FOR 104 years Suva Rugby Union has groomed a lot of national rugby players through its Escott Shield competition that started in 1913.
The prestigious silverware named after Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott who was a British colonial administrator and governor of the Seychelles, British Honduras, Leeward Islands and Fiji. Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, the governor in 1913, gave the Escott Shield for the club championship, which was won by the Pacific Club and 104 years later is still competed for by Suva Rugby Union clubs.
Suva Rugby Union chairman Penioni Naliva said they would continue the tradition of grooming more players to represent the country in rugby.
“For the community teams in the competition, it has been a showcase of their ability to breed and display their brand of grassroots players and rugby,” he said.
Navy will face Police Blue in the Escott Shield final today
“Traditionally Navy and Police have been powerhouses in the Suva rugby competition,” Naliva said.
“They are no strangers to each other.
“Police and Navy have met countless times over the years. Police have been camping since the quarter-final and will want to repeat their defeat of Navy last year in the quarter-finals.”
