Semi Radradra is a “marked man” but Fiji Sevens head coach Gareth Baber is backing the Bristol centre to play a key role in the defence of the Olympic Games gold medal in Japan after he linked up with his team mates who arrived on a freight flight hauling mostly frozen fish. Radradra travelled from Read More …
Harlequins Andre Esterhuizen faces the toughest midfield test in world rugby as he attempts to nullify Bristol’s Semi Radradra tomorrow and catch the eye of the Springbok selectors preparing for the summer series with the British and Irish Lions in South Africa. Radradra is returning from injury and rejoins a potent Bristol match squad that Read More …
The England front row that will face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday can take comfort from the fact Fijian prop Haereiti Hetet has not inherited all of his father’s rugby attributes. Hetet’s father is legendary Fijian tight head Joeli Veitayaki, who played 49 tests between 1994 and 2003 and had the “honour” of being Read More …
Coach Gareth Baber will mastermind Fiji’s defence of their Olympic Games sevens gold medal in Tokyo next year after agreeing a new contract with the Fiji Rugby Union. Baber’s four year deal was scheduled to end in December but with the Olympic Games being delayed for 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fiji rugby Read More …
Gary Gold, the vastly experienced USA Rugby head coach, knows all about rugby’s world-wide cash crisis and will discover in the next two weeks if he will be jobless for the rest of the year. The COVID-19 shutdown forced USA Rugby to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Brett Gosper, the World Rugby CEO, has Read More …
Gareth Baber knows all about the weight of national expectation as he attempts to mastermind Fiji’s defence of their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title and a repeat of the historic gold medal winning Olympic triumph at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Fiji’s 2016 Olympic Games gold was turned into a book by former head Read More …
Paul Gustard has handed Tevita “Tex” Cuvabati a key role as Harlequins attempt to use their trio of Fijian internationals to bid for the Gallagher Premiership play-offs. Gustard, the Quins head of rugby, signed Cuvabati and Niki Goneva from relegated Newcastle Falcons to join Fiji Olympic sevens gold medal winner Semi Kunatani at the Twickenham Read More …
Gareth Baber is en-route to link up with his Fiji Sevens squad in London having overcome the latest set-back in a season that has tested the head coach and his players to the limit as they head into the penultimate leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens at Twickenham this weekend. Baber was forced into Read More …
