The Fiji mens sevens team insist defeat at the Commonwealth Games won't alter their approach when the World Series resumes in Singapore this weekend.
The Fijians have won three of the past four World Series tournaments, including a fourth straight Hong Kong title three weeks ago.
Fiji celebrates a try by Paula Dranisinukula en-route to winning the Vancouver Sevens. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
But the Olympic champions had to settle for second on the Gold Coast, with New Zealand winning the gold medal playoff 14-0.
Coach Gareth Baber said that hadn't dented their confidence.
"Had it not been possibly for a really intense semi final against South Africa, which went obviously beyond (normal time, I think) that we would have had a bit more energy and a bit more spark in the final but New Zealand played a good game and they pressurised us physically and it told," he said.
"That was my choice in terms of the squad that we took and I thought that they stood up well and in a one-off tournament in Singapore I haven't got any issues with this squad that we're taken and think we can go out there and produce those performances again."
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Fiji are three points behind series leaders South Africa and Gareth Babert said they need to keep the pressure on.
"By winning every tournament then we put ourselves in a position to go ahead of South Africa as well and New Zealand will be there or thereabouts so we've just got to keep focus in the way that we've played and when we have achieved what we've achieved and what we've done to get there, so we've talked about that this week."
Fiji will face Spain, Russia and Japan today, while Samoa are in a tough pool alongside South Africa, Argentina and Canada.
