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FIJI’S FIRST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SEPTEMBER 2015. ISSUE 73 www.thejetnewspaper.com 50 CENTS Fiji Restricts England Nemani Nadolo outjumps Watson to score Fiji’s only try. Photos: SUPPLIED. the try line following a brilliant was mediocre at best. Far from burst down the flanks and the off establishing a fruitful relation- day on penalty kicks by Nemani ship, they went together like love Nadolo and Ben Volavola. and divorce. DespiteBy England may expect, but itLoss is A penalty try, thanks to an ille- CHARLES not at all clear that England will gal intervention by the islanders’ CHAMBERS deliver at their own World Cup. scrum-half Niko Matawalu, who Chris Robshaw’s side found their was packed off to the cooler for way past the proudest, most his trouble. committed of Fijian sides before During his absence, Fiji found a Twickenham full house, de- themselves a long way up the The Flying Fijians have spite a bad outbreak of first-night creek: Ford was warming to his earned the respect and admira- nerves and a near terminal case game-managerial task despite tion of the nation despite going of butterfingered botch-uppery, the ropey service from Youngs down to hosts England 35-11 in but there was little in the hosts’ and there would have been a try the Rugby World Cup Opener. performance to keep Wales or in the right corner for his Bath In match that was continu- Australia from their slumbers. clubmate Anthony Watson but ously interrupted by the Televi- They saw a lot of the ball and for a wondrous tackle by Waisea sion Match Official (TMO), Fiji Mike Brown, the heart-and-soul Nayacalevu. Not that the respite held its own in the scrums and full-back, ended the match with lasted long. Sunia Koto, the Fijian defense, allowing the highly fan- a brace of tries that were fair hooker, overcooked the resulting spite a double tackle from the England messed up the scrum cied English side a brace of tries reward for a courageous perfor- