The Nadroga Rugby Union season starts next weekend with the Nadroga 10s tournament at Lawaqa Park in Sigatoka.
Union president Tiko Matawalu said the coming season would be a challenging one to the former Fijian provincial rugby giant.
“This is an important season for us,” Matawalu said.
“We have a lot of challenges and we do not want to repeat what we went through last year.”
Nadroga returned empty-handed in rugby last year. Compared with past years, the Stallions would end the year with one of Fiji’s coveted rugby silverware in its Talenavuruvuru House trophy cabinet.
Last year was different. Nadroga failed to regain the Skipper Cup and lost its grip on the Farebrother-Sullivan Trophy. Starting early this year would allow the westerners time to warm up for the coming season.
“We want to return strongly, so the Nadroga 10s next week is the starting of our season.
“We will have teams from within Nadroga and Navosa and we are also inviting interested teams from outside Nadroga.
“The tournament will also allow us to see some of our untapped talents.”
Teams interested could contact Matawalu on 9626385.
