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2006-12-04 Down Under

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Posted by Steve White 2006-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The problem in Fidji is that the colonizers brought Indian workers until these outnumbered the locals (sounds familiar?) and now prime miniter is most of the time an Indian. That doesn't fit weel with then Fijians who control the Army.

Also there is a culture shock because Indian teachers teach soccer to their Fijian pupils while their fathers would have them learning Rugby.

Now don't miss an opportunity to see the Fijians playing Rugby (specially 7 Ruby where they are best in world), they have an amazing creativiy, rarely kick the ball out of the field (that comes because as child they played barefooted with coconuts) and often pass the ball one handed like football quaterbacks but with the far bigger and heavier rugby ball.

In 1987 they came close to eliminate France (the hand slipped from the hands of half fly Koroduadua who had an open highway for the try but was holding tha ball one handed) in quarter finals and in 1999 or 2003 (don't remember) only partial refereeing impeded them from eliminating the French.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-12-04 03:42|| 2006-12-04 03:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol, Commander? I thought he was a Commodore - got demoted, eh?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-12-04 08:16|| 2006-12-04 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 JFM, what in the world did you just say?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-04 10:21|| 2006-12-04 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 JFM him say:
Division II Fiji nearly took out top 10 France but for a fumble towards the end of the game.

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Posted by Leg Bowler Jones 2006-12-04 13:50|| 2006-12-04 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 My money sez 3:1 on rugby players wailing on soccer players during any coup or civil war.

Posted by ed 2006-12-04 14:40|| 2006-12-04 14:40|| Front Page Top

#6 JFM - all too true, but you left out one important part. Many of the Indians the British brought to Fiji were muslims. Today, 80% of the businesses are owned by Indians, and the majority of the government is Indian. The Fijians have little problems with the Hindus, but there are major problems with other groups. There is also little industry other than tourism. Fiji is not on anyone's beaten path, so even that is hampered. There are some other major problems, too. The Fijians still maintain control of the military, but the police is mostly Indian. There is no love lost, especially when the non-Fijians out-breed the natives by about seven to two.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-12-04 14:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-04 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Time and again genius of French three quarters has dazzled their British and to a far lessser degree, Southern hemisphere opponents but in this day of 1987 they looked like teenagers facing the Harlem Globe Trotters (that is if the Trotters played serious) completely outbrained.

But that idiot Koro Dua Dua, he was at fifteen yards of the French line, there was no French betwen him and the line and he had a ten yards lead over his nearest pursuer but instead of running with the ball clutched to his chest like every other rugby player in history, he was holding it like athetes hold the baton in relay races: in one hand and moving this in synchro with his legs. Then the ball slipped from his hand.

But I have never seen such pure wizardry in a rugby field like the one displayed by the Fijians this day.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-12-04 17:50|| 2006-12-04 17:50|| Front Page Top

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