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A second tournament and a second silver medal. Our Fijiana are certainly on the march and one of the players who has been instrumental in that rise has been former Jasper sprinter Alowesi Nakoca. Her try against the French was a thing of beauty.
With negative comments starting to flood social media platforms following the shock loss of our Fiji Mens 7s team to Spain and them not even reaching the quarter-finals at the Dubai 7s perhaps it’s worth reminding ourselves that we have been here before. What we need to remember is that we always bounce back. Remember […]
The Fiji Men’s 7s team in their last pool game against Australia were down by 2 points. The clock had already ticked past fulltime. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Iowane Raturaciri you beauty!
If like me, your knowledge of US college basketball is a bit limited you may not know who Dexter Dennis is yet but judging by his actions this is a young man who has a long way to go. A few nights ago his team won a game in which he was instrumental in their […]
When it comes to household names in Fijian rugby, few ring through the decades the way the name of Pio Bosco Tikoisuva does. A new book compiled and edited by Waicula Publication attempts to tell his story from his humble beginnings to his days as a national rep to his time as one of Fiji’s […]
The World Rugby Awards are happening very shortly and we need your help. We have four players in the running, two in the men’s and two in the women’s. World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of The Year are: Anne-Cecile Ciofani (FRA) Sarah Hirini (NZL) Alowesi Nakoci (FIJ) Reapi Ulunisau (FIJ) World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player […]
Ahead of their final preparations ahead of their game against Wales, former Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan tweeted a good luck message to the Vodafone Flying Fijians. He also included a video in his tweet which highlights how crazy we can get over our team. Check it out below. All the best to the […]
Spain came to play and they certainly gave the Vodafone Flying Fijians a run for their money. In the end, Fiji managed to secure a win but in the post match in the finest traditions of rugby, both teams came together.
The very first thing I remember about Osea Kolinisau before I even saw him do damage on the rugby field was “the ginger blonde fro”. With each passing game we watched Kolinisau play, his character stood out more and more and before we knew it, we fell in love with the sevens hero. Osea Kolinisau […]
Osea Kolinisau is one of the six legends of rugby that has been announced by World Rugby to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2021. The others are Humphrey Kayange (Kenya), Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (New Zealand), Cheryl McAfee (Australia), Will Carling (England) and Jim Telfer (Scotland). The World Rugby Hall of Fame […]
