Rugby

Former Fiji Airways national men’s 7s forward Jasa Veremalua has revealed he will not compete at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, now that the event has been moved to 2021.

National Seven’s players who have recently secured overseas contracts are still eligible to be part of the 2021 Olympics squad.

It was the first day of training for New Zealand’s Super Rugby franchises after their COVID-19 enforced break, although it was pretty different to what they are used to.

Talks are underway for a test match between the Fijiana XV and the Australian, Wallaroos in preparation for the 2021 World Cup.

Wallabies lock Izack Rodda and Queensland teammates Isaac Lucas and Harry Hockings have been stood down without pay after refusing Rugby Australia’s competition-wide player pay-cut proposal.

Fijiana has emerged as one of the top prospects to face the Wallaroos should international rugby resume in 2020.

The Nadroga Rugby Union has thrown their support towards having the 2020 Skipper Cup competition behind closed doors.

Fiji’s top local rugby competition, the Skipper Cup could be held behind closed doors for the first time.

The July international test match between the Flying Fijians and the Wallabies have officially been postponed.

The Fiji Rugby Union has had constructive discussions with the World Rugby Council during the Annual Council Meeting earlier this week.

The program of international rugby matches scheduled for the 2020 July window has been postponed due to ongoing government and health agency COVID-19 directives.

Fiji Airways Flying Fijians loose foward, Johnny Dyer is expected to join French club, Biarritz Olympique in the 2020-2021 season.