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RKS To Boost FNRL Competition

Ratu Kadavulevu School is the new force in the Fiji National Rugby League secondary school competition which will kick-off in the first week of February. FNRL official Rusiate Ratakele said the inclusion of RKS will be

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Nalaga Named In Planet Rugby Team Of Year Squad

France based Fijian winger, Napolioni Nalaga has been named as one of the wingers in the planet-rugby 2008 team of the year. Nalaga together with IRB player of the year Shane Williams of Wales are the two wingers but t

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Vucago Likely To Resume Playmakers Role

Digicel Fiji 7's Captain Emosi Vucago is likely to resume the play-maker role for the Wellington and San Diego 7's in February. Vucago, who is a natural half-back was moved to the play-maker position by Coach Wa

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Hectic Weeks For 7s Team

The Digicel Fiji 7s coach Waisale Serevi said the next few weeks will be very hectic for the 16-players vying for a spot in the 12 member team for the Wellington and San Diego 7s tournaments. He said the players will ha

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FFA Hopes For More Profit in 2009

Fiji Football Association is hoping for a good year in 2009 in terms of profits. They only made close to $22,000 profit this season because of the National team's commitments in the World Cup playoff's but next

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Boxing Promoters Urged To Register

There won't be any boxing programmes organised in Fiji unless all promoters are registered and boxers have the license to fight. Earlier this year, all the boxing programmes were stopped and then the Fiji Boxing Com

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A Look Back At Weightlifting

16-year-old Manueli Tulo will always be remembered by the Fiji Weightlifting Association for his golden lift in the Pune Commonwealth Youth Games which was the first ever gold medal for the country. Tulo also set a new

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7s Look Back

In 7's rugby another dismal performance from the Fiji 7's team in the IRB 7's series where they failed to win any tournaments this season. Josateki Savou took over from Waisale Serevi and he guided the side

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Local Players Contracts On Stand Still

The Fiji National Rugby League is now hoping that the Australian Immigration department will review its current stand on local players who have secured contracts. FNRL official Rusi Ratakele said this season 29 players

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Soccer Arena Full Of Drama

The soccer arena locally has been full of drama this season starting from the Champion vs Champion series where Labasa ended soccer king Ba's dominance in the CVC after 14 years. Hope and prayers of the Babasiga Lio

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IRB Aims To Get Rugby Included In Olympic Games

The International Rugby Board chairman Bernard Lapasset has said that gaining admission into the Olympics is the global ruling body's priority for the New Year. Lapasset said the IRB will focus on three areas in 200

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A Look Back At The Rugby Union

The National 15s rugby side did not achieve much this season as they are now ranked 10th in the IRB standing after only playing 3 test matches with Tonga, Samoa and Japan in the Pacific Nations Cup. The Ilivasi Tabua co

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Barbarians 7s Out To Put Fiji Back To No. 1 Spot

The Fiji Barbarians 7's team is travelling to the Argentina 7's on Wednesday with a goal of putting Fiji back as the number 1 team in the 7's rugby code. The Iliesa Tanivula coached side will wrap up trainin

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Marist 7s Likely To Be Used To Finalise Squad

The same set up adopted by the 2005 winning Melrose Cup coaching staff is likely to be use again next year to defend the title in Dubai. In that year former coach Wayne Pivac used the Marist 7's to finalise his squa

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OFC Agrees To Reformat O-League

Clubs competing in the region's top soccer league, the O-League will as of next year no longer go through the elimination process. They will also benefit from the Oceania Football Confederation's "Win in Oc

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Top Athletes To Take Part in Mini Games

FASANOC will be sending one of the best athletics teams for next year's Mini Pacific Games in Cook Islands. This is after most of the top athletes like Makelesi Bulikiobo, Niko Verekauta and Eugene Vollmer confirmed

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Serevi Wants A Win Badly

Digicel Fiji 7s Coach Waisale Serevi wants a win in the IRB World 7s Series before the defence of the Melrose Cup. Fiji failed to win the first leg in Dubai and George and are now preparing for the second leg, the Welli

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Serevi Wants A Win Badly

Digicel Fiji 7s Coach Waisale Serevi wants a win in the IRB World 7s Series before the defence of the Melrose Cup. Fiji failed to win the first leg in Dubai and George and are now preparing for the second leg, the Welli

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Madigi Appointed As Nadi Soccer Coach

The Nadi Soccer Association has appointed Ravuama Madigi as their official Team Coach for next season. Madigi took over from Johnny Simpson as interim Coach before the IDC in October, and helped the Nadi reach the semif

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Rauluni Helps Saracens Defeat London Irish

National 15s rugby captain Mosese Rauluni showed this morning he still has what it takes to play in top level rugby after scoring the only try to help his Saracens side end London Irish’s eleven game unbeaten run i

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