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Rewa grabs all major awards

The Fiji Football One world Flight 2011 awards night belonged to Rewa soccer team after they scooped the majority of the awards. Rewa captain Simione Tamanisau won the footballer of the year while The Delta Tigers 2011

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Rewa favourites to win most awards

The Rewa soccer team is highly likely to grab a number of awards in the One World Flight Center sponsored Fiji Football Awards tonight. Rewa and national team goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau, Ba’s Malakai Tiwa and La

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Vucago saves Suva 1

Fiji Sevens player Emosi Vucago scored the winning try for Suva 1 in the cup quarter finals to overcome defending champion of the Fiji TV Sevens Nadroga White by 19-15. Suva 1 has the services of some of the players of

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Chiefs ready to rattle the Highlanders

Brendon Leonard is in his sixth season with the Chiefs and has seen it all before, but he said there is an extra spring in the step of the players this year. Whether that will be enough to propel the Chiefs to a Super R

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Crusaders escape Blues scare

The Crusaders have opened the Super Rugby season with a nail biting 19-18 win over the Blues in Auckland last night. The Blues scored two tries to the Crusaders one, all in the first half at Eden Park. The Crusaders l

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Rewa wins King Irvine cup

The Rewa soccer team has retained the King Irvine cup by defeating Suva one goal to nil last night. Rewa’s lone goal was scored by Epeli Saukuru. Both teams took this match as a buildup towards the National Socce

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Surgery forces McCaw to turn down FASANOC awards

Winning All Blacks Rugby World Cup Captain, Richie McCaw and lock, Brad Thorn were stars that the Fiji Sports Council and FASANOC were eyeing to get for their sports-awards next Friday but their busy schedule has ruled t

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The wait is over

The wait is finally over as this evening the return of what many fans live for, it is time for Super Rugby. And off the block are the two champion NZ franchises the Blues hosting last year’s losing finalist Crusad

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Tietjens to be Guest speaker at FASANOC awards

New Zealand 7s rugby coach, Gordon Tietjens will be the Guest Speaker for the Fiji Sports Council and FASANOC awards night next Friday. The announcement was made today that Tietjens who is a well known 7s coach in the I

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Fiji 7s squad to Hong Kong named

The Digicel Fiji 7 team coaching staff has named a 20 member training squad to prepare for the Hong Kong and Japan 7 next month. Head coach Alifereti Dere has brought in the likes of Wardens speedster Niko Verekauta, pl

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Tabua backs Crusaders in Super Rugby opener

The 2012 Super Rugby kicks-off tonight between the Blues and Crusaders in the 19 year old competition which started in 1993 known as the Super 10. For Fiji’s most successful Rugby World Cup coach, Ilivasi Tabua he

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McKenzie not worried without Cooper

Queensland Reds rugby coach Ewen McKenzie said he’s unfazed by claims they won’t be able to defend their Super Rugby title without star five eighth Quade Cooper.   Former Wallaby Rod Kafer suggested earl

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Super XV season kicks off today

Its action time as the 2012 Super Rugby season which is one of the most anticipated events in the rugby union calendar kicks off tonight. Quite fittingly, Blues and Crusaders kick-off proceedings at Auckland’s Ed

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Fitness level vital for Fiji 7s team

The challenge for the Digicel Fiji Sevens team is to stay ahead of the game. Those are the words of Fiji Rugby Union head trainer Naca Cawanibuka after the Fiji Sevens team’s fitness test in Suva yesterday. Cawan

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Nadroga duo show interest in Fiji 7s

Nadroga duo, Joeli Lutumailagi and Miti Nacagilevu have put their hands up that they want to be part of the Digicel Fiji 7s team to Hong Kong next month. After opting to take a rest in the NZ and USA 7s, Lutumailagi and

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Nadroga tour called off due to financial setbacks

Fiji’s rugby champion, Nadroga tour to Abu Dhabi to play English giants, Saracens has been called off. Nadroga rugby union said that they have been informed by the host that there are some financial setbacks which

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Kaino comfortable with number 8 position

All Blacks flanker Jerome Kaino is comfortable with his switch to number eight for the Blues. Kaino will square off against All Blacks number eight Keiran Read when the Blues host the Crusaders in tomorrow night’s

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Fiji 7s want experience for HK

Digicel Fiji 7's head coach, Alifereti Dere let the cat out of the bag in the fitness test today when he revealed that experienced players will make his final 12 for the Hong Kong 7's next month. Although the fi

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Speight-Nalaga to face-off

It will be a face-off between two Fijians when the Brumbies takes on the Force tomorrow night in the opening round of the Super Rugby. Henry Speight has been named by former South African, 2007 Rugby World Cup winning c

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SBW in starting line-up for Chiefs

Former Crusader and now New Zealand heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Bill Williams has been thrown straight into the starting line-up for the Chiefs when they will take on the Highlanders on Saturday night. Sonny Bill

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