Performance Director - Brentford FC. Former Fiji 7s Olympic Gold Medal Winning Coach.
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Wananavu! I’m soooo pleased for every Fijian today and all the players and staff - what a victory. 🇫🇯❤️😊
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I was lost for words yesterday when I was awarded The companion of the order of Fiji. Vinaka Fiji 🇫🇯
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Thank you for all the messages. 7s in the Olympics & all the joy had today wouldn't have been possible if not for the late Beth Coalter. ❤️
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For me - Japan have been the most exciting team to have watched in this RWC so far. These opening two tries have been beautiful.
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Yessssss! Exactly what was deserved! Beautiful Viti - Totoka Levu!!!! 🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯❤️🇫🇯
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And a word on Gareth Baber. I know more than most the pressure he will have been on. Hard to explain to non Fijians but it would have been huge and he has done dealt with it BRILLIANTLY. Amazing job. 🥰🙌🇫🇯#qāqā #veilomani
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If we have viewers new to the game of Rugby for this World Cup - please don’t concern yourself about tying to grasp laws around the breakdown. One less thing to worry about. They don’t exist. Offside line soon to follow suite to help you even more. You’re welcome.
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Here is the $7 bill too - just shows you how much the Fijian people care and value its rugby. Awesome.
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This doesn't happen every time I get on a plane! #RioBound
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1 Year today Fiji won Gold at Rio. The success built on the dunes and the fields of Viti. Rugby is a simple game and sometimes less is more
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Toby Flood off field for HIA after this. Flood’s shoulders below his hips and 3 tigers clear out and none are attempting to stay on their feet. That’s law being broken just the four times. It’s so common now - no one bats an eyelid about it anymore. The game cannot sustain this.
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I love this picture so much I'll repeat tweet it! "If you love life, life will love you back" #veilomani
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I hope John and the team make you eat your words in the next two games. The only thing embarrassing is your comments.
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians head coach John McKee must go. There are no two ways about it.
Last night’s embarrassing 30-27 loss to Uruguay in the Rugby World Cup pool clash at Kamaishi, Japan, was the last straw.
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This is the norm now. Almost every commentator of pro rugby from the papers to radio & TV don’t mention it anymore - they would end up talking about nothing else. So many laws that are there to protect the game, it’s future and the players are broken and ignored.
How do I tell the team I coach this is rucking and within the law @thanetwanderers @ERrugbycoach @IamAustinHealey @benjaminryan
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In all seriousness- go and watch the replay of tonight’s France v Fiji game and see a fijian team united and extolling all the values rugby holds dear. Vinaka 😍
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So proud of Fijian 🇫🇯 Performances for all of this World Cup - what a group and pioneers for what successes surely lie ahead. Brilliant players and staff😍
Congrats England - some stand out performances from them. 👊
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Hi @WorldRugby Can you please do a safety study into #boxkicks and the mental anguish it causes watching high quantities of them? In particular if the watcher is left handed and ginger. We’ve been through enough. Thank you.
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Great to meet inmate Veresa today and be presented with the painting. A talented man and loved meeting him.
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JUST LET THIS SINK IN. Japan just beat world number 1 Ireland in a stadium that looks like it’s about to get bounced into another prefecture. @bbc5live
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Cheika blocking two Fijian players not getting Super Rugby contracts last season is not in the spirit of the game - not this 👇 theguardian.com/sport/2019/s…
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I don't think I'll ever be able to repay the people of fiji for everything they did but if there is one takeaway it's this.
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BAN THEM NOW: These sort of croc rolls are happening at all levels of the game. It’s at its most dangerous in this clip when the attacking clean plants his body weight on the defenders leg before rolling. If you’ve got your own examples then post them on this thread.
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I'm shutting down on here till end of tournament. We started journey here - all for one aim. Go Fiji Go. #veilomani
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I’m lost for words. @WorldRugby this will go beyond improving Pacific Island Rugby - it will change lives. Thank-you🙏😊 #veilomani
A potential historic transformation of Pacific Islands rugby has been advanced with World Rugby confirming a package of financial and administrative support to help facilitate two teams joining Super Rugby from 2022.
