Rugby: Support for Australia's stand over sevens tournaments

International sporting bans on Fiji will help restore democracy to the country according to a group of Wellington-based expatriates.

As February's scheduled Brisbane sevens tournament approaches, Australia has decided to uphold its ban on Fiji players.

It now risks forfeiting the right to host the world series event.

Salim Singh from the Fiji Democracy Support Group rejects the notion that sports and politics are separate.

He claims that in upholding the ban, Australia will help bring democracy back to Fiji.

Mr Singh claims Fijian apartheid is no different from South African apartheid.

- IRN