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

With a year to go before the Tokyo Olympics, Australia’s women’s sevens team is out to defend its title, and take revenge on New Zealand 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 – …