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Fiji Southern U-16 prepare for Australian test

18 September 2015
Fiji Southern U-16 prepare for Australian test

The 18-strong Southern side were selected from the FFA Centre of Excellence U-16 competition, and will play a game against the Thornleigh Thunder FC U-16 side as part of the Sydney club’s three-game itinerary.This season Thornleigh won Sydney’s Gladesville-Hornsby Football Association U-16 grade, and have been preparing for the end-of-year Fiji games since March.Southern coach…

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18 September 2015
NZ officials learn from the best

Held at Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura, the course brings together 43 of the country’s national league officials and instructors to upskill on the latest trends and developments in refereeing led by FIFA instructor Steve Bennett and Oceania Football Head of Refereeing Mark Hester.Bennett, a former FIFA referee who officiated in the English Premier League…

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18 September 2015
League pauses as Les Cagous regroup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifier is scheduled for February in Tahiti and national team coach William Bret is keen to take a side that is in the best possible position to contest Oceania’s sole berth in Colombia 2016.Bret has called on a 21-strong group to take part in the camp which boasts five goalkeepers…

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18 September 2015
Issue Eight is out now

In the latest edition, we celebrate the Tiki Toa’s momentous achievements in Portugal at the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, we also take a closer look at the legacy the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup has left in Oceania. The Big Interview features New Zealand Football technical director Rob Sherman and the contribution he…

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18 September 2015
Big attendance set for Fiji Just Play festival

More than 300 children have confirmed their attendance for the Just Play beach soccer festival, which will take place in the village of Kiuva on Saturday.It follows last month’s two-day Just Play festival in Suva, which also attracted over 300 participants, with the theme of hand washing and wellness.Fiji Football Association Just Play manager Lavenia…

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17 September 2015
OFC Insider Magazine Issue 8
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17 September 2015
Vanuatu excited for U-20 challenge

The Vanuatu side have 12 players still in their squad from the last edition of the tournament in February last year, although they haven’t played a single international game since then.But that isn’t worrying coach Joel Rarua, who says he can’t wait to lead his side into the tournament at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in…

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17 September 2015
Ferns get amongst it

The celebration of the female game runs all week until Sunday and there are a host of activities taking place, including have-a-go sessions, school festivals and girls-only coaching courses, in both schools and clubs throughout the country.But the highlight of the week so far has been the appearances by Football Ferns players, three of whom…

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17 September 2015
Tonga U-15 tour encourages change in philosophy

That is why this month’s Tonga U-15 tour of Auckland is so valuable to the game at all levels.Two squads made up of 25 boys and 20 girls, some aged as young as 13, are in the middle of a two-week development trip to Auckland where the focus is on exposing them to a whole…

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16 September 2015
Te Vahine debuts

Six teams are taking part in the FTF supported eight-a-side league; Faa’a, Punaauia, Pirae, Papeete, Mahina and Arue.OFC Technical Director Patrick Jacquemet made a recent return to Tahiti to run a FIFA Women’s Coaching Course which he believes was an excellent starting point for the coaches and players going into the Te Vahine season.“I think…

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