Included in the Northampton Saints versus Leicester Tigers match day programme (April 2006):
Northampton Saints centre Andy Vilk returned home this week following a narrow loss to Fiji in the Singapore Sevens final, but at least he had a Commonwealth Games silver medal to show for his five-week trip which had left England toe-to-toe with the Fijians for the overall Sevens crown.
Earlier this month, Vilk was part of the England side that won its fourth successive Hong Kong Sevens title, when they beat Fiji 26-24 in the final. It went some way to eliminating thoughts of the Commonwealth gold medal the squad had hoped to win in Melbourne.
On winning the tournament, Vilk said: "It's hard to describe how I feel right now. We went close against Samoa and I didn't think we could get any closer than that but we managed it against Fiji. To come away with a win after that was just fantastic."
He added: "I'm happy we won. It definitely rates as number one in my career right now and certainly helps the disappointment of not winning the gold in the Commonwealth Games."
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