Evania Pelite: 'Rugby sevens is driving standards for women’s sport in Australia'

Heading to Rio for the 2016 Olympics, Evania Pelite’s focus was not solely on returning to Australia with a gold medal packed in her luggage. She and her teammates were equally intent on exposing the game of rugby sevens to the rest of the world and doing their best to inspire a new generation of girls to pick up an oval-shaped ball.

Fast forward three years, and with the Tokyo Games just 12 months away, things have changed for the 24-year-old from Brisbane – and the sport. After Australia secured that gold medal when the sport made its debut appearance at the Games in Brazil, sevens is on an upward trajectory, and Pelite can allow herself to concentrate fully on winning back-to-back Olympic titles in Japan.

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