Ex-Football School Girls Champs In Raluve Competition

AD Patel College girls in Ba are changing playing fields, they are now into rugby.

The Fiji Secondary Schools girls football champions are putting their football jerseys aside for rug­by.

This year they have registered to play in the inaugural Weet-Bix Raluve school girls’ competition.

The Raluve competition is the rugby union competition for sec­ondary school girls; there are two categories: Under 16 and Under- 18.

The new competition was launched last month at the Fiji Rugby Union House.

AD Patel while registering an Un­der -16 team are hopeful that they will reach the national quarterfi­nals.

They won by default against Ra High School in Round One last Sat­urday.

Ra High School presented incom­plete identification without the principal’s signature.

Head coach Esala Tokaseu said this was a new beginning for the Ba school.

“These girls are driven by watch­ing the Fijiana 7s, Fijiana Drua as well as the Kulas,” Tokaseu said.

“We only played football be­fore and this is something new to them,” he said.

“Our goal is to reach the national quarter-finals.

“This is great pathway for them after the Ba provincial team had a women’s team in the Royal Tea Marama Cup.”

FIRST TIMERS... The Xavier College Under-18 girls team at the Ba Methodist High School grounds on July 30, 2022. They are one of the 27 teams in the Weet-Bix Raluve competition in the Western Zone Secondary Schools Rugby Union. Photo: Ba /Tavua/Ra Secondary School Rugby Union

AD Patel will take on Nakauvadra High School this week at Matavelo.

Meanwhile, a total of 77 teams are in the Raluve competition with 3100 registered players.

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