The Australian Sevens program today announced Quade Cooper will not be considered for selection for the final two rounds of the 2015-16 Sevens World Series or the Rio 2016 Olympics. Australian Sevens Head Coach Andy Friend said: “There’s no doubt Quade is a quality player, but put simply, we just haven’t had the opportunity to work with him as much as we would have liked over the past five months. Each day I have a group of 20-plus players working on different structures and patterns of play and I don’t think we would have got the very best out of Quade had we just thrown him into a tournament with limited preparation – particularly for an event as momentous as the Olympics. “As many players have found out throughout this season’s World Series, it is no easy task to transition from fifteens to the Sevens form of the game. “Although we are still a few months out from the Games, I think it offers the fairest outcome for everyone by making the call now. Quade can channe