The Fiji Pearls are not backing away from a good challenge especially after being drawn in the same pool with Australia and Tonga in the World Cup.

Being a working mum and an athlete is no easy task but 34-year-old Fiji Pearls veteran Maria Lutua Rusivakula knows just how to master this.

The Fiji Pearls will engage in three training matches ahead of the Netball World Cup in South Africa next year.

The mixture of experience and youth is something Netball Fiji boasts ahead of the World Cup in South Africa next month.

Table leaders Capital Force Suva continues their unbeaten run as they humbled Nadroga Stallions 84-38 in the Netball Finance Hub Super League in round four yesterday.

Fiji netball coach, Unaisi Rokoura has named her final 15-member squad for the Netball World Cup in South Africa next month.

Capital Force Suva is currently leading the Netball Fiji Finance Hub Super League points table as of round three with nine points.

The Fiji Pearls squad for the Netball World Cup will be named on Friday.

A New Zealand invitational side and Fiji Men’s netball side will be playing against the Fiji Pearls in these next three days as part of its World Cup preparations.

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has named her 12-strong squad for South Africa next month.

Despite the rainy weather in Lautoka, the second round of the Finance Hub Super League Netball competition got underway in the Sugar City yesterday.

Game time is vital now more than ever for the Fiji Pearls with the Netball World Cup only 61 days away.