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Tietjens to replace 2 injured players

World Rugby Sevens Series champions New Zealand will make two changes to their side for the England 7s this weekend. Coach Gordon Tietjens has called in Matt Faddes and Warwick Lahmert to replace Ben Lam and Scott C

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Kahui’s career as a Chief over

Richard Kahui’s season with the Chiefs is over after it was confirmed he is to undergo more surgery this week on his shoulder. The 27-year-old has had six operations on his shoulders throughout his career incl

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Second place finish looks slim

The Digicel Fiji 7s team’s aim of finishing second on the overall World Series looks slim now after they were beaten in the Plate semifinal of the Scotland 7s by USA this morning. Head Coach Alifereti Dere earlier

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Gospel 2 carry school’s hopes

Aaron Powell and Younis Bese will carry the hopes of Gospel High School in next week’s Coca-Cola Games. Both athletes hail from Lau and they will both feature in the intermediate grade 100 and 200 metres for the b

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Top secondary school athletes in for Fiji Games

Top secondary school athletes will face off in the Fiji Games this Friday and Saturday which will set the platform for the Coca-Cola Games next week. Athletics Fiji has received close to 100 entries and most of them are

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Crusaders win keeps them in title hunt

All Blacks and Crusaders star Dan Carter said they went to Canberra knowing that they needed to beat the Brumbies to stay in the hunt for this season’s Super Rugby title. The Crusaders brought the intensity that h

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Ba thrashed by Auckland City

The Ba soccer team was thrashed 6-1 by Auckland City this afternoon in the semifinal of the OFC Champions league. This now means that Ba will have to beat Auckland City by five clear goals in the second leg and stop

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Crusaders still underdogs with Carter’s return

Even with Dan Carter back in the No. 10 jersey, there are doubts whether the seven-time champions can turn around their underwhelming season against the Brumbies in the Super rugby. Without Kieran Read and All Black

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Lautoka/Navua play to 1 all draw in NSL

Lautoka and Navua played to a 1-all draw in the lone National Soccer League match today. In the premier division competition, Nasinu defeated Rakiraki 3-2 while Tailevu Naitasiri beat Vatukoula 4-1. Meanwhile, i

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Brumbies favoured over Crusaders

Former Wallaby, David Nucifora said the Brumbies may have the edge over the Crusaders in the Super Rugby match today. Nucifora who is also the former Brumbies coach who took the team to three consecutive finals befo

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Waran to fill in for Tiwa

Avinesh Waran is set to fill the vacuum left by Malakai Tiwa in the Ba team for the OFC Champions league semifinal against Auckland City today.  Waran is expected to play alongside Meli Codro, Scott Gannon, Kin

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Highlanders end losing streak

There is a huge sense of relief for the Highlanders after finally snapping their eight game losing run in the Super rugby. They beat the Sharks 25 22 in Dunedin following an 18 point run after halftime. Halfback

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Final leg a stepping stone to 7s RWC

The European climax of the IRB 7s series kicks off in Scotland tonight and the tournament is a key stepping stone towards the Rugby World Cup 7s in June. Defending Scotland and Series champions New Zealand lead the

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Rampaging Roy strikes twice

Fiji soccer’s wonder boy, Roy Krishna scored twice for his Waitakere United team in the 2-nil win against Amicale FC this afternoon. This was the first leg semifinal between the two teams in the OFC Champions

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Nadroga demolishes Tavua

Nadroga has recorded the biggest score so far in this season’s Digicel Cup competition after the Stallions thrashed Tavua 57-6 this afternoon. Nadi is also continuing with its fine form in the competition and

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100th test looms for Thorn

The Highlanders have named Brad Thorn to win his 100th Super Rugby game in tonight’s clash against the Sharks. In the starting lineup, Colin Slade starts at number 10 while Ma'’a Nonu has been ruled

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Dere names starters to face Spain

Digicel Fiji 7s head coach, Alifereti Dere will stick with the same back-line players for their first pool match of the Scotland 7s that played in the Japan 7s. Dere has named Emosi Mulevoro at playmaker, Sakiusa G

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PM attends Raiwai Volleyball celebrations

“It is an honor for me to be present here at Raiwai and to congratulate a winning volleyball team from the Raiwai community who made a clean sweep this year.” Those were words of Prime Minister, Commodor

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Auckland City aim to beat Ba at any cost

The Auckland City soccer team will do whatever it takes to stop Ba from scoring in tomorrow’s first leg semifinal of the OFC Champions League. Speaking to Fijivillage, Auckland coach, Ramon Tribulietx said Ba

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Williams praises resilient Blues

Blues captain, Ali Williams has praised his team for the way that they bounced back from a narrow loss to the Reds by beating the Stormers 18-17 in a bruising encounter last night. The Stormers scored the only two t

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