Rugby has allowed me to help out my family - Fijiana Drua Manager

Rugby has allowed me to help out my family - Fijiana Drua Manager

By Rashika Kumar
Wednesday 08/03/2023
Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua Manager Alisi Komaitai

Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua Manager, Alisi Komaitai says rugby has allowed her to help out her family and provide for them whenever they have asked for something.

While speaking during a panel discussion organised by the Fijian Media Association's Women in Media, Komaitai says she is from the prominent island of Bau and started playing rugby from a young age.

She says she used to get punished for playing rugby as her traditional role on the island is to direct the people in a proper way.

Komaitai says she was told that it is a sport not for girls but for boys however, it did not deter her passion for rugby.

She says she tried her best to stick to education because her father always encouraged her to get an education and get church education but not rugby.

The Manager says she played her first official rugby game at tertiary level in 2005 when she played for USP against FIT.

She says she joined the Striders Women’s Rugby Club and went on to join the Suva Union Women’s and got to don the white jersey in 2018 as a 15s and 7s player in the development team's tour of Japan.

She says she never thought she would have a managerial position in her rugby career but was lucky that Striders taught her club management and she later got to manage the Suva provincial team last year that won the Marama Competition.

She says being the Manager of the Fijiana Drua is a huge challenge for her but she is thankful for Fiji Rugby Union development officers for believing in her.


FNRL
FEATURE NEWS
GCC members hope for a review of the 2013 Constitution
The Great Council of Chiefs hopes that the 2013 Constitution will be reviewed after the Solicitor General updated the members in today’s meeting tha...
52 minutes ago
LATEST NEWS
Bala asks who are these sources that covered 91% of costs while DPM Prasad says Bala should do some research
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Parveen Bala says the recent statement by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Professor Biman Prasad, ...
44 minutes ago

Residents from Lami to Nausori likely to face water cuts due to water turbidity
Thousands of residents living in areas between Lami to Nausori are likely to face water cuts due to a steady increase in raw water turbidity levels ...
5 hours ago

18 people undergoing treatment after bus collides with 4x4 vehicle in Lautoka
18 people are currently being treated at the Lautoka Hospital after a Goundar Shipping bus collided with a 4x4 vehicle this afternoon. Police have ...
5 hours ago

Barriers to digital finance leave vulnerable Fijians struggling
Vulnerable groups across Fiji—including elderly villagers, low-income families and rural communities face significant obstacles in accessing ...
6 hours ago

Education Ministry investigates alleged grant misuse and workplace harassment at Ba school
The Ministry of Education is investigating allegations of misuse of the Free Education Grant and workplace harassment at a primary school in Ba, ...
6 hours ago



fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan
Latest Videos

Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations

CFL radio frequencies
yb
IN DEPTH
Sporting federations demand answers from FASANOC
National sporting federations who are part of Fiji Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee or FASANOC, are still calling for answers and ...
5 days ago

Continuous Radiology and Pharmacy services are now expected at Government Hospitals
Serious concerns are being raised by the public as the Ministry of Health has decided that radiology services and pharmacies at Government hospitals ...
6 days ago

Ratu Wiliame Katonivere declines Presidential nomination after an internal audit and investigation report
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere decided to decline Rabuka's nomination of him to serve a second term ...
7 days ago

TOP