DJ Forbes

DJ Forbes captained the New Zealand Rugby Sevens team, leading it to a gold medal at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games and silver at Glasgow 2014. He was also in the squad which placed fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Forbes is an iconic player who debuted for the national team in 2006. Since then he has featured in 89 World Series tournaments and played in a record 512 World Series games, scoring 153 tries along the way. He is New Zealand's most capped Sevens player and is renowned for his physicality and bustling defence. Forbes retired in 2017.

He was named International Sevens Player of the Year in 2008 and New Zealand Sevens player of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2014 and 2017.