 : Fiji Rugby Union has announced the nominees for the Fiji Rugby Awards night slated to happen on Saturday, January 14th 2017. The Main Awards categories have three nominees which were shortlisted from candidates submitted by the Affiliate Unions of the Fiji Rugby Union nationwide. “We are pleased to be […]){kind=logo}
FIJI RUGBY AWARDS NIGHT MAIN AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Suva, Fiji (5th January 2017) : Fiji Rugby Union has announced the nominees for the Fiji Rugby Awards night slated to happen on Saturday, January 14th 2017. The Main Awards categories have three nominees which were shortlisted from candidates submitted by the Affiliate Unions of the Fiji Rugby Union nationwide.
“We are pleased to be able to announce our nominees for the Main Award Categories of the Fiji Rugby Awards Night this week Saturday. It was a hard decision to shortlist these names from some fantastic candidates submitted. Unfortunately, there can only be three nominees and one winner so we are happy with our selection.
The winners of the Main Awards will be kept top secret until the night. Only a select number of people know the results which will only be known during the announcement at our first Awards Night.” Said John O’Connor, CEO of Fiji Rugby Union.
FIJI RUGBY AWARDS NIGHT – MAIN AWARDS NOMINEES
| RUGBY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR | BEST TEAM |
| Simione Naiduki | Mens 7s Team |
| Tiko Matawalu | Nadroga Senior Provincial Team |
| Timoci Rabuli | Suva U20 Team |
| MATCH OFFICAL OF THE YEAR | PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 7s FEMALE |
| Johnson Lee | Merewai Cumu |
| Penisoni Waki | Ana Maria Rogica |
| Lote Saudranu | Rusila Nagasau |
| PLAYER OF THE YEAR – SECONDARY SCHOOL | PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 15s FEMALE |
| Serupepeli Uru | Leilani Burnes |
| Kiniviliame Veitata | Esiteri Bulikiobo |
| Tira Welagi | Sereana Nagataleka |
| COACH OF THE YEAR | PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 7s MALE |
| Akuila Nasi | Jasa Veremalua |
| Esala Nauga | Jerry Tuwai |
| Max Hughes | Osea Kolinisau |
| PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 15s MALE | |
| Iokobo Bose | |
| Eremasi Radrodro | |
| Seru Vularika |
The Fiji Rugby Awards Night is set to kick off at 6pm on Saturday this week at the Novotel Suva Lami Bay – Entertainment Centre. The evening promises to be an amazing night full of entertainment, presentations, games and lucky draw prizes.
Besides the Lifetime Achievement Awards, the People of Fiji are also being given the opportunity to vote for their favourites with the Vodafone Popular Choice Awards. With not much time to go and voting lines closing on Friday, 13th January 2017 at mid-day, people are ramping up the votes to ensure their favourite is crowned.
The Vodafone Popular Choice Awards will be crowning Player of the Year from the Vodafone Flying Fijians, Vodafone Fiji 7s Team, Telecom Fijiana, Domestic competition and also crowning Fiji’s Coach of the year.
Voters can vote for their favourite by texting the code of the 4 nominees from each division to 812 with winners from each division not only being crowned the most popular but also receiving a Samsung S7 phone, compliments of Vodafone. Details for the codes of the nominees can be found on www.fijirugby.com
5 lucky voters will also win a chance to attend the Fiji Rugby Awards Night as a guest of Vodafone Fiji Limited with some other great prizes being given away.
The Fiji Rugby Awards Night is proudly supported by Vodafone Fiji Limited, HFC Bank, Novotel Suva Lami Bay, FBC TV, Fiji Sun, Communications Fiji Limited, The Dogfather Sports Bar, Coca Cola Amatil Fiji, Fiji Water and Paradise Beverages.