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Men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series round winners to strike gold
The men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will feature gold, silver and bronze medals for the first time from the 2016-17 season. In a move that will align the annual series with the Olympic Games, World Rugby has also announced an exciting restructuring of the final competition day, driving greater meaning for teams […]
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Vodafone Fiji 7s Extended Fitness and Screen Testing
The Fiji Rugby Union is hereby requesting the following players to report to the following venues for Fitness and Screening Testing. The players will need to be in the proper training attire for these sessions and are to bring a water bottle each. Players will also be briefed on the season ahead and key dates, […]
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Olympic heroes set for Dubai opener
The highly anticipated first round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series looks set to be a thriller with the announcement of the men’s pools for the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens. Following on from rugby sevens’ action-packed debut at the Olympics in August, both the men’s and women’s heroes from Rio 2016 will descend on Dubai for the […]
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FRU Farewells Mocelutu
The Fiji Rugby Union farewelled one of its long serving Development Officers and former Flying Fijian Alifereti Mocelutu last week. Mocelutu has taken up a new appointment with the Solomon Island Rugby Union Federation to head all the development programs around the Solomon Islands. His role will also include the set up and implementation of […]
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HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge 7
Minnows Macuata will face rugby giants Nadroga in the seventh HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge tomorrow at Lawaqa Park. The Stallions have stated that they have a lot of respect for the Northerners and will not take the game lightly. They have been preparing well for the match and have been working on their mistakes from […]
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Fijiana Talent ID
The Fiji Rugby Union organized two days, Tuesday in Suva and Thursday in Nadi to identify players for the Fijiana 7s team. A lot of new players joined some of the Fijiana girls that took part in Rio in a skills session and a few games. Running the sessions were former flying Fijian players, Alifereti […]
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Telecom Fiji Warriors Named for Americas Pacific Challenge
Fiji Rugby Union Chief Executive, John O’Connor has today released the names of Telecom Fiji Warriors team for the Americas Pacific Challenge. The tournament will be hosted by the Uruguay Rugby Union in Montevideo, Uruguay from 8 to 16 October, 2016. Other Unions that will participate in the tournament are USA, Canada, Argentina and hosts Uruguay. […]
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Elite Player Pathway Social Responsibility
Academy players made up of U18s, U20s and the Telecom Fiji Warriors paid a visit to the Hilton Special School in Suva yesterday as part of the Elite Player Pathway Social Responsibility. The 20 players led by Elite Player Pathway Manager, Bill Gadolo took up the task of cleaning up around the school compound and […]
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Level 2 MO’s Course
The first ever World Rugby 7s Match Officials Level 2 course was held in Suva last week. The two day workshop saw 10 men including 1 female Match Officials from Tailevu, Suva, Nadroga, Nadi and Tavua participate in the course. The course was conducted by Rugby Development Manager, Sale Sorovaki alongside,Talemo Waqa, World Rugby Trainer […]
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Olympians bring golden touch to Fiji International
The Fiji International will have a golden touch this year with Osea Kolinisau and Masivesi Dakuwaqa – Gold Medalists in the Rio 2016 Olympics, and Vodafone Fiji 7’s player Emosi Mulevoro signing on as Ambassadors for the tournament. The Vodafone Fiji 7’s made history this year winning Fiji’s first Olympic medal. Their gold medal win […]