Champion wary of opposition

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Members of the Police Blue and Police White teams after a training session at the Nasova ground in Suva yesterday. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU

Defending champion Police Blue coach Sale Tubuna said they were well aware of what to expect at this year’s tournament, knowing that other teams would be out to claim their scalp at this year’s Marist 7s tournament.

“We respect every team at the tournament, we know every team will have prepared well and we respect the dedication that goes with it,” Tubuna said.

“We will focus on lifting our performance in every game with the focus at the end of the day is that we defend our title.”

Tubuna said they had put together a strong outfit for this year’s tournaments not lacking in quality.

“We are fortunate to have the services of some of our players who have been recently involved in the Skipper Cup, ” he said.

“It has allowed us to pull together two strong teams that we marched into camp last week and that will feature at the tournament as well as go forward into our title defence.”

Notable names in the Police Blue squad include Rusiate Matai, Livai Ikanikoda, Kitione Taliga, Keponi Paul, Terio Tamani, Manueli Laqai, Sakeo Railoa, Samisoni Viriviri, Waisea Nacuqu, Suliano Volivoli and Apenisa Cakaubalavu to name a few.

“The players are excited and ready to go, for sure we have a job to do and hopefully we can get it done.”

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