SKIPPER Suva works towards full CUP COVID-19 vaccination
Fiji Rugby Skipper Cup 2020 champions, the Suva rugby team leads by example in completing their second jab for COVID 19 vaccine as they look forward to the continuation of the competition.
Suva team manager Nemani Tuifagalele said their approach towards the second jab policy remains their primary goal as they want to complete the vaccination as soon as possible.
“Presently we are on our way to achieving full vaccination for all our players and Suva stands at 75 per cent and we the rest should get their second jabs by the first week of October,” Tuifagalele said.
We are also ensuring that the players continue to train so that we are ready to regroup if the season resumes later next month.
“We have been providing daily training schedule to all our players over the last three weeks and we are hoping to get a feedback from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) to allow us to train within our bubble (30 to gather outside) - through training together then only we can only gauge their fitness,” said Tuifagalele.
The capital side is on the verge of exposing more players from their development into the Skipper competition as the Fijian Drua pathway paints an opportunity for players to focus on.
“Yes but on the other hand we are glad to see the rugby pathway being realised for some of them - it pushes Suva further to maximize their development program in line with its core mission and values as a strong and better rugby Union producing quality rugby players - we trust our process to train and develop players and like all other seven unions, we are keen to return to play and defend the Skipper Cup for the fourth season,” he said.
The return to play policy will now focus on the mental and physical fitness of players.
“The outbreak period has left everyone guessing whether we will arrive at this stage seeing the number of infected people reduced dramaticallymoreover it has affected everyone including rugby players and their families - rehabilitation of players is what we intend to introduce to get their minds up before returning to play - players have to be fit in all facets of their lives & training their minds to adjust to situations like this is paramount,” said Tuifagalele.