Harvey Hears Samba in Bid for Olympics

by Brendan Bradford – West Harbour will be without Dave Harvey for a month after the Pirates playmaker took-off for Brazil on Sunday. The soccer-mad sharpshooter will take in a couple of games at the World Cup this month, but his real mission is to meet with Brazilian rugby officials with an eye to representing the country in Sevens at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero. The 32-year old playmaker, who had a successful stint with the Western Force in 2012, qualifies for Brazilian representation through his mother and will have a couple of training sessions over the next few weeks. “On my player profile my agent had 'Brazilian mother', so they stumbled across that and touched base about two years ago”
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