WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The captain of Fiji’s Olympic-champion rugby sevens team, Jerry Tuwai, says he doesn’t expect to lead the team in its attempt to win a third consecutive gold medal at ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby ...
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Osea Kolinisau led Fiji to its first ever Olympic gold medal when rugby sevens made its debut at the Summer Games in 2016 and now, as a coach, he’s turning to old teammate Jerry ...
Connections will be made and rivalries put to the test when thousands of interstate and international players take the field ...
Fiji won the first-ever Olympic men’s rugby sevens gold medal by defeating Great Britain 43-7 on Thursday. Fiji’s Osea Kolinisau scored a try less than a minute into the match. Jerry Tuwai, Jasa ...
PARIS — Fiji stayed on track for a third successive Olympic gold medal in rugby sevens by reaching the semifinals at the Stade de France on Thursday. The Tokyo Games silver and bronze medallists — New ...
Fiji defeated New Zealand 29-12 in the championship final in a rematch of the final from the last sevens competition in Los Angeles. The All Blacks were victorious in that matchup, but the Flying ...
Members of Team Fiji hold the ball before the start of their men's rugby sevens match against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) TOKYO ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Rio de Janeiro gold medalist Jerry Tuwai will captain the defending champion Fiji men’s team in the rugby sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. Tuwai was a member of the ...
For Baber and his players, it’s been a strange and long journey preparing for an Olympic Games in the middle of a global pandemic. “We locked them down for five months,” he told the media after his ...