Today marks the beginning of tournament week for the 12th edition for the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships.
In addition to the 3-day tournament at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, the week will feature legacy and impact beyond programs before kicking off on Thursday 07 November, 2019.
The Citing Commissioners training begins today in Suva with 6 participants from Fiji and Tonga. The training will also issue accreditation for regional and international tournaments, alongside training the new Citing Commissioners that will be implementing their learnings at the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships. This training is also conducted across all Oceania Unions, running alongside Oceania and World Rugby tournaments.
The Women in Rugby and the Media Forum aims to support sports Editors and journalists by providing information, international guidelines and a knowledge exchange about fair, respectful and equal coverage of women and men in rugby.
The Women in Rugby and the Media forum is organized by Oceania Rugby and UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office (MCO) in partnership with the Fiji Media Association (FMA), Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).
Using rugby to promote gender equality and prevent violence against women, girls and boys, both on and off the rugby field is central to the partnership between Oceania Rugby and UN Women Fiji MCO, supported by the Pacific Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls (Pacific Partnership) funded by the European Union and Australian Government with support from UN Women.
The Immediate Care in Rugby Level 2 training course will be held this week with the inclusion of participants from Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand. This training will enable medical professionals to be able to conduct Head Injury Assessments (HIA) to be used during the Oceania Sevens tournament, which is mandatory in the prioritising the welfare of the players participating.
As part of the school’s legacy program, this year’s edition of the 2019 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships will see 13 of the 31 teams, visit schools around the Suva area ahead of the start of the tournament on Thursday 07 November. The schools visits this year include:
- Vishnu Deo Memorial School
- Marist Champagnat Institute MGM Primary School Gospel School for the Deaf Nabua Primary School St Annes Primary School Suva Special School Swami Sharadanand Memorial School
Get into Rugby Plus sessions will also be incorporated into the two days program where kids have fun with rugby and learning the importance of living the rugby values, discipline, respect, integrity, passion, solidarity and positive change behaviour.
Children across the eight schools that will be a part of the legacy school visits during the week will participate in the clinic run by the Fiji Rugby Union Development Officers with the support of Oceania Rugby. The selected schools will experience a more quality rugby skills session and there is an expectation of about 400 kids to have a more quality rugby experience.
On Day 1 and Day 2 of the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships, a Get into Rugby Skills Zone will be run on an hourly basis at the Fiji Sports Council Hockey Turf next to the ANZ Stadium.
