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11 February, 2026, 12:34 am
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Sadrugu and Maqala out to impress in the Oceania 7s

Sadrugu and Maqala out to impress in the Oceania 7s

By Naveel Krishant
24/06/2021
Taniela Sadrugu and Sireli Maqala. [image: FRU]

Taniela Sadrugu and Sireli Maqala are 2 of the 7 new players in the Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team that will aim to make it to the Olympics.

They will feature in the Oceania 7s from tomorrow and impressive performances from them could see them make the Olympics team.

Sadrugu who is a former RKS student plays for the Suva team in the Skipper Cup and plays with Jerry Tuwai in the LAR 7s team.

He is known for his aggressive running game and tackles.

Maqala was spotted by Gareth Baber when Maqala was playing for the Dominion Brothers U-20 side.

Maqala was also part of the RKS team that won the Deans Trophy in 2018.

The Fiji Men’s 7s team will take on Australia at 4pm tomorrow in the Oceania 7s.

Fiji will then face the Oceania 7s team at 9.30pm tomorrow.

The national side has two more games on Saturday where they take on the All Blacks 7s team at 4.22pm and Australia at 9.30pm.

Fiji has two games on Sunday as well.

They take on the Oceania 7s team at 2.30pm and New Zealand at 8.07pm.

There are six rounds of matches in the Oceania 7s where each team will play each other twice.

The highest-ranked team after six matches will be declared the winner.

The Women’s 7s team will play Australia at 5.06pm Friday and New Zealand at 10.14pm.

They will play the Oceania 7s team at 4.44pm Saturday and Australia at 10.36pm.

The Women’s team will play New Zealand at 3.17pm and then play the Oceania 7s team at 8.33pm Sunday.


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