RUGBY in the Pacific continues to make giant changes with the inclusion of the first three officers in the Oceania Region to be accredited as World Rugby Judicial Officers (WRJO).
Two of the new appointments are women.
Fiji international lawyer Ana Tuiketei and Samoa former attorney-general Brenda Heather-Latu have broken barriers in what is deemed in the Pacific still as a male-dominated sport taking women’s active participation in rugby to a new level.
“There is room for women to be active in sports in terms of their profession,” said Tuiketei.
Lawyers by profession, both women are being accredited World Rugby Judicial Officers and they are authorised to sit in hearings of rugby players who are cited during games or after the review and will sit on the judging panel to handle certain cases in line with World Rugby sanctions for Foul Play- Regulation 17.
“In terms of rugby, we women can now contribute not only in the field, but also in the boardroom,” Tuiketei said.
“We can contribute in the papers that are being passed around in the policies,” she said.
