Tevita Vaikona faces the busiest 24 hours of his sporting life.

The Tongan winger's frantic schedule starts when he turns out for the Bradford Bulls tonight in their crunch battle with rivals Leeds.

Then after seeing off the Rhinos he will head across to Manchester to join up with his Tongan rugby sevens team for a chance to "fulfil his dream".

While the Bulls' leading try-scorer will be looking to seek revenge on the Rhinos, his boys will be taking on South Africa and Wales in their opening two fixtures.

But they will have their talisman back for the third game, against unfancied Sri Lanka, at 3pm tomorrow.

If things go well, there could be games tomorrow night as well as the finals on Sunday, in what proved to be one of the Games more keenly supported events.

Tongan-born Lesley Vainikolo, who will also take to the field against the Rhinos, is no longer set to serve as water-boy for the visiting Polynesians.

Despite helping out team-mate Vaikona with team preparations, the Volcano will now be watching and cheering from the stands at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Former Bull Henry Paul will make his return to the north as England take on the Cook Islands at 5pm tonight.

The code convert is also expected to feature in the Kenya game later this evening.

England take on Samoa in the third pool game tomorrow.

The frenetic games will be seven minutes each way, apart from the final which is ten minutes each way, with five points for a try, two for a conversion and three for a penalty or drop goal.

Around 100,000 spectators are expected to watch the three-day event.

The entry list reads like a who's who of sevens rugby - mighty gold medal favourites New Zealand, Fiji, and their legendary leader Waisale Serevi, plus established world forces South Africa and Australia.