{"id":489186,"date":"2026-02-19T02:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489186\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:45:11","slug":"schools-rugby-league-to-start-this-weekend-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489186\/","title":{"rendered":"School\u2019s rugby league to start this weekend \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FSSRL.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The countdown for the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby League competition is now underway after the official launch at Albert Park in Suva this morning.<\/p>\n<p>FSSRL president Naisa Toko says rugby league in Fiji is no longer just a sport, but a career pathway and platform for locals to pursue.<\/p>\n<p>He urged school team captains who gathered at the launch to compete with pride, dedication and ambition this season.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With rugby league growing rapidly in the Pacific, he urged them not to take the tournament lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompete with pride and honor for your respective schools and teams. Rugby league is no longer a sport but a business, a career opportunity for players looking to compete on the world stage. So get ready to give your best and make your schools proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Round one of each zones will start this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The countdown for the Fiji Secondary Schools Rugby League competition is now underway after the official launch at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-489186","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\/489186","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=489186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}