey, Jonah, come in.’ We ate biscuits from Fiji. We were drinking tea together and I just said to him, ‘Jonah, tomorrow, make sure you make the most of it. Play as hard as you can, enjoy it and have fun.’
“Maybe I told him the wrong thing.”
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