Akuila Rokolisoa

EVENT: Rugby Sevens - Men

Akuila Rokolisoa has developed into one of the biggest attacking threats in the international sevens game.

Turning heads playing for Counties Manukau at the 2018 National Sevens he made his All Blacks Sevens debut in Hong Kong in 2018.

Just a week later he was called into the Commonwealth Games squad as injury cover claiming a gold medal with the side.

Rokolisoa played a starring role in the series-winning team in 2023, becoming just the sixth player in the history of the game to score more than 400 points in one season. He won the New Zealand men's Sevens player of the year award and was a finalist for the World Rugby Sevens player of the year.

Before joining the Sevens squad full time, Rokolisoa was an electrician.