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What Dan says 👇
Result aside, I think everyone agrees that @fijirugby have outgrown the Pacific Nations Cup.
Must be included into Rugby Championship or even the 6 Nations
Fiji at RWC2023 after consistent Tier 1 comp = unstoppable 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯
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Liam Messam came into changing room after game to say thanks & Sonny was incredibly gracious - that's just quality
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Finally - some footage telling the players they were in or out of the squad going to Rio. Create a bombproof culture.
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This is where we are at the moment. Look at just how utterly shit and illegal this clear out is in the @SaleSharksRugby vs @BristolBears game this weekend. Obvious but Unpunished. What are we doing.....🤦♂️
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Sevens is a rubbish development tool.
Fernández Lobbe, Tipuric, Vito, Radradra, Tuisova, laidlaw, Fekitoa - all terrible today for @Barbarian_FC
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One of the proudest days of my life was when I was made a chief in the beautiful province Serua. Our Paramount chief, The Vunivalu of Serua, Ratu Peni Latinara sadly passed on Sunday. His funeral is today & I’m sending all my lolomas to the clan & the villages of Serua & beyond.
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Best day of week so far - great training session - lots of smiling and laughter - always a good sign! @WorldRugby7s
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Second time I’ve died via a fake news story. At least it isn’t the drug trafficking arrest the last one talked about. I’m nowhere Toronto though hear it’s a great spot, as long as you aren’t around the out of control Honda Civics. #veilomani cbtvn.com/man-knocked-down-b…
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In other news - Jarryd Hayne joins us in camp for London 7s. 14 players to contest the 12 sports for last tournament of @WorldRugby7s
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What a ridiculously childish statement. I've only said positive things about everyone and one tweet that tells the truth hits a chord.
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Thank you. I am really excited to get going and to be joining such a vibrant, progressive and together club. 🐝😊
Olympic Gold medal winning coach @benjaminryan will take up the role as our Director of Elite Performance tomorrow
Welcome on board, Ben
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More Wild West clearouts better suited to WWF then on the rugby field going unpunished again....
Lyon v Saracens
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This is a disgrace and he’s not alone. Others with similar stories and fighting for their families futures. @ukhomeoffice please make these cases a priority. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020…
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It’s the coke games in Fiji this week which for anyone that won’t have seen it won’t mean much. I think it’s the biggest attended/supported school athletics event in the world. Live on TV, papers everyday, packed national stadium. Crazzzzzzy!
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Fiji 🇫🇯 wins best male team performance at Rio Olympic Games. Debut for rugby at @Olympics and we win this. Amazing. Vinaka Viti! 😀
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Even better if they didn’t put it on social media.
What England did after their defeat to Wales speaks volumes - Wales Online walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb…
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2 years ago today, Fiji 7s started Olympic campaign vs the hosts on a balmy Friday evening in Rio. This was last picture I took before tournament. There were no big speeches at the shirt presentation. Just pick up your shirt, be thankful, sing the national anthem and have a hug.
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LEVU congratulations to Fiji team and management winning the @WorldRugby7s title once again.
They have played beautifully all season, dealing with just as much off the field as on it. Gareth, Naca and rest of management have done an outstanding job. Enjoy the final 🤘😊#veilomani
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Rugby coached/taught properly and played to laws applied correctly is a brilliant sport. Without doubt, the game needs to constantly look at where it can be better and safer but banning collision rugby in schools is misplaced and unwarranted.
Dementia link leads to calls for collision rugby to be banned in schools. Story: @matthew_weaver theguardian.com/sport/2020/d…
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Two years today - the first ever Olympic Rugby 7s Final. “In Suva, the nation with the brakes on, everything cancelled for this, no one on the roads, no one in the fields.” (Sevens Heaven)
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A fantastic effort by Fiji at @CapeTown7s @WorldRugby7s series. FRU - please start paying these amazing men. No one contracted again.
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Big Bill Mata’s offload today was sublime. Not the first time I’ve seen his brilliance......
@EdinburghRugby @btsportrugby
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Awesome final at the @SgRugby7s . Brilliant effort from @Aussie7s but never ever write off Fiji7s if they have the ball with time up. Moce Jo!
