The Fiji Rugby Union will now be involved in the development of rugby in the United Arab Emirates.
This is after Chairman Filimoni Waqabaca today signed in Dubai a ground breaking Memorandum of Understanding to open cooperative arrangements to develop rugby in the UAE.
The signing with UAE Rugby Federation chairman Mohammed Falaknaz was witnessed by the Fijian Ambassador to the UAE, Ambassador Robin Nair.
In a statement, Waqabaca said FRU is very pleased to be involved in the development of rugby in the United Arab Emirates as they work towards getting its national sevens team into the IRB’s Sevens International Competition and to assist the development of the Rugby in the UAE to international competition standards.
This MOU is the first one that FRU has signed with any national rugby federation and it promises be a unique arrangement for mutual benefit of the two nations.
FRU has invited the UAE Sevens as a “wild card entry” to the Centennial Sevens International Tournament in Fiji in October 2013.
Story by: Sofaia Koroitanoa
