Secondary School Girls 7s Tournament this Friday – Fiji’s Legacy Program for RWC2015
Fiji Rugby Union launched the first ever Fiji Secondary School Girls 7s tournament today, which is also part of the Rugby World Cup legacy programme and the #BOLEA campaign in the lead up to RWC2015.
Twenty teams have confirmed their participation, with teams traveling from as far as Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Tailevu, Naitasiri, Lautoka, Nadi.
Last Saturday while Viti Levu focused on the Deans Final, all the teams in the North that are part of the tournament played friendly games to gauge their performance in the lead up to Friday.
For tournament organizers – this is an indication on how serious the participating schools are about the tournament. Bua College won all their games defeating, Khalsa College 17-0, Holy Family 17-12 and Holy Family II 19-0.
We’ve seen the success of the Fijiana team in the World Rugby Women’s Seven Series and we believe the Fiji Secondary School Girls 7s series will assist FRU in identifying potentials for national duty.
We are also grateful to the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) and Lawhill Wines for their financial support. FWCC are sponsoring two teams, Tonga and Samoa while Lawhill Wines is sponsoring, Fiji.
Women’s rugby is one of Fiji’s fastest-growing sports. Over the past 10years, women’s rugby in Fiji has made tremendous progress with 7s, 10s and 15s tournaments now part of the regular rugby calendar.
There are also many more women who wish to get involved with the sport. The Inclusion of rugby as an Olympic Sport has a great impact on the tremendous increase of interest amongst girls.
Competition Schedule
Pool A
Australia (Tailevu North Secondary School), England (Ratu Navula), Wales (St John’s College 2), Coleman Fiji (BMS), Uruguay (Holy Family 2)
Pool B
South Africa (Bua), Samoa (Jasper Williams High School), Japan (Latter Day Saints College), Scotland (Guru Nanak), USA (Lomaivuna High School)
Pool C
New Zealand (Nabua Secondary School), Argentina (St John College), Tonga (St Vincent), Georgia (Jasper 2), Namibia (Holy Family)
Pool D
France (Bua 2), Ireland (Sigatoka Andra College), Italy (Lomaivuna 2), Canada (CSS), Romania (BMS 2)
Competition Schedule – Friday 21 August
| Time | Team | Team | Ground | ||
| 1 | 9:00 | Fiji | v | England | ANZ Stadium |
| Tonga | v | Georgia | Bidesi | ||
| Ireland | v | Canada | Buckhurst | ||
| South Africa | v | Japan | Ground 3 | ||
| 5 | 9.16 | France | v | Italy | ANZ Stadium |
| Samoa | v | USA | Bidesi | ||
| Wales | v | Uruguay | Buckhurst | ||
| New Zealand | v | Argentina | Ground 3 | ||
| 9 | 9.32 | Scotland | v | Japan | ANZ Stadium |
| New Zealand | v | Namibia | Bidesi | ||
| France | v | Romania | Buckhurst | ||
| Fiji | v | Australia | Ground 3 | ||
| 13 | 9.48 | Argentina | v | Georgia | ANZ Stadium |
| Italy | v | Canada | Bidesi | ||
| South Africa | v | Samoa | Buckhurst | ||
| Scotland | v | USA | Ground 3 | ||
| 17 | 10.04 | Australia | v | Uruguay | ANZ Stadium |
| England | v | Wales | Bidesi | ||
| Ireland | v | Romania | Buckhurst | ||
| Tonga | v | Namibia | Ground 3 | ||
| 21 | 10.20 | Fiji | v | Wales | ANZ Stadium |
| France | v | Canada | Bidesi | ||
| New Zealand | v | Georgia | Buckhurst | ||
| Samoa | v | Japan | Ground 3 | ||
| 25 | 10.36 | South Africa | v | Scotland | ANZ Stadium |
| England | v | Australia | Bidesi | ||
| Argentina | v | Tonga | Buckhurst | ||
| Ireland | v | Italy | Ground 3 | ||
| 29 | 10.52 | Canada | v | Romania | ANZ Stadium |
| Fiji | v | Uruguay | Bidesi | ||
| South Africa | v | USA | Buckhurst | ||
| Namibia | v | Georgia | Ground3 | ||
| 33 | 11.08 | New Zealand | v | Tonga | ANZ Stadium |
| Samoa | v | Scotland | Bidesi | ||
| Australia | v | Wales | Buckhurst | ||
| England | v | Uruguay | Ground 3 | ||
| 37 | 11.24 | Argentina | v | Namibia | ANZ Stadium |
| Italy | v | Romania | Bidesi | ||
| France | v | Ireland | Buckhurst | ||
| USA | v | Japan | Ground 3 |
Elimination
| 41 | 12.00 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 3rd Pool A | v | 4th Pool D | |
| 42 | 12.16 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 3rd Pool D | v | 4th Pool A | |
| 43 | 12.32 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 3rd Pool B | v | 4th Pool C | |
| 44 | 12.48 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 3rd Pool C | v | 4th Pool B | |
| 45 | 1.04 | Cup Quarterfinals | 1st Pool A | v | 2nd Pool D | |
| 46 | 1.20 | Cup Quarterfinals | 1st Pool D | v | 2nd Pool A | |
| 47 | 1.36 | Cup Quarterfinals | 1st Pool B | v | 2nd Pool C | |
| 48 | 1.52 | Cup Quarterfinals | 1st Pool C | v | 2nd Pool B | |
| 49 | 2.08 | Shield Semi Finals | Looser Game 41 | v | Looser Game 42 | |
| 50 | 2.24 | Shield Semi Finals | Looser Game 43 | v | Looser v Game 44 | |
| 51 | 2.40 | Plate Semi Finals | Looser game 45 | v | Looser Game 46 | |
| 52 | 2.56 | Plate Semi Finals | Looser game 47 | v | Looser Game 48 | |
| 53 | 3.12 | Cup Semi Finals | Winner Game 45 | v | Winner Game 46 | |
| 54 | 3.28 | Cup Semi Finals | Winner Game 47 | v | Winner game 48 | |
| 55 | 3.44 | Shield FINAL | Winner Game 49 | v | Winner Game 50 | |
| 56 | 4.00 | Plate FINAL | Winner Game 51 | v | Winner Game 52 | |
| 57 | 4.16 | CUP PINAL | Winner Game 53 | v | Winner Game 54 |