News Archive

IRB Junior World Championship 2009 in Japan

In June next year the rugby youth of the world will all be aiming for a glowing piece of gold of their own and that is the Junior World Cup.  more ...

The first Island men to play for the All Blacks

Starting way back in 1928 we look at the first Island boys to play for the All Blacks, they are Walter Batty from Tonga, Samoans Frank and David Solomon, and later, Arthur Jennings from Fiji.  more ...

A bride's leap of faith

Your wedding day and rugby don’t seem to go together in a sentence, but one bride has just leapt right into rugby fever in Fiji.  more ...

RWC Sevens 2009- woman's teams named

The Oceania region went through the process a couple of months ago and now we know whom our woman will compete with for the Sevens World Cup.  more ...

PNC the breeding ground of talent

Showing their talents in the Pacific Nations Cup over the past 2 seasons has seen 16 players board the plane to Hong Kong and the UK as All blacks in 2008.  more ...

The Farebrother Cup

With many rugby cups up for grabs around the globe, the heartland rugby of Fiji is only interested in this one trophy that shows supremacy.  more ...

Wallaroos edged out in Second Test thriller

If the Black Ferns thought a test victory 4 days ago would give them the edge, it soon left their minds as they got a fight of their lives in test 2 against the Wallaroos.  more ...

Black Ferns down the Wallaroos

The Australian women's sevens team downed New Zealand in the Oceania tournament in Samoa three months ago, but NZ are still number 1 in 15s.  more ...

Wallaroos vs the New Zealand Black Ferns

Team Wallaroos have self belief to record a historical win over the New Zealand Black Ferns in their opening test match this evening.  more ...

Inside out

Using rugby to turn their lives inside-out, they are all prisoners and are training to be IRB rugby referee's and this is giving them the chance to get out of prison.   more ...

countries vie to host the 2015 & 2019 RWC

With the success, spirit and country gripping rugby fever that hit France in 2007 a record number of countries have put their names in the hat to host the Rugby World Cup 2015 or 2019.  more ...

ARU open up to overseas players

In a bold move and great move for our boys of Oceania, the ARU Board has endorsed that Australian teams can each recruit up to two foreign players for next year’s Super 14.  more ...

Samoa Rugby Union seeks Fulltime National Trainer

The Samoa Rugby Union is seeking suitably qualified candidates for the fulltime role of National Trainer. Applications close Friday 3rd October 2008.  more ...

IRB sevens- Wellington Sold Out

Today 35,000 things happened in 10 minutes and that was the selling of every one of the tickets for this fantastic event.  more ...

Oceania under 19s FINAL -when 2 Oceania tribes go to war

Tonga and Fiji have had many battles and today goes down as one of the most exhilarating as Tonga held on to tip Fiji by a single point.  more ...

Oceania under 19s- young Wantoks show great talent

The PNG Wantoks have put the sword to Vanuatu and sent a message to teams in the World Junior Rugby Trophy that they are coming to get them.  more ...

Oceania under 19s- Samoa carve up Tahiti.

Samoa must have been angry after losing 2 games in the Oceania under 19s championship and they unleashed against Tahiti posting 101 points to nil.  more ...

Tonga at home in the village

They are all sharing a big hall and this has mattresses everywhere and the lads are all snoring, relaxing and living in this room.  more ...

Rugby moves on fire in Fiji

It was time for the rugby boys to show they have moves off the rugby field too, in a night of entertainment galore in Fiji.  more ...

Oceania under 19s championship- Fiji take Tonga

Fiji was attacking the line and the halfback grabbed the ball and delivered a perfect trickery act inside pass to send his hooker crashing over for a try.  more ...