Suva to send representative rugby team to Nui 7s

The Suva Rugby Union will send a representative side next month to the Tahiti Nui 7s.

Also taking part in the tournament will be American Samoa, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, NZ Legends, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomons, Tahiti, Tonga, the United States, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.

The FORU teams will use the Tahiti Nui 7s as qualifiers to the Wellington, Adelaide and Hong Kong 7s, whereas Suva will be in the guest pool that will compete for US$7,000 prize money.

Suva Rugby chairman, Vilikesa Rauca said this is a wonderful opportunity as this will be Suva's first overseas trip since the 1995 tour to Samoa.

Meanwhile, the Suva Rugby 7s series kicks off at the TFL stadium in Suva on November 6th before moving to Lautoka on the 11th and 12th of December and Labasa on the 8th and 9th of January, with a total of $45,000 prize money at stake.