MADRID, 8 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The national Rugby Sevens coach, Paco Hernández, insisted this Friday that the national team’s objective is “to be fighting with the eight best for the title” of the World Series, the final of which will be played in Madrid, without forgetting “to be in the Paris Games”.
“Last year it was hard to achieve the milestone of being among the best twelve in the world in the World Series – the renamed HSBC SVNS -. Now the objective is to look further up and be fighting with the best eight for the title in the Grand Final of Madrid. Without forgetting to be in Paris, at the Olympic Games,” said the coach in statements to the Royal Spanish Rugby Federation (RFER).
The Seven team began the preseason this Wednesday with a concentration in Valladolid, “to kick off the season.” “We have a great group of players and what we want is to form a team again and set the objectives of the season, which are going to be difficult,” said Hernández, who has called up 34 players, including 9 guests who will experience high-performance work .
The coach acknowledged that the goals of fighting with the best teams in the World Series and getting a ticket to the Games are “very ambitious goals.” But he believes that, “in a more professional environment, work can give us the fruit of raising that level.”
“The players have made their commitment to change their residence to Rincón de la Victoria, in Malaga, where we will have a permanent concentration of daily work,” Hernández explained about the future of the team, hoping that “their desire to change history will not cease.” of Spanish rugby” and “being higher every time”. “We are really looking forward to starting the season and going for it. We are going with everything,” he stated.
The Federation will try to “enable the best possible means”, through this permanent concentration, to “improve and increase the quantity and quality of training.” Furthermore, to this evolution we must add the Draft that will be held this month, all to try to “bring out the maximum possible shine from the talent that exists in Spain.”