The inaugural Na Soko competition will serve as the final proving ground for Fiji’s most promising young female rugby players, with 30 schoolgirls set to be selected for scholarships and a further 30 for development programmes.

Despite falling one point short in the Vodafone Deans Under-19 final, Navatu Secondary School captain Vilimone Kanawabu says the team will always be proud of what it achieved this season.

Fresh off the conclusion of the Vodafone Deans and Weet-Bix Raluve competitions, the best young rugby talent from Fiji’s four secondary school zones will now come together for the inaugural Na Soko Franchise Competition.

Captaining Nasinu Secondary School to the Weet-Bix Raluve Under-16 title was something Akosita Naibiu never thought would happen at the start of the season.

Fiji Rugby Players Association Director, Wame Lewaravu, is urging players and parents to bring overseas offers forward for review before anything is signed or finalized.

Fans will get to watch Vodafone Super Deans under-18 losing semifinalists, Ra High School and Nasinu Secondary School, again this weekend as they’ll meet in the third-place playoff in Suva.

The Ratu Navula College under 14 side is chasing history at the Vodafone Super Deans finals after its 26-25 semifinal win over Ratu Kadavulevu School.

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial School Under 18 rugby side will step up again tomorrow in the Weetbix Raluve semifinals after beating defending champions Jasper Williams High School in the quarterfinals in Tavua last weekend.

The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, was deeply moved by a song the Navatu Under-19 rugby team sang at his official residence in Muanikau in Suva yesterday.

After creating history on Saturday at Garvey Park in Tavua, Ra High School under-18 captain Iliesa Nacele, hopes their fans will turn up again this weekend in Lautoka for the Vodafone Super Deans semifinals.

Fiji Rugby Union is confident the Vodafone Deans and Weet-Bix Raluve national quarter-finals will run smoothly despite matches being staged across four different venues tomorrow.

Defending Vodafone Deans Under 18 champions, Ratu Kadavulevu School, know tomorrow’s quarterfinal clash against Ra High School will be an interesting one.