The Fiji Bula Boys have won the MSG Prime Minister\u2019s Cup 2026 after defeating defending champions Vanuatu 1-0 in the final at the HFC Bank Stadium.<\/p>\n
Thomas Dunn fired Fiji ahead in the 10th minute, sending the home crowd into celebration.<\/p>\n
Fiji took the 1-0 lead into half-time before holding off Vanuatu in the second half to seal the victory and lift the title on home soil.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile,\u00a0Fiji captain Roy Krishna says the Bula Boys were determined to win the MSG Prime Minister\u2019s Cup on home soil after working hard for the opportunity to lift a trophy in front of their home fans.<\/p>\n
He also thanked the fans for their support during the tournament and urged them to continue backing the young Fiji team.<\/p>\n
He also dedicated the win to the team, his teammate Tevita Warainivalu for his hard work and coach Stephane Auvray.<\/p>\n
Fiji Bula Boys coach Stephane Auvray says the team had to change its game plan and become more compact defensively to protect their 1-0 lead against Vanuatu in the MSG Prime Minister\u2019s Cup final.<\/p>\n
Auvray says Fiji initially tried to play according to their first-half plan, but when they realised it was not working, they switched three players in midfield to become more compact and solid.<\/p>\n
He says Fiji could have done better with the chances they created but was pleased the team managed to hold on and secure the victory.<\/p>\n
Krishna says the victory is only the beginning for the team and believes the side has a big future under the current coaching setup.<\/p>\n
He says the team is young and will need time to develop, but continued support from the fans will be important.<\/p>\n
The victory was also sweet revenge for the Bula Boys after Vanuatu defeated Fiji 1-0 during the round-robin stage of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fiji Bula Boys have won the MSG Prime Minister\u2019s Cup 2026 after defeating defending champions Vanuatu 1-0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[305441,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-620578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-msg-prime-minister-s-cup","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}