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Coach opts for mix of youth and experience

The Fiji Warriors coaching staff are keeping an eye on the future and at the same time developing players who are in the team for the Pacific Rugby Cup. The Warriors will leave on Thursday for the opening PRC game again

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Young Hurricanes band leave for South Africa

Coach Mark Hammett and his young band of Hurricanes left for South Africa at the weekend, with Hammett saying his side was well aware of the tough start to the season awaiting them in the Republic after all the talk, neg

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Refs under spotlight before Super Rugby kickoff

The phony war of pre season fixtures is over but Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder is hoping the start of the Super Rugby competition isn't disrupted by blasts from the referees' whistles. The referees have once a

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Crusaders after 8th title

With the new Super Rugby season starting this Friday the most successful team Canterbury Crusaders will seek their eighth title in 2012. The epic road trip that was the Crusaders 2011 season caught the imagination of r

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Tailevu Naitasiri misses out on Super Premier spot

Tailevu Naitasiri soccer side failed to book a spot yet again in the Super Premier Division after Nadroga won the Promotion Relegation series. Yesterday Nadroga and Tailevu Naitasiri played to a 3-3 draw while Nadroga

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Nadroga retains Super Premier spot

Nadroga have retained their Super Premier spot after a dramatic second half performance that concluded with three all draw with Tailevu Naitasiri. Tailevu-Naitasiri was on their way to soccer glory after leading 3-1 at

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Ba defeats AS Mont-Dore in O-League

The Ba soccer team has managed to defeat AS Mont-Dore 1-0 in O-league match just a while ago in New Caledonia. Osea Vakatalesau scored Ba's lone goal in the 36th minute of the 1st half through a penalty. Star strik

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Raikuna scores in Blues win

The Crusaders surged in the second half to beat the Melbourne Rebels 14-19 in the final pre-season Super Rugby match held at AAMI Park on Saturday afternoon. All Black star Israel Dagg scored two tries in the match, one

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National soccer league to begin in 2 weeks time

This years GP Batteries Fiji Sun National soccer league competition will begin in two weeks. After an emergency meeting, League Board Chairman, Sheik Ibrahim told Fijivillage that the official opening will be done on th

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Ba soccer team to rely on strikers

The Ba soccer team is expected to face an uphill battle against New Caledonia's AS Mont Dore in this afternoon's O League game. The team is without most senior players who helped the team win the previous game

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Fiji Football to hold emergency meeting

The Fiji Football is expected to hold an emergency meeting in the next hour to discuss this years GP Batteries Fiji Sun National soccer league competition. League Board Chairman, Sheik Ibrahim said the Oceania Football

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Fiji soccer team in tough pool

The Fiji soccer team is in a tough pool for the Oceania Football Championship qualifying pathway to the London Olympics. New Zealand is set to host the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier with seven nations battling it out

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Ba faces tough task away from home

The Ba soccer team has a lot to play for in tomorrow’s O-League game against Mont-Dore in New Caledonia. With most of their senior reps not part of the trip and the less amount of time spent in their preparation b

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Marist 7s boosted with associate sponsor

Organizers of the Fiji Bitter Marist 7's received another boost to their tournament next month with Pacific Energy coming on board as an associate sponsor with $5,000 dollars. Marist 7's Chairman, Lawrence Tikar

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Tough road to Cup quarters

The 12 top IRB Sevens teams playing in the Hong Kong Sevens next month will have to score a lot of points in their respective pool games to have an easy passage in the quarterfinals. With the new structure of the Hong K

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Henry turns to Olympics

Sir Graham Henry is turning his hand to Olympic sports. Sir Graham has signed a two year contract with High Performance Sport New Zealand, helping the country’s top coaches in the build up to the London Games. Th

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Tough pool draws for Hong Kong 7s

The 2012 Hong Kong Sevens will be the IRB Series toughest tournament this season. This comes after the draw was released this morning with the cup competition featuring the current 12 Sevens World Series core teams, who

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Nadroga wins first leg

The Nadroga soccer team has managed to defeat Tailevu Naitasiri 2-0 in the first leg of Promotion Relegation Series last night at Lawaqa Park. It was a very tough encounter for both the teams as five Nadroga players wer

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Time will solve 7s problem

“Let’s blend the talent in the team with time”. Those are the words of Digicel Fiji Sevens coach Etuate Waqa after arriving home today from the NZ and USA Sevens. Waqa said rugby fans need to know tha

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Ba still may play in O League final

The Ba soccer team’s chances of playing in the O-League final will heavily depend on the Waitakere United and AS Tefana match on Saturday. Ba currently has three points from three matches while Waitakere United ha

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