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Vodafone Fiji U20 Finishes in 5th Place

07 Jul, 2015

Fiji put the disappointment of back-to-back defeats to Georgia and Uruguay behind them to claim fifth place at the expense of a Namibian side who were more than a match for the Islanders for a good hour at the CAR Rugby do Jamor. Namibia led 11-5 as the first half drew to a close but

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Telecom Fijiana Win Bowl in Amsterdam

07 Jul, 2015

The Telecom Fijiana team finished off their 2014/2015 World Rugby Women’s 7s Series by winning the Bowl competition at the last leg in Amsterdam. The side defeated Netherlands in the semi finals and went on to beat China 38 – 12 to claim the Bowl. The Iliesa Tanivula coached side remain a core team in

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Development continues for the U18 girls

07 Jul, 2015

After three weeks of skills clinic and trials for the U18 girls in Ovalau, Suva and the Lautoka, 35 girls has been identified to join the training squad for the Youth Commonwealth games. Last week the FRU development team were in Lautoka running skills and teaching the girls the rugby basics. Most of these girls

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U18 Girls Rugby

07 Jul, 2015

While the nation celebrates the return of our 7s heroes, developing girl’s rugby continues in Lautoka and at the same to identify potentials for the U18 girls team for the Youth Commonwealth games. Fiji Rugby Union development team wraps up the skills clinic this afternoon (Thursday) and now looking forward to the trials tomorrow where

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Sevens set for incredible era – Scott Hastings

07 Jul, 2015

This wonderful game of sevens, invented all those years ago in Melrose, continues to evolve and to excite people, and that was certainly the case in London over the course of two fascinating days of rugby. It was a particularly memorable weekend for two coaches who have had such a big impact on their respective

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Development News

07 Jul, 2015

The Rugby clinic and talent identification for the U18 continues this week in the West where the Development unit team is scheduled to conduct skills sessions at St Thomas, Jasper Williams, Natabua, Ba Provinicial and a few others. The participants will then play a few on Friday to select potentials. The Development Unit ran the

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Level 2 & 3 Coach Refresher Course

07 Jul, 2015

LEVEL 2 COACH REFRESHER COURSE An up skilling course for the Nasinu Kaji Coaches was held at Delainamasi Government School on Thursday last week. Out of the possible 52 coaches in the Nasinu District, only 16 coaches turned up. This is after names were put out in last week’s Rugby Lift out. Association President Mr

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Youth Commonwealth Games Extended Squad.

07 Jul, 2015

The following players have been selected into the 22 member extended squad for the Youth Commonwealth Games. They were selected from the two open trials that were held on 5th May 2015 in Nadi and on 6th May 2015 in Suva. Selection was also made at the two tournaments that was attended by the Fiji

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FRU Conducts Front Row Clinic

07 Jul, 2015

Vodafone Flying Fijians Coach John McKee and Technical coach, Allen Muir conducted a three day Front Row clinic which included the core scrum techniques for locks. The clinics were attended by all comers, players, coaches and clubs from around the country and were held at the High Performance Unit Gyms in Suva, Nadi and Sigatoka.

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Maori All Blacks to play Fiji and New Zealand Barbarians

07 Jul, 2015

The Maori All Blacks will play Fiji for the first time in seven years as part of a two match series in July, New Zealand Rugby confirmed today. The team will play Fiji at the ANZ Stadium in Suva at 3.00pm on Saturday, 11 July and returns to New Zealand to take on the Barbarians

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