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Losing makes life pretty tough - Tietjens

Eleven injuries in the space of two tournaments has left Sir Gordon Tietjens' All Blacks Sevens squad decimated and seventh in the World Series standings. Injured captain Scott Curry says the injuries have take

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Borthwick to join Jones in England coaching staff

Steve Borthwick has agreed to join Eddie Jones’ coaching staff. The former England captain will join the national set‑up as forwards coach for England. He will be reunited with Jones having worked together

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Fijiana team begin training this week

The Telecom Fijiana team is back in training this week and will go through their daily training exercises for the next two weeks before the Christmas and New Year break. Telecom Fijiana Coach Iliesa Tanivula confir

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Carter paid NZD$1400 per minute for Racing 92 debut

Dan Carter was paid more than 1400 NZ dollars per minute for his debut with French club Racing 92. The Irish Examiner looked at the monetary details of Carter's part in Racing's 33‑3 win over the Northamp

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We win and lose as a team - Ryan

“We win as a team and we also lose as a team.” Those were the words of Vodafone Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan after they finished fifth in the Cape Town 7s yesterday. Ryan says a few errors cost them the

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Fijians continue to impress in Champions Cup

Two Fijians have been named in the third round of the Champions Cup team of the week. Glasgow Warriors winger Taqele Naiyaravoro and lock Leone Nakarawa continue to impress fans as their names were amongst the big

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Pools announced for NZ 7s tournament

The Vodafone Fiji 7s team is pooled with Argentina, Wales and Japan in the New Zealand 7s tournament. Neil Powell’s South African side will come face to face with New Zealand, Scotland and Russia in their poo

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NZ out to get disastrous World Series campaign back on track

Getting All Blacks stars Sonny Bill Williams and Liam Messam up to speed will be a priority as the New Zealand sevens team look to get their disastrous World Series campaign back on track in Wellington next month.

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Carter makes dream start to European rugby carrer

Dan Carter has made a dream start to his European rugby career. The former All Blacks first‑five has been named man of the match in his European Rugby debut. He kicked three conversions in guiding his new cl

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Boxing fans call for refund

Boxing fans are raising concern after the Heavyweight Title holder Petero Qica failed to defend his Boxing Commission of Fiji title against Napoleon Taumoepeau on Saturday night. Fans have called for a refund from

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Arsenal takes lead in English Premier League

The Arsenal soccer team is now leading the English Premier League points table with 33 points after they beat Aston Villa 2-0 this morning. In other matches, Liverpool and West Brom were locked at 2-all while Totte

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Junior Wahid Khan settles record

A long line of family rivalry was settled in the Wild West Boxing Promotions program last night. Lautoka Muslim School student, Junior Wahid Khan set the record straight last night when he defeated the son of his f

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