Australian Sevens coach Michael O'Connor would love to see Israel Folau at the Olympics, but says he won't be chasing the Wallabies star.
The country's rugby elite would have to shelve 15-a-side ambitions for a year and commit to touring with the Sevens side if they wanted to be considered
for Brazil in 2016.
Australia will also compete at the Commonwealth Games this year, but O'Connor has virtually ruled out looking beyond his current squad, given Glasgow is sandwiched in between the Wallabies' international season.
The dual-international coach is hoping the lure of winning rugby's first Olympic gold medal will be enough to convince some stars to take the plunge the next year after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and predicts Folau would be a sensation in the shortened format. "He'd be just awesome on the restarts," said O'Connor. "The teams that invariably win are the teams that have more possession time and restarts are one of the best opportunities for some unstructured play to attack from if you get restart ball. I guarantee he'd get nine out of 10."
But not even Folau's star power will be enough for O'Connor to pick up the phone and recruit talent - especially not from league.
