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Fiji Futsal to face NZ tonight

The Vodafone Fiji Futsal side will be playing for pride when they take on New Zealand tonight. The team's chances for qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia later this year is over as the side los

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Tongan Thor crushed by Moody

The Tongan Thor, Taniela Tupou was crushed by All Blacks Rugby World Cup winning prop Joe Moody in the Reds' pre‑season hit out last week against the Crusaders. 19-year-old Tupou has been rested by the Reds f

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No disciplinary action against All Blacks 7s team

World Rugby has decided that there will be no disciplinary action against the All Black Sevens team despite having eight players on the field against Australia in the final pool match of the Sydney Sevens. Accordin

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Fiji 7s team tops stats on World Sevens Series

The Vodafone Fiji sevens team is not only leading the HSBC World Sevens Series points table but is also leading the series in some interesting stats as well. The national side has accumulated the most number of poi

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Vakatawa chosen to start for France against Ireland

Virimi Vakatawa has been selected to start for France in their Six Nations championship match against Ireland this weekend. The Fiji-born wing had an impressive debut for France last weekend when he scored a try in

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FRU announces Telecom Fijiana team to Brazil

The Telecom Fijiana team for the Women 7's series in Sao Paulo, Brazil has been named. Two new players have been named in the side. Miriama Marawa represented Fiji at the Youth Commonwealth Games where the

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Bulls to start Super Rugby season without fly-half

The 2016 Super Rugby season is still a fortnight away, but already the Bulls are on the back foot after a season‑ending injury to Springboks fly half Handre Pollard. The 21‑year‑old tore cruciate knee ligamen

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Chiefs include 3 RWC players for pre-season match

The Chiefs will run out the majority of their big guns in their first Super Rugby pre‑season match against the Waratahs in Rotorua this Friday. Coach Dave Rennie has included his three World Cup All Blacks ‑ Br

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Smith linked with London based Harlequins

All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith has been linked with the soon‑to‑be vacant director of rugby role at Harlequins. Conor O'Shea is set to step down at the end of the season, having guided the club to t

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Foley to return for Waratahs

Returning Waratahs flyhalf Bernard Foley may be coming off a full year of rugby but he is not keen to sit any Super Rugby matches out this season. Foley arrived back in Australia this week after his first stint in

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Vakatawa marked as rising star of Six Nations

Fiji-born France based rugby player Virimi Vakatawa has been marked as the rising star of the 2016 Six Nations championship. Top European coaches including Ireland Coach Joe Schmidt has described Vakatawa as a play

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Tahiti hammers Fiji Futsal

The Vodafone Fiji Futsal team has suffered another heavy defeat in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship at the Vodafone Arena. Fiji was hammered 9-1 by Tahiti in their match last night. Mira Shahib scored Fiji&rsq

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Suva starts preparations for Premier League competition

After their loss in the Champion vs Champion series to Nadi last week, the Suva Soccer team has started its preparations for their first game in this year’s Vodafone Premier League competition. Coach Gurjeet

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Durutalo and Stewart start training with Japanese Sunwolves

Fiji born players Andrew Durutalo and John Stewart have started training with the Super new franchise the Japanese Sunwolves. The Sunwolves got the ball rolling on Monday, literally, in their first ever practice se

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