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Fijiana! Amazing effort and you played with such a great balance of power and flair all tournament. The Stone writer’s for women’s sport in Fiji! #veilomani
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I couldn’t change Fijian Rugby without Fijian Rugby changing me first. Adapt, evolve. #veilomani
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Also let's get one thing straight. Naca and boys were great last two weeks. Not one player or coach should get anything other than praise.
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The World Cup has been brilliant for England. This England team represents the beautifully diverse, multi-cultural England of today. It’s got people united and proud and talking to each other more. Gareth has also shown you can be kind & open & successful. 😊🙌#worldcup
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Best quote I have heard from a Rugby coach for a while. “We want the players to try things & not to be fearful of making mistakes. We want them to explore & bring their strengths to the game.” John Fletcher. 👌🤓
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With 1st case of corona virus reported in Fiji 🇫🇯 - please don’t panic Viti but take right steps to give everyone best chance to minimise this all. Wash hands regularly, isolate if you have symptoms & to reduce the chance of transmission -
Tabu na Yaqona. Lolomas Viti 🇫🇯
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So Carnegie effectively went bust - not penalised at all for it by the RFU, owe some of last season’s players wages and other costs and now spending again with some big signings for championship? That about the sum of it?!
We are delighted to announce the signing Tom Varndell on a one-year deal
READ MORE ➡️ tinyurl.com/y6xqgtft
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So we now are trialling a law in rugby to lower the tackle height but completely ignoring the horrible and dangerous mess the breakdown has become. One question - WHY?!
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So many of the rucks tonight in #NZvRSA looked like this - bodies littered on the floor, side entries, just a mass of a mess. Officials haven’t got a hope of picking the bones out of this - infringements everywhere. Direction must come from on high ASAP.
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Shame to read some negative comments on social media from athletes/staff/media in Rio games village. Be grateful. #firstworldproblems
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I had a brilliant night at the rugby writers awards and humbled to receive an award. Dedicated to @oseakolinisau and the boys #veilomani
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It took me over 14 months to get boys contracted. Let's hope the team get contracted quickly and at a good pay scale equal to their worth nitter.app/sun_fiji/status/809190…
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Wayne Barnes had a brilliant game today and yet tonnes of illegal breakdowns. Shows it’s systemic. The sport currently is unable to perceive the truth of the situation and it’s not going to end well if we don’t attend to it now. Injuries will get worse and just keep climbing....
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Here we go again.....
dangerous - has and will cause premature ends to players careers.
What are your thoughts on these cleanouts which caused potentially serious injuries for both Siya Kolisi and Eddie Fouche?
#SuperRugbyUnlocked #PUMvSTO
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I literally just realised it was the anniversary - thanks for the nudge @Olympics
A nation rejoices.
Fiji 🇫🇯 had never won an Olympic medal of any colour prior to Rio 2016, when its rugby 🏉 team stormed to gold 🥇. An outpouring of emotion followed.
More Great Olympic Moments: olympicchannel.com/en/events…
#StrongerTogether #1YearToGo
@WorldRugby7s @TeamFiji
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Tough few weeks for all Fijians. Hope we put a smile on some faces this weekend. Much love.
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Wananavu Fijiana 🇫🇯 This could be the highest ranking in an Olympic Games by any Fijian team or individual. So many new to 7s this year #FIJ
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4/4 "The standard you walk past is the standard you become." I couldn't drop my values so stopped the interview. As simple as that.
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Finally my book has been released! The journey has been enlightening and simply life changing. Thank you for all the friendships, kind words and love you have all shown and hope the story gives you all something you can relate to. Lolomas to you all 😊x
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This is a BRILLIANT first step. Congratulations to all those involved. Imagine a Pro team in Fiji and an academy and pathway for players and coaches into the professional game! Fantastic.🙌😊
Major Announcement📢!!!! Super Rugby could be on our way.
Read ⬇️⬇️⬇️ to find out more.
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Kids from Matawalu Village Lautoka today. Life goes on in this beautiful country. #TCWinston Pic from Isaac Lal
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