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Reds centre rewarded for strong preseason

Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie has rewarded the strong preseason form of centre Aidan Toua with a starting berth in tonight’s Super Rugby clash with the Brumbies in Canberra. Toua will wear the number 13 jers

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Rewa banking on James Naka

The Rewa soccer team will be banking on star striker James Naka to be at the top of his game if they are to upset Ba in front of their home crowd. Naka scored the winning goal against Nadroga last week and his magic tou

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Suva wants to reclaim title

The Suva Blues women’s volleyball team is serious about reclaiming the Vulaca title which they lost to Kinoya last year after defeating Security Forces 2 in the first quarterfinal. Laced with the services of natio

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Raiwai Gold defies odds to make quarters

The Raiwai Gold men’s volleyball team has forced their way into the quarterfinals of the Vulaca Volleyaball Championship today. With probably the youngest side in the competition, Raiwai defied all odds as they we

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Rebels defeat Force in Super Rugby opener

The Melbourne Rebels are first on the Super Rugby winners’ list after escaping with a 30-23 win over the Western Force in their season opening clash last night. The Rebels trailed 11-0 midway in the first half, bu

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Suva 1 looks good to retain title

Defending men’s Vulaca Volleyball Champion Suva 1 looks good to defend their title after being the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals today. Laced with national reps Temo Finau, Sakiusa Boletawa, Inia Kor

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2 former Fiji U20 reps to go head to head in Super Rugby

Two former Fiji Under 20 reps will go head to head in tonight's Super rugby match when the Melbourne Rebels take on Western Force. Rebels fullback player, Alex Rokobaro and Force centre, Junior Rasolea have been

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Dere to take Fiji 7s team to HK

Head coach, Alivereti Dere has confirmed that he will take the Digicel Fiji 7's team to the Hong Kong and Japan 7's next month. But, it is a wait and see game now on what really happens with our Fiji 7's

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Security forces upsets title holders

The Security forces Women's Volleyball team created a major upset in the Vulaca Volleyball Championship after defeating title holders Kinoya in 2 straight sets. Laced with former national reps Mere and Seini Waq

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Speight on the wing for Brumbies

The Brumbies have made just one change to their team for Saturday's opening game of their season as Henry Speight starts on the wing. Speight came from the bench last week and made a positive impact against the

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Suva 1 starts strong in Vulaca Championships

Defending Champions of the Vulaca Volleyball challenge, Suva 1 defeated Kinoya 2 by two straight sets in its first match this morning at the Vodafone Arena. Laced with National reps with the likes of Temo Finau, Sak

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Fiji Football to have special congress next Sunday

The Fiji Football Association will hold its special congress next Sunday to endorse the motion of having only eight teams in the Super premier National Football League from next season. The motion to have eight team

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Coaches to discuss playing before IRB tournaments

Digicel Fiji 7s assistant coach, Timoci Wainiqolo said he will talk to the head coach, Alifereti Dere to drop the idea of playing before any of the IRB 7s series tournaments.   Wainiqolo said Fiji 7s players were

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Force face Rebels in Super Rugby opener

Even though they are relatively new to Super Rugby the rivalry between the Force and the Rebels is fairly strong and the Rebels finished higher than the Force last year, but not by much. The two sides will kick off

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New players were shell-shocked - Wainiqolo

The new players that went with the Digicel Fiji 7s to the New Zealand 7s were shell-shocked and this is one of the reason we saw one of the worst performances from our team. Those are the words of Fiji 7s assistant

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Rokoura appointed national and U21 coach

Unaisi Rokoura has been appointed the coach for the national and Under 21 netball teams. Netball Fiji this afternoon finalized the management positions and has also announced that former Singapore national coach Kate Ca

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Kahui to exit Chiefs after this season

All Blacks centre Richard Kahui has confirmed that he will exit the Chiefs at the end of this year’s Super Rugby season in order to take up a contract in Japan. The 27-year-old has been plagued by a shoulder i

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Man Utd get crucial away goal

Manchester United will feel like they are in control of their last 16 tie against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League as the match ended 1-all this morning. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for the Red Devils. In

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Cooper urged to let his play do the talking

Wallabies and Reds captain James Horwill has urged teammate Quade Cooper to let his playing do the talking in this year’s Super Rugby season. Cooper hit the headlines for the wrong reasons last year when he claime

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Fiji to celebrate 100 years of rugby

2013 marks the centenary of rugby in our country and the Fiji Rugby Union is excited to celebrate this landmark with a match against the World Barbarians. FRU Chief Executive Officer Manasa Baravilala said they are exci

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