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Historic Draw for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships
Full Tournament draw can be found here found here Oceania Rugby have today released the draw for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships to be held at ANZ Stadium, Suva on the 10th – 11th November. In a first for the competition, the draw will have the women’s Championship Final as the finale game. The draw for the Championships […]
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Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017
OCEANIA RUGBY SEVENS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO RETURN TO FIJI FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS The annual Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships will return to Fiji in 2017, 2018, 2019 with the announcement today that the Fiji Government is committing to secure the event for the next 3 years. The Hon. Laisenia Bale Tuitubou, Minister for Youth and […]
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Gala Dinner Celebrates 12 months since Rio Victory and recent RWC qualification by Flying Fijians
At a gala dinner at the Grand Pacific Hotel, dubbed “The Greatest night in Fiji Rugby History dinner”, the FRU tonight marked the 1 year anniversary of Fiji’s gold medal 7’s victory at the 2016 Olympics. Attended by almost 300 people, including several of the victorious Fiji 7’s team, as well as the President of […]
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FRU joins 2017 National Rugby Championship
The Fiji Rugby Union has been begun preparations for the 2017 National Rugby Championship (NRC) which kicks off on Saturday, 2 September in Canberra, Australia. The 2017 NRC is the fourth season of Australia’s National Rugby Championship and involves nine professional rugby union teams, one more than the previous year, with eight teams from Australia and one team from […]
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2017 HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge Kicks Off this Saturday
The first Challenge for the 2017 HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge kicks off this Saturday between defending champions Nadroga and Naitasiri. The Fiji Rugby Union expects a tough battle as Naitasiri will be out to beat Nadroga to redeem their early exit from the Skipper Cup competition. Naitasiri last won the HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge in […]
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RWC 2019 spotlight: Fiji
As two-time winners of Rugby World Cup Sevens, Olympic gold medallists and HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series champions on no less than three occasions, Fiji have left an indelible mark on the shorter format of the game. However, at 15s Rugby World Cups, they have had a largely chequered history with successes few and far […]
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Vodafone Flying Fijians Samoa Diary 1
The Vodafone Flying Fijians arrived safely into Apia, Samoa in the early hours of this morning following a long flight from Tonga to Samoa. After the much needed rest, the players had a team review and an afternoon training session at Apia Park. Vodafone Flying Fijians Coach, John McKee said that the team was happy […]
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2017 FRU Skipper Cup Premiership and FRU Vodafone Vanua Championship Finals
After two thrilling semi-finals on Saturday, Namosi after coming back and winning their semi-final against Naitasiri in extra time now face the mammoth task of battling the Champion Nadroga Stallions who defeated Suva in their semi-final in the Final of the FRU Skipper Cup Premiership. The Final which will be hosted at Lawaqa Park on Saturday, […]
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Vodafone Flying Fijians Melbourne Daily Diary 1
The Vodafone Flying Fijians had their first training run today at the Xavier College grounds in Melbourne. Situated half an hour away from the team hotel, Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Classes started in 1878. […]
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2017 Oceania Rugby Annual General Meeting
The 2017 Oceania Rugby Annual General Meeting gathering was hosted by the Tonga Rugby Union in Nuku’alofa TONGA on 29 May – 1 June. Richard Sapias, Oceania Rugby President, opened the meeting by welcoming the 38 delegates which included Hon. Titilupe Fanetupouvava’u Tuita Tu’ivakano, Patron of the Tonga Women’s Rugby Association, and Hon. Prime Minister […]
