Wales skipper Richie Pugh believes his young squad can build on their success at the Gold Coast Sevens when they head to Dubai.
Wales captain confident of Dubai success
Wales skipper Richie Pugh believes his young squad can build on their success at the Gold Coast Sevens when they head to Dubai.
Wales got their HSBC Sevens World Series off to an impressive start as they won the Plate title in the opening leg in Australia.
Pugh's side took apart former series winner Samoa in the final, having previously recorded wins over Scotland, Tonga, England and France.
Only a heavy defeat to Fiji in the Cup quarter-final blotted their copybook, but Pugh is confident Wales can learn their lessons from that loss.
"The team really stepped up," Pugh told
wru.co.uk.
"This was new to a lot of them, we had a lot of first time players but it was a brilliant effort and they never gave up.
"We lifted ourselves against a tough French team and the way we beat Samoa was testament to the boys. It is nice to beat England and top our pool, but we didn't step up in the Fiji game and hopefully next week we can go one better.
"Welsh rugby is on a high at the moment and there is no reason it can't drop down to the Sevens level, so it is really good for the youngsters."
