Rugby: Tikoirotuma to miss Fiji RWC qualifier

Asaeli Tikoirotuma is comfortable putting club ahead of country, as much as he’d like another cap for Fiji. The test winger will miss Fiji’s Rugby World Cup qualifier against the Cooks Islands next month, which is played a day after Super Rugby resumes.  The Chiefs wing shapes as an influential figure for the national team,…

NZ name training squad for Commonwealth Games

Gordon Tietjens has named an experience squad to prepare for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The squad features the inclusion of Kurt Baker and Pita Ahki who were both members of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won last year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.   “To go to a Commonwealth Games and do…

Game on for 52nd Samoa Independence

Samoa is getting ready to celebrate its 52nd year of Independence next week, in style. This weekend, the celebration will kick off in a most fitting way –with rugby. On Thursday, the inaugural Samoa Independence International (S.I.I.) Sevens tournament will kick off at Apia Park with the Under 20s.  A day later, the main competition…

Good work police

POLICE on Wednesday made a break through with the arrest of a suspect who was said to be a main player in the May 16th rioting and looting at King George area and beyond. Another instigator was the man who started the fire which resulted in the burning of Uncle Alick shop. The two main…