Fiji Vs Portugal: Fiji rugby hit by chaos ahead of Rugby World Cup

 A temporary officer has been put in charge of the worried Fiji Rugby Union, a representative said on Thursday, after its board resigned five months before the France Rugby World Cup. Fiji kicks off their RWC drive in France against Wales on 10 September before also facing Australia, Georgia and Portugal rugby teams in Pool C. However, off-field interruptions have led to lawyer Simione Valenitabua taking charge of the union as acting manager, said media.

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Valenitabua has been chosen by justice minister Siromi Turaga after the panel resigned en masse last week because of managerial wrongdoings. Turaga told managers the rugby union had been run illegally as a charitable trust, sparking the resignations. He said the union's structure had not been registered properly, rendering it illegal. The union's yearly general meeting, which was due to be held last weekend, was suspended.

Despite the off-field ruckus, Prasad said the Fiji Rugby World Cup team are unaffected. The Sevens squad is heading to France, then England for the final legs of the world series while head trainer Simon Raiwalui is fixing for the 15-a-side world cup. Operations are ongoing, all competitions are running as usual, Prasad said.

Flying Fijians settle £1.36m Rugby World Cup 2023 sponsorship contract

The Flying Fijians, who are in the same RWC pool as Eddie Jones’s Australia and Warren Gatland’s Wales, have received a huge boost with FIJI Water agreeing to a funding deal worth £1.36m to support the team in France. The deal builds on previous care FIJI Water has provided for the Flying Fijians when it was a backup sponsor of the squad in 2020 during the Autumn Nations Cup.

For the past three years, the FRU and Flying Fijians have been braced through the Fiji Sports Commission and government funding. Fiji has fixed former Saracens lock and Australian forwards coach Simon Raiwalui as head coach to take the team to the France Rugby World Cup 2023 following Vern Cotter’s decision to stand down from the role. Rugby fans can buy Fiji Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

Raiwalui has just finished the first of his intentional trips to Europe to speak to the main players who will join those presently involved with the Super Rugby Fijian Drua squad. The Flying Fijians will now be called the Fiji Water Flying Fijians and the Fiji Water logo will appear on the Flying Fijians kit and sweater during the Pacific Nations Cup and also in the two test games against France and England leading into the Rugby World Cup campaign.

Fiji RWC management acting CEO said

FRU Acting Chairman Daniel Whippy said the funding agreement had been settled after meetings that took place the past days with his team. Sale Sorovaki, Fiji Rugby Union acting CEO said, FIJI Water has been one of our most faithful and significant partners for many years and today we have further bound our link with them. This important support will put our team in an even better spot to win in France RWC.

Administrative Vice President Craig Cooper, of FIJI Water and its parent firm, The Wonderful Company, said, FIJI Water takes great arrogance in our association with the Flying Fijians, and we are eager to expand our support for the side as they compete for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Our FIJI Water staff, along with the employees of our sister firms, NPDL and Williams & Gosling, and our holders are loyal to a strong and thriving partnership with Fiji.

We are grateful to Prime Minister Rabuka for his funding and to FRU Acting Chairman Whippy and his entire squad for the chance to broaden our sponsorship of the team. We look forward to partying together with a strong routine at the RWC 2023. Fiji’s France Rugby World Cup pool is finalized by Georgia and Portugal rugby teams.

Nathan Hughes transfer to Fiji Rugby World Cup

Former England No8, Hughes, has stated that he is available to signify Fiji at the upcoming RWC. Hughes won the last of his 22 caps for his adopted nation during the 2019 Six Nations, and with eligibility guidelines that have changed since then, he now has faiths to signify the land of his birth.

When asked about his availability, Hughes stated, yes, 100 per cent, and, I’m just concentrating only on Black Rams and just playing as well as I can and letting the pickers do their job. He went on to say, the trainers and their staff are all in Europe at the instant and I’m not sure when they will be coming to Japan. We’ll wait until the day comes. If he picks me, we will make the choice then.

But we have got two more games to go and we are trying to end as high as we can up the board and go from there. Hughes’ wish to play for Fiji RWC has been met with passion from fans and coaches alike. Former Fiji coach, Ben Ryan, said, Nathan Hughes is a world-class performer and would be an asset to any side. If he is fit to play for Fiji, it would be bizarre to have him involved.

Portugal needs an extra €300,000 ahead of the RWC 2023

Portugal has only ever qualified for the RWC once before in 2007, and their groundwork for this year’s contest is proving to be far more costly than previously fictional. Portuguese sports news outlet A Bola stated how Carlos Amado da Silva, the leader of the Portuguese Rugby Federation (FPR), knew there have been problems in raising important funds to cover the national team’s training camp arrangements. Rugby fans can buy Portugal Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

Amado da Silva told A Bola that we will need at least €700,000 an internship training camp costs 150 thousand euros. We are going to do three placements. The global body that organizes the Rugby World Cup put in 400 thousand, 200 plus 200. It’s not sufficient. We need another €300,000. The FPR is enforced to pay the wages of the players who are taken away from their clubs for the training camps, irrespective of their selection for the Rugby World Cup.

Amado da Silva is sure they will still be heading to France Rugby World Cup

The financial problems continue to build up higher for Portugal Rugby World Cup, with Amado da Silva publicly irritated at the conditions. The salaries of professional players who lose out on being in the RWC. You have to pay for that. These costs another €150,000. Everything all together is €600,000 shouted Amado da Silva. Where is the money? he added. The time players out have to be salaried by us (FPR), as resolute by legal provisions.

And who pays the federation? he asked. We cannot be punished for success. It doesn’t make sense, he broke. Despite the financial problems at hand for the Portuguese national team, Amado da Silva guaranteed the players, staff and admirers that they will still be heading to France in September. The training for Portugal’s first RWC entrance in 16 years is not at risk, he said.

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