Fiji has ramped up overtures to sevens coach Ben Ryan giving him land and a chiefly title to keep the popular Englishman in the South Pacific island nation.
Ryan has become the most venerated person in Fiji since guiding them to their first Olympic medal when they won the sevens gold in Rio earlier this month.
He has already been awarded Fiji’s highest civilian honour, the Companion of the Order of Fiji, and moves are under way to give Ryan and his family Fijian passports.
Fiji’s rugby sevens team won the country’s first ever Olympic medal when they took the gold in Rio. Photo: Kyodo
The 44-year-old, who also guided Fiji to victory at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, has been swamped with lucrative offers round the world since his Olympic success and has signalled he will look for new challenges elsewhere.
