Fiji born All Blacks winger Sitiveni Sivivatu has high hopes that many more young players will follow his footsteps to earn a professional rugby career.
Sivivatu who is in the country to be the Chief Guest at the Coca Cola Zero Deans final at Churchill Park tomorrow was also spotted when he was playing at this level for RKS when he was 17 years old.
The 28 year old arrived in the country last night and went straight into the Lodoni camp to wish them all the best for the final.
While he will be the one to hand the 71 year old Deans trophy tomorrow to the winner in the U-19 finals between defending champion Lelean and RKS, Sivivatu is leaning towards his heart in picking his former school to end their 5 year losing drought.
The first game tomorrow at Churchill Park will start at 8.30am in the U-15 promotion relegation where Natabua will meet Sila Central School.
The U 19 Deans final will start at 3pm and defending champions Lelean take on the unbeaten RKS.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
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