Zac Donaldson with the trophies after being named player of the tournament. Photo / Supplied
Halfback Zac Donaldson captured the player of the tournament award when his Napier Old Boys Marist team retained their Bali 10s title at the weekend.
"Something must have clicked," the humble Donaldson said as he reflected on his success.
He agreed a week of training with the Hawke's Bay Sevens
squad helped his fitness levels before travelling to Bali. Donaldson, 21, is also still reasonably fresh after missing most of the club season with a broken hand.
"It's a different sort of footy over here. It's pretty insane playing in temperatures above 30 degrees. We starved our opposition of the ball and that worked well because we didn't want to be tackling too much in this heat," Donaldson explained.
"Hopefully I'll make the Hawke's Bay Sevens team when we return home. If I can continue this form with them that is going to help me achieve my long-term goal of getting back into the Magpies next year," added Donaldson, who had one Mitre 10 Cup game for the Magpies last season.
