Rugby, vacancies, economy
Serevi’s view
MR A: “It’s interesting what Serevi recently said,” he said, pointing to Page 82 of The Fiji Times
of Saturday, April 17. Mr B: “E cava e tukuna o koya, tavale?” he asked as he leaned forward to see the page.
Mr A: “You know, Fiji is one of the best in the world in the game of sevens rugby, if not the best, but we always struggle like a B-grade team in 15s rugby, even against the second – tier teams.”
“Serevi said that one question he is always asked overseas, is just that my brother – why our Fiji 15s teams are not always as successful as our Fiji 7s teams.
“His answer is that because in sevens, we often stay together and play together, whereas in 15s, we often struggle as a bigger group to find time together, especially before an international match.”
Mr B: “Dina saraga o koya tavale,
he knows because he lived it and breathed it every day.
“Io Tavale e dua ga na ka?”
Mr A: “Io, e cava ya?” he asked hesitantly knowing that there would be some words of wisdom coming from his buddy.
Mr B: “Au kila ni invent taki na scrum, na maul, kei na yellow card for head tackle, e na 15s, me tarovi kina Fiji’s running rugby from beating all the other countries.
“Otherwise, o Viti e na jabeni, ina sevens kei na 15s talega, se cava tavale?”
Mr C: “Bhaiya what does he mean?” as he queried his other friend from behind the shop counter.
Mr A: “He said that they had invented the mauls and scrums and the yellow card for infringements – like the above the shoulder tackles – so as to stop Fiji from beating all the other countries in the 15s game, like we do in 7s rugby. They do not want us to be the world champ in both codes,” he added.
Mr C: “Wow bhaiya! Only our brother here can come up with some excuse like that, what say?”
“His got the excuse for everything, including his long-time dinau here,” he lamented laughingly.
That last statement certainly put a damper to that interesting discussion on our rugby prowess, at least from one of their friend’s point of view.
EDWARD BLAKELOCK
Admiral Circle, Pacific Harbour