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Canadian points machine Nathan Hirayama is in a time crunch to find fitness ahead of this weekend’s Sydney 7s.

The playmaker came up lame in the 3rd place match last Sunday in Wellington, as he tried to chase down Scotland’s James Fleming early in the second half.

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It was a tough finish to the weekend for Hirayama, who paced his team to a fourth place finish by scoring three tries and kicking a dozen goals.

The concern over fitness is evident in this week’s captain’s photo, as Harry Jones stood in for the second week in a row. If Hirayama were expected to be 100 per cent available, he’d have been in the photo. Jones captained the squad in Wellington but the plan was for Hirayama to skipper the team this weekend.