A training session at the Carterton grounds tomorrow night could decide whether Wairarapa-Bush will become a force on the national rugby sevens scene.
Kicking off at 7pm it will be run by a key member of the world championship-winning New Zealand sevens team Lote Raikabula, who plays for Carterton in the WBRFU's Tui Cup premier division competition, and if there is sufficient interest practices will be held weekly.
Raikabula is not focusing on players who are part of the union's 15-a-side representative squads, rather he wants to look at others whose skills could be better suited to the sevens game.
But he also sees the teaching of techniques such as the ability to utilise pace, evade tackles and pass accurately under pressure being useful for all forms of rugby.
WBRFU spokesman Doug Bracewell welcomed Raikabula's enthusiasm to have Wairarapa-Bush compete successfully at sevens and he urged players to take up the "huge opportunity" to learn from one of the best exponents of the sevens game.
