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Cakaudrove 2, Naitasiri favorites to win Provincial 7s

Cakaudrove Two and Naitasiri are the early favorites to walk away with the Fiji TV provincial 7's tournament this afternoon after recording impressive wins in their pool games at the TFL stadium. Cakaudrove Two lace

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Fiji Warriors out to start campaign on a high

Defending Champions of the Pacific Rugby cup, the Fiji Warriors is out to start their campaign on a high note in Ballymore tonight against Queensland Reds. Laced with Flying Fijian reps that toured Europe last year with

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Lautoka holds Ba in Fiji Cup

The Ba and Lautoka soccer team played to a 1-all draw at Mangere Stadium last night in the Fiji Cup competition. The fast paced match delighted former Fiji citizens now residing in New Zealand which they only used to wi

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HK 7s the best chance to close gap

The Hong Kong 7's next month is the best chance for teams in the IRB 7's series to close the gap on current points leader England and New Zealand. The 24 teams have been group into 6 pools of 4 teams and unlike

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Hong Kong 7s pools announced

The Digicel Fiji 7s team is in Pool D with Kenya, Russia and Malaysia for next month's Hong Kong 7s. The official draw for the 24 team in the Hong Kong Sevens was held today with team's group according to their

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Rewa to sign another striker

The Rewa soccer team is set to sign another striker for this season. Vanuatu lad and former Suva team striker, Joseph Nimiriau has shown keen interest to play for the Delta Tigers this year and has applied for his relea

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Tanivula to miss Provincial 7s

Digicel Fiji 7's coach Iliesa Tanivula will not be present in the Fiji TV provincial 7's tomorrow at the TFL Stadium but his assistant Josateki Savou will watch those players who are vying for a place in the nati

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Lautoka beats Hamilton

Stylish striker, Valerio Nawatu scored twice last night to help his Lautoka side beat Hamilton 4-0 in the Fiji Cup competition at Mangere stadium in New Zealand. Lautoka's two more goals were scored by Samuela Drudr

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Crusaders development team to feature in Pacific Rugby Cup

Crusaders development team the Crusader Knights will play against Fiji, Samoa and Tonga in Christchurch, as part of the Pacific Rugby Cup. It is the first time that development teams have been involved in the competit

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Suva thrashes Wellington

Suva Fiji thumped Wellington 5-nil in a one-sided affair at the 2011 Radio Apna Fiji Cup tourney at Mangere Park. Apisai Smith led the onslaught for the Suva side as he sneaked past team Wellington in defense. Esava S

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Local players must prove their worth

The Pacific Rugby Cup will be the last chance for local players to impress national 15s selectors that they can be part of the Flying Fijians for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Playing against development teams fro

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Overseas based players bring in more than 100,000 pounds

Fiji Rugby Union high performance unit manager Mr Talemo Waqa highlighted that Fijian rugby players overseas lured more than 100,000 pounds in remittances into the country every year. This was during his presentation at

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$56,000 at stake for next three 7s tournaments

A total $56,000 is at stake over the next three weeks in local 7s tournament’s which is the highest ever being offered in local tournaments. It will start with the Fiji TV provincial 7s this Saturday where 16 team

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Tamanisau cleared to play for Rewa

Rewa soccer team’s top choice goalkeeper, Simione Tamanisau has been given the green-light to play for the Delta Tigers. This after the National team goalkeeper received his International Transfer Certificate from

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Vucago’s fate to be known next week

Digicel Fiji 7's captain Emosi Vucago's inclusion in the next leg of the IRB 7's series will be known next week. It has been confirmed that although Vucago played in the final of the USA 7's after the c

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Intense program set up for Fiji U20 team

An intense program has been set up to prepare the National Under 20 soccer team for the upcoming World cup qualifiers in Auckland. The team will play National soccer league matches starting from this weekend where the U

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Core Fiji 7s players likely for next leg

The Digicel Fiji 7s team is likely to retain core of the players from the New Zealand and USA 7s for the next leg of the IRB 7s series. Coach Iliesa Tanivula will arrive with the team tomorrow morning and is expected to

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U20 side to miss key players against Nadroga

The Under 20 soccer team will miss the services of five renowned players this Sunday when they play the first National Soccer League match against Nadroga. Noa Seru, Poasa Bainivalu, Abu Zahid and Joshua Tawake are in N

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Organisers hopeful for Fiji Babas to play in Nawaka 7s

Organisers of the Fiji Bitter Nawaka 7s are hoping that the Fiji Barbarians team will play in their tournament next week. President, Vili Varasikete has confirmed that they have approached the FRU to allow the shadow Fi

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Tanivula/Savou stay for HK and Aust 7s

Indications are clear from the hierarchy of rugby in Fiji that current coach Iliesa Tanivula and his assistant Josateki Savou will be still in charge of the Digicel Fiji 7s team to the Hong Kong and Australia 7s. Fiji R

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