Rugby League

1st April

Facing the giants … MGM set for mammoth task against QVS

The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School Dragons under-17 side will give in their all in their semi-final of the Fiji Secondary School Rugby League South/Eastern Zone competition in the Vodafone Trophy today. The newcomers take...

30th March

Secondary school rugby league fans in for a treat

While many rugby fans will have their eyes glued to the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua and Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua this weekend, Fiji Secondary School Rugby league marketing officer Laisiasa Corerega is encouraging fans to attend the South-East Zone Secondary School Rugby League semi-finals. Corerega says fans can expect a very tough competition, especially in...

Kaiviti Silktails take positives into Reds game

The Kaiviti Silktails have taken a lot of positives from their first home win against the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs to execute in the third round fixture against the Glebe Dirty Reds in the Ron Massey Cup at the Wentworth Park in Sydney, Australia this Sunday. The Silktails bounced back from a narrow 16-17 defeat to...

29th March

Ex-Bati coach joins Tigers

Former Fiji Bati coach Joe Dakuitoga has taken up a new coaching role in Australia with the Griffith Waratah Tigers Football Club. Dakuitoga, who is one of the pioneers of rugby league in Fiji, will be the club’s director of coaching and will guide teams from the under-16 to the first grade. “Introducing our Director...

28th March

Silktails thrash Bulldogs

Poised to be a thrilling NSW Ron Massey Cup round between the Kaiviti Silktails and the Bankstown Bulldogs, the match ended in a one-sided affair as the hosts side claimed a thumping 44-10 victory at Churchill Park Lautoka on Saturday. The Wes Naiqamacoached side dominated the game under a sweltering condition in a display of...

27th March

Glamour at sports awards

It was a night of glamour for sporting federations around the country that came together to award the best athletes in their respective grades. The 2022 FASANOC Fiji Sports Awards had a big turnout with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as chief guest. The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) dominated the awards list taking out seven out...

Pitching in millions – Contracts contribute up to $60m in remittances

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says remittance inflows from Fiji’s sportsmen and women contracted abroad remain one of the country’s highest foreign exchange earners. Speaking at the 2020 Fiji Sports Awards on Saturday, Mr Rabuka said this amounted to remittances between $30 million and $60m annually. “And totally, our people abroad remit, in the last calendar...

26th March

MGM defies odds

Without proper jerseys the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Dragons under-17 side is on their way to the semi-finals of the South-Eastern Zone Secondary Schools Rugby League Vodafone Trophy competition after cruising past Suva Sangam Raiders in the quarter-final yesterday. In its match yesterday, the side used an old set of jerseys previously used by the Serua...

25th March

Cousins duel – Silktails ready to hunt down bulldogs

Today’s round two of the Ron Massey Cup competition will be on a whole other level of excitement at Churchill Park, Lautoka with the two opposing captains of the Kaiviti Silktails and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs being cousins. The Silktails will be led out by co-captain and five-eighth Rusiate Baleitamavua, while Penioni Tagituimua will guide the Bulldogs....

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