ABC: Ewen McKenzie chuckles when he recalls the baptism of fire in international coaching he underwent last year when Australia took on New Zealand in back-to-back Tests to open the Rugby Championship. Two defeats followed and the Wallabies went on to lose the third Bledisloe Cup test to their trans-Tasman Sea rivals, all the optimism…
The Solomon Islands girl’s U19 basketball squad will be boosted with the inclusion of the twin sisters Maya and Nefertiti Van Den Heever. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF). The twins have confirmed their interest for being part of the team who will represent the Solomon Islands at the Oceania U19…
The Heritage Park Hotel has come to the support of Gizo netball association by availing their premier venue, the Club HP for the association to conduct its fundraising this evening starting at 6pm. And the Hotel is doing so at no cost to the association meaning all funds raised will be kept by the association…
Fiji Times: The Fiji Invitational netball side defeated the visiting Singapore team 65-43 during their friendly match on Monday night at the FMF Gymnasium. The friendly game was organised to assist Singapore’s build-up to the Netball World Cup in Australia next year. The visitors will play a series of matches in order to qualify. Fiji,…
Fiji Times: The Fiji 7s team to the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, China will travel without their mentor Ben Ryan. The Vodafone Fiji 7s coach was to guide the under-18 team for the Games which will be held from August 16 to 28. According to a statement from the Fiji Rugby…
NZ Herald: The world champion Black Ferns have been stunned by Ireland 17-14 at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France Wednesday morning. It was the first World Cup match the Black Ferns have lost since the semi-final against USA in 1991. Ireland all but booked their place in the semi-final with the win, while…
IRB: With two years to go until Rugby Sevens makes its Olympic Sevens debut at Rio 2016, Brazilian boys and girls are getting into Rugby in record numbers. Rugby participation has grown by 25 per cent since 2011 and, in 2013 alone, more than 9,000 boys and girls in Rio and Sao Paulo were introduced…
Solomon Islands only female weightlifter at the Commonwealth Games, Jenly Wini has ended her participation finishing at eighth place in the women’s 58kg category. Wini managed to finish on eighth spot out of 14 competitors. Despite not being able to win a medal at the Games, Ms Wini was happy with her final result. “I…
The coach of the Telekom S-league champions Solomon Warriors FC, Moses Toata is unmoved by the fact that he has some of his key players switching sides for the upcoming TSL season. Warriors had three of its players who signed for Western United FC for the coming season. These players are Jeffery Bule, Gagame Feni…
After not being able to play last year, the womens rugby program is kicking off again soon. This has been confirmed by the SIRUF Development Officer Mr. Fredson Soaki. Mr. Soaki said that the priority now is to the clubs to get themselves organized and start training sessions in the evenings. He calls on the…