78-year old ardent rugby fan waiting for 7s heroes at the airport since morning

78-year old ardent rugby fan waiting for 7s heroes at the airport since morning

By Vijay Narayan, Filipe Naikaso and Antonio Rahiman
Thursday 21/05/2015
Ardent rugby fan, 78-year-old Bu Kini at the Nadi International Airport

Ardent rugby fan, 78-year-old Bu Kini who hails from Naitasiri is in Nadi to welcome the victorious Vodafone Fiji 7s team.

Bu Kini lives in Saunaka village in Nadi.

Bu Kini has been waiting at the Nadi International Airport since this morning for the arrival of our national heroes after they won the World Rugby 7s series title.

She is so excited and wants to thank the coach, Ben Ryan and the team for winning the World Sevens Series title.

More than 200 fans are awaiting at Nadi Airport to welcome the victorious Vodafone Fiji 7s team home.

People have come as far as Navosa, Lautoka and Suva to greet the players.

They are at the airport with Fiji flags and banners.

The team will be hosted to a dinner at Dratabu village tonight.

They will leave from Nadi to Suva tomorrow morning and will make key stopovers on the way to allow the fans to meet the National 7s team.

A march is being planned for 4pm tomorrow from the Suva Flea Market to Albert Park.

Formalities will then take place at Albert Park with the newly appointed Fiji Rugby Union Chairman, Francis Kean addressing the victorious team and fans.

A special fireworks display will follow to celebrate the win. A team from New Zealand is being brought in to do this.

The Vodafone Fiji 7s players will receive $78,000 in bonus payments.

Stay with us as we will bring you the latest updates on the National 7s team victory celebrations.

You can also catch the photos and stories on our website, fijivillage.com and on our facebook page, fijivillage.com

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