Huh. Well we guess Vidhya Lakhan really showed them who was "apolitical" (sarcasm).
If this is the calibre of the individual leading our NATIONAL Olympic Committee. He needs to double-check who he represents.
Fiji Rugby Union annoyed at suggestion of World Cup boycott
Posted at 23:01 on 01 June, 2011 UTC
The Fiji Rugby Union says it’s annoyed the Fiji National Olympic Committee publicly suggested it should boycott the Rugby World Cup over New Zealand’s potential ban of some of Fiji’s best players.
New Zealand has a travel ban on all military personnel and their family members in response to the 2006 military coup.
The Fiji Olympic Committee president Vidhya Lakhan, said if the IRB does not act on the issue, Fiji should consider a boycott.
But the Fiji Rugby Union CEO, Keni Dakuidreketi, says that comment was out of line.
“They have never really consulted us. They have never really had anything to do with the preparation for the World Cup and I’m not quite sure what angle they are coming from. We were annoyed with that sort of unsolicited statement coming from an organisation that has nothing to do with our World Cup preparation.”
Keni Dakuidreketi says on the issue of the travel ban, the FRU has written to the IRB expressing its concerns and is still awaiting an official response.
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I wonder if any of the rugby players gathering in Suva this week have any moral fibre?
The great Jonhu Lomu from NZ was a man of his religious convictions and withdrew from the All Blacks team because a test match was to be played on a Sunday.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all of the top Fijian players withdrew from the trials in protest at the militarization of the FRU.
After all, the FRU is now just a branch office of the illegal and immoral military junta.
Pote tale o VL...!
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