North, West Qualifiers Here For Nationals

Three Bucalevu Secondary School rugby teams from Taveuni will play in Saturday’s Vodafone Deans Trophy and Weet-Bix Raluve Tro­phy national playoffs at Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori.

The Northern Zone Two qualifiers are fielding teams in the Under-16 girl’s com­petition along with the boy’s U15 and U17 teams.

This was confirmed to SUNsports on Monday by Fiji Secondary Schools Rug­by Union national secretary Waisake Tuicakau.

The St Bedes U19 side also qualified from Northern Zone Two while North­ern Zone One qualifiers Holy Family Secondary School (boy’s U15), Immacu­late Conception College (boy’s U17) and Shri Guru Nanal Khalsa College (boy’s U19).

Ratu Kadavulevu School and Queen Victoria School Under-14 rugby teams after their Eastern Zone final at Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori, on September 10, 2022. QVS won 8-7 but both teams have qualified for the nationals. Photo: Deans Trophy

Meanwhile, the boy’s U14 national playoffs will be also played on Saturday, where the winners will meet in the na­tional semifinals on October 1 at Prince Charles Park, Nadi.

In the U14 grades are prominent schools like Queen Victoria School, Ratu Kadavulevu School, Ratu Sukuna Memo­rial School, Suva Grammar School, and Lelean Memorial School. There are no U14 teams from the Northern and West­ern Zones.

The Vodafone Deans quarterfinals will be played next Saturday while the finals are set for Churchill Park, Lautoka on October 8.

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