FIJI fielded its first-ever women’s touch rugby team to a Pacific Games this year.
Team section manager to the Pacific Games Olita Antonio confirmed this to this newspaper saying in the past Pacific Games, Fiji had always taken the men’s and the mixed touch rugby teams.
“This is the first time we took a women’s touch rugby team to a Pacific Games,” Antonio said.
Meanwhile, touch rugby was introduced to the Pacific Games in 2003 at Suva in Fiji.
It is an optional sport for the Pacific Games program, and the tournaments include men’s, women’s and mixed competitions.
The first touch rugby tournament competed at the Pacific Mini Games was played in the Cook Islands in 2009.
This year’s competition which is being held over six days at the Faleata Sports Field started yesterday and will end on Saturday.
The Fiji touch rugby team which will be taking a total of 28 participants (men & women) last won a medal in 2007 when the men’s touch rugby team beat Samoa 6-4 to win gold.
