The Fiji Rugby Union is likely to receive funding from FASANOC for the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio.

FASANOC president Reg Sanday confirms that preparation grant has been made available from the Olympic Solidarity Fund.

The grant is to fund sports teams in Fiji which have the greatest potential to win a medal at the Rio Games.

Sanday said FRU has put its hand up for funding to prepare the Fiji sevens team for the Olympic Games in 2016.

For the last Olympics in London last year, the grant went to the Fiji women’s volleyball and beach volleyball but both teams did not to qualify.

Meanwhile, the Digicel Fiji Sevens team is currently in camp preparing for the last leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Scotland and England next month.


Story: Aliki Bia
[Source: FRU]