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By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana side is through to the qualifiers for the 2013 RWC 7s in Pune, India, in October this year. This is after finishing third at the Oceania Women’s Sevens Rugby Championship that ended at Lautoka’s Churchill Park this afternoon. Fijiana beat Papua New Guinea 26-14. In the final, New Zealand showed [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana 7s side has faltered at the semi-finals stage of the Oceania Women’s Sevens Rugby Championship in Lautoka. Qantas Australia, which has two players with paternal links to Fiji, beat Fiji 26-5. Rebecca Tavo, whose father is from Rotuma, was one of those who scored for Qantas Australia. Other tryscorers were [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL The Fijiana 7s side has progressed to the main semi-final of the Oceania qualifiers at Churchill Park, Lautoka, after beating Samoa 15-5 in the quarterfinals. Unconverted tries to Priscilla Sauvavi Siata, Elina Ratauluva and Lavenia Tinau were enough to secure victory. Soteria Pulumu scored Samoa’s lone try. Fiji meets Australia, which has [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL Both the Qantas Australia and New Zealand sevens teams are confident of playing in the final of the Oceania Women Rugby World Cup 7s qualifier. The tournament’s first round at Lautoka’s Churchill Park saw Australia rack up an impressive total of 113 points after thrashing the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA Fiji Secondary School Rugby Union president Paula Motu is urging all teams, parents, old scholars and spectators to respect the rules and practice good sportsmanship at Prince Charles Park and Subrail Park today. “The Coke Zero Deans semifinals are an exciting occasion where students, parents and friends support their respective schools,”Motu said. [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA Fijiana coach Elenoa Kunatuba believes they still have a chance to make the top three in the Oceania Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifier. This was after the Fijiana went down to New Zealand 19-7 in their last pool match at Churchill Park,Lautoka  yesterday. It was hard fought match for Fijiana as they [...]

By ANASILINI RATUVA The Suva rugby team will field in new and young players in today’s clash against Rewa in the last round of the Digicel Cup competition. Suva team manager Samisoni Waqavatu says their aim to score a bonus win. “We bank on our young players to score a bonus win,”Waqavatu said. “Vesi Rarawa [...]

By LOSIRENE CHAND Junior sailors of the Savusavu Yacht Club (SYC) will depart for Viti Levu later this month to defend their titles. Coach Geoff Taylor said the event will be held at the Uprising Resort at Pacific Harbour, Deuba. “Sailors depart Suva on August 15 and are expected to return with their titles on [...]

Source: FIJI SPORTS  COUNCIL The Fiji Sport Council (FSC) yesterday announced that as from September 4, all primary school children and teachers who use the Damodar City Aquatic Centre for swimming classes will be entitled to use it free during school hours from Monday to Friday. This includes supervising parents, teachers and children. The vision [...]