{"id":221376,"date":"2025-10-17T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221376\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:34:08","slug":"ex-world-sevens-player-of-the-year-nominee-headlines-fijiana-7s-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/221376\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-World Sevens Player of the Year nominee headlines Fijiana 7s squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fiji<\/a> Rugby have unveiled the 21-player extended squad for the women\u2019s sevens side ahead of the 2025\/26 HSBC SVNS Series season, which gets underway at the end of next month with the traditional season opener in Dubai.<\/p>\n

2024 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year nominee Reapi Ulunisau<\/a> headlines a strong Fijiana squad that includes another seven players who represented the national side at the Paris Olympic Games 15 months ago.<\/p>\n

Verenaisi Ditavutu, Sesenieli Donu<\/a>, Vika Nakacia, Ana Naimasi<\/a>, Adi Vani Buleki, Lavena Cavuru<\/a>, Ilisapeci Delaiwau<\/a> and Ulunisau were all selected to compete at Stade de France, with Fiji placing last in a tough pool that featured eventual finalists New Zealand<\/a> and Canada.<\/p>\n

On the SVNS Series last season, Fiji secured a fifth-place finish at the World Championship at Los Angeles\u2019 Dignity Health Sports Park. They defeated Japan<\/a> 46-29 in their final match of the season, placing above the likes of France<\/a> and Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Fijiana\u2019s best performance of the season was in Vancouver, where they finished as the tournament runners-up behind eventual SVNS Series champions New Zealand. They defeated Brazil<\/a> 46-0 and Japan 28-7 to book their place in the big dance.<\/p>\n

Fiji Rugby confirmed last week that the women\u2019s squad have begun their pre-season training ahead of the new campaign. They took on the NPU Men\u2019s team last week, as they continue to work towards the Dubai Sevens on November 29-30.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth our men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams are already in camp preparing, and they\u2019ll head to Dubai a week before the competition to acclimatise and get ready for the tournament,\u201d Fiji Rugby Union Acting Chief Executive Koli Sewabu<\/a> said, as reported by FBC News.<\/p>\n

World Rugby revealed the full 2025 SVNS Series season schedule on September 1. The new campaign begins in Dubai before a stop in Cape Town, South Africa, the following weekend on December 6-7.<\/p>\n

Singapore is the third destination of the season on January 31 to February 1. Australia, Vancouver and the USA \u2013 exact locations for events in Australia<\/a> and the USA<\/a> are yet to be announced \u2013 will also host regular season tournaments.<\/p>\n

As part of the new SVNS Series format, Hong Kong<\/a> China<\/a> will host the first of three World Championships legs on April 17-19. The SVNS Series will then head to Valladolid, Spain, on May 29-31, before the season finale in Bordeaux, France, on June 5-7.<\/p>\n

Fijiana extended squad for 2025\/26 HSBC SVNS Series season<\/p>\n

Lavena Cavuru, Sesenieli Donu, Ana Naimasi, Adimereani Rogosau, Ilisapeci Delaiwau<\/a>, Mere Vocevoce<\/a>, Sera Bolatini, Silika Qalo, Vika Nakacia, Kelera Luvu, Milika Drugunavanua, Michell Seruvatu, Mere Navue, Verenaisi Ditavutu, Mereula Torooti, Adita Milinia<\/a>, Reapi Ulunisau<\/a>, Varasika Tukana, Losana Kuruibua, Atelaite Ralivanawa, Vani Buleki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji Rugby have unveiled the 21-player extended squad for the women\u2019s sevens side ahead of the 2025\/26 HSBC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-221376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}