Likuceva to make return for Fijiana 7s, excited to join husband at the Vancouver 7s

Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s rep Laisani Likuceva will be making her return to the HSBC SVNS World Series after being named in the squad to the Vancouver 7s for next week.

Likuceva says she is extremely excited to make the cut for the Vancouver 7s tournament and join her husband Napolioni Bolaca who is also making his return to the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team. Likuceva who hails from Yasawa says she is blessed to get this opportunity again and acknowledges God for guiding her through her rugby journey. The Olympic Bronze medalist has been out of rugby for the last two years after giving birth to her son.

The Fijiana are in pool B alongside Australia, Japan and the USA.

They will take on the USA at 7.30am next Friday in their first match, they will then play Australia at 12.46pm Friday before playing Japan at 6.15am Saturday in their final pool match.

The Women’s quarter finals will kick off at 11.55am Saturday, the semi finals will kick off at 7.59am Sunday and the final will be at 12.43pm Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Men will take on Spain at 11.20am Friday in their first match, they will then play Canada at 4.44pm Friday before taking on Argentina at 10.33am Saturday in their last pool match. The Men’s cup quarter final will kick off at 2.22pm Saturday, the cup semi finals will kick off at 8.43am Sunday and the cup final will be at 1.23pm Sunday.