The Tongan Tala, after the implausible effort in Suva
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Tonga and Fiji face the Aussies within the Netball World Cup
The draw for the 2023 Netball World Cup has paired the 2 Pacific representatives in the identical pool.
Oceania champions Tonga and runners-up Fiji are in Group B alongside 11-time winners Australia.
Zimbabwe is the fourth workforce within the group.
Holders New Zealand are joined by Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago and Singapore in Group D.
The match takes place from July 28 to August 6 subsequent yr in Cape City, South Africa.
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Group A: Australia, Tonga, Zimbabwe, Fiji
Group B: England, Malawi, Scotland, Barbados
Group C: South Africa, Jamaica, Wales, Sri Lanka
Group D: New Zealand, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore
Waqatabu will lead the Pearls in Singapore
An skilled Fiji Pearls squad has been named for the 2022 Nations Cup in Singapore subsequent week.
Heart Vaiti Waqatabu will captain the workforce together with her vice-captain, Unaisi Rauluni.
Sereana Maragi makes her return to the netball scene after a spell in rugby.
Matila Vocea, who simply performed for Fiji within the FIBA ​​Melanesian Basketball Championship, can be within the squad, as is Naviniya Sivo.
The Fiji Pearls will meet Botswana, Eire, Malaysia and Singapore within the seven-day occasion which begins on Sunday.
Netball Fiji chief government Vivian Koster informed FBC Sports activities the competitors offers a precious match for the Pearls, particularly forward of the 2023 World Cup in South Africa.
Kukis study the route wanted to make the Rugby League World Cup
The Prepare dinner Islands will face an African aspect seeking to qualify for the 2025 Males’s Rugby World Cup.
The qualifying draw paired the Kukis with the winner of the 2023 Center East and Africa Cup of Nations, which options South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana, within the inter-regional play-off.
The opposite Pacific nations – Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea have certified for 2025 by reaching no less than the quarter-finals of this yr’s not too long ago concluded competitors in England.
The Prepare dinner Islands girls’s groups have already certified for the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup in France.
PNG additionally certified, however Fiji, Samoa and Tonga will compete in opposition to one another for 2 qualification spots.
