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Fiji Pearls to play build up matches

January 16, 2018 4:15 am

The Fiji Pearls netball team will play two international clubs as part of their build-up matches for the Commonwealth Games.

Coach Vicky Wilson says, the players will be tested during the the international friendlies.

“We hope to have a Canterbury Tactixs team the NZ franchise coming here in mid-February and just waiting for the confirmation on that and again it’s a great match practice but the test matches six weeks later that will be really tough.”

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The Fiji Netball team is currently ranked 12th.

Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Games will be held from the 4th to the 15th of April in Gold Coast, Australia.