Unaisi Ratubalavu
Lautoka’s Suliasi Ravunikau struggles for the ball with Tongan
fullback Valita Maake. Picture: FILE
On July 21, 1977, The Fiji Times covered stories on the touring Tongan rugby team and their games against top clubs and the national team.
The report was about how the Tongans managed their first win against Lautoka. The headline read, ” Lautoka play it loose and lose”.
Tongan rugby coach Kakalosi Kioa Polotu struck aside criticism that their chances in the second Test were slim after a close 16-13 win over Lautoka at Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Kakalosi said after the match their win had given his side the confidence to put up a better show against the Fiji national side in the upcoming Test on the Saturday of that week.
How the Maple Leafs landed the All or Nothing series on Amazon Prime Video
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly (44) is congratulated by teammate John Tavares (91) on his game winning goal during overtime NHL action against the Montreal Canadiens, in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Frank Gunn / CP) | January 21, 2021, 11:59 AM
January 21, 2021, 11:59 AM
TORONTO – Steve Mayer’s excitement over the early, top-secret footage of
All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs is palpable through the phone.
Ever alert, Mayer is careful not to spoil the goods. But the co-executive producer is confident the personalities of the Leafs’ marquee players Joe Thornton, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, et al. will have some competition from the club’s decision-makers when it comes to must-stream TV.
Former All Blacks coach Laurie Mains says the national team s brand is sacrosanct and must be kept under New Zealand Rugby s control.
Laurie Mains says he would hate to see any damage done to New Zealand Rugby s control of the All Blacks brand.
Photo: Clay Cross / photosport.nz 2020
Mains has come out swinging after hearing news the All Blacks could soon be partially controlled by American interests.
That s according to media coverage in the UK, where Sky News is reporting California-based private equity firm Silver Lake is set to acquire a 15 percent stake in New Zealand Rugby s commercial rights arm.