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Play for health says Commissioner

“Play for health.” That is the message from Police Commissioner Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua to senior officers at the Fiji Police Inter-District Soccer Tournament today in Nasova. Naivalurua challeng

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Lièvremont apologizes to team

French rugby coach Marc Lièvremont believes criticizing his players for going out into town after their RWC semi final win was a mistake. Lièvremont hit out at some of his side, calling them spoilt brats,

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Cooper to prove his worth against Wales

The Wallabies selectors have decided that it is in Quade Cooper’s best interests that he plays against Wales in the third fourth play off at Eden Park tomorrow night. The Wallabies five eighth has been subjected t

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IRB election deferred

The International Rugby Board council deferred yesterday the election of a chairman and vice chairman until December. French chairman Bernard Lapasset is being challenged by England’s Bill Beaumont for his positio

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All Blacks yet to decide on haka

Which haka the All Blacks will perform at this weekend’s Rugby World Cup final match is a closely guarded secret. At a team press conference yesterday, players were coy about whether they would perform the traditi

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Labasa to go out firing against Nadroga

The Labasa soccer team will be out to repeat its Courts IDC performance this Sunday when the team will play Nadroga in the National Soccer League competition. The Babasiga Lions have 39 points and a win against Nadroga

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Cruden beats odds to make RWC final

Despite all the trials and tribulations that he has been through, even a fight with cancer, Aaron Cruden is just beating all odds to be what he is in the All Blacks team now.       &nbs

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Cruden ready for the task ahead

As All Black fly half Aaron Cruden prepares to face the enormous task of marshalling his team in a Rugby World Cup final, he will look for help from a man who would have hoped to be performing the task himself. As the w

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Fiji 7s team confident with new players

Despite the absence of top players like Niko Matawalu, Leone Nakarawa, Emosi Vucago and Joeli Lutumailagi in the Fiji 7s team to the Marist 7s in Samoa this weekend, the team management is confident that the team will de

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Lapasset faces the chop

IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset faces a battle to keep his job at today’s International Rugby Board meeting in Auckland. Lapasset is being challenged by England’s Bill Beaumont who is being supported by New Ze

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Wales names strongest side to face Wallabies

Wales have named their strongest available team for Friday's rugby World Cup third place playoff against Australia. Coach Warren Gatland's made three changes to the side which lost 9 8 to France in the semi fina

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Cancer survivor Cruden assumes leading role

All Blacks first five Aaron Cruden, a survivor of testicular cancer who was not even born when New Zealand won their only rugby World Cup, has been elevated to the status of National hero. Cruden had been planning a hol

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Coach unaware of when preparation will start

The same old story in Fiji soccer - that we did not get enough time to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers or be any other competition. Fijivillage raised this issue in the Court IDC with the National coach Gurjeet Sin

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Smith demands for better attack against France

All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith is demanding better from the team's attack in Sunday's World Cup final against France. Smith made it clear there would be no resting on their laurels in the New Zealand ca

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Fiji ready for Marist 7s in Samoa

Trying to get the right combination and player exposure ahead of the IRB 7s series is the main aim of the Fiji 7s team that will be leaving our shore's tonight to take part in the Marist 7s tournament in Samoa. Team

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All Blacks win toss to play in black

The All Blacks will play the Rugby World Cup final in their traditional all black strips while France will be in white shirts. All Blacks won the toss to choose the color it wants. Historically, shirt colour never use

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Referees were inconsistent in decision making-Segran

Referees performance at the Courts IDC was not up to standard. When questioned by Fijivillage Sports on the number of concerns raised by some district associations on the referees’ performance, Referees Director,

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Injured stars to get medals

Injured All Black stars Daniel Carter and Mils Muliaina will receive winner’s medals should New Zealand claim the Rugby World Cup, officials have confirmed. The two figureheads of the New Zealand side have both be

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All Blacks seek to relieve good times against France

The pain of losing in a Rugby World Cup is well understood in the All Blacks camp. Captain Richie McCaw, Tony Woodcock, Kevin Mealamu, Ali Williams and Andrew Hore know what France is capable of in a World Cup. They ar

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Ba shifts focus

Ba soccer team has forgotten the result of the Courts IDC final and has shifted their focus to retaining the National Soccer League title and stamping its mark in the O-League. Ba lost 1-0 to Labasa in the final of the

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