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Pacific Island rugby players have slammed world rugby’s new competition and claim the format will keep nations like Samoa and Tonga at the bottom...
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New rugby competition ‘bad news’ for Samoa, Tonga
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Rugby World Cup 2027 expanded to 24 teams
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Cooks eager to develop game locally
Rugby league is also a national sport in the Cook Islands but it needs more exposure to grow the game and make it better,...
‘I don’t feel like they beat us’: Tonga lament mistakes in first Test defeat
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Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at 2024 Paris Olympics
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FRU to persuade Raiwalui to reconsider
The Fiji Rugby Union is pulling out all the stops to retain the services of Head Coach Simon Raiwalui for the Flying Fijians.
Raiwalui made...
Fiji coach Raiwalui leaving role after Rugby World Cup exit
Simon Raiwalui said on Tuesday he will leave the role of Fiji head coach at the end of the year after the Pacific Islanders...
Radradra keeps RWC options open, Racing 92 hit out at Tom Curry for ‘violent...
The 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia is still a possibility for Semi Radradra.
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