Australian rugby league boss to visit Fiji for talks
The Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie will be in Suva next Monday.
This was confirmed yesterday by Fiji National Rugby League executive chairman Peni Musunamasi indicating that Beattie will visit the FNRL office in Suva. ‘We are to discuss a few matters regarding Rugby League International Federation and its international calendars,” Musunamasi said.
The meeting with the FNRL board of directors will be held next Tuesday morning before a press conference is called. Beattie a former Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trades has replaced John Grant as the ARL chairman since he has moved on to become RLIF chairman.
PACIFIC TOUR
According to NRL, Beattie will first travel with the Australian Prime Minister’s team to Port Moresby for tomorrow’s game in Papua New Guinea.
“We have an incredible game both in Australia and abroad and over the course of the next few weeks, our Australian men’s and women’s teams will take part in matches in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand,” Beattie said. Former Vodafone Fijian Bati and now Australian forward Reagan Campbell- Gillard is part of the Australian PM’s team while Patricia Raikadroka is part of the women’s side.
BRIGHT FUTURE
“Along with matches, our teams will take part in important social and educational campaigns in classrooms and amongst local communities.
“I look forward to participating in these programmes, and visiting two of our Pacific neighbours, who contribute a great deal to the success of our game. “Both Papua New Guinea and Fiji, along with other Pacific nations, have bright futures in our game and together, we will continue to work on expansion opportunities both on and off the field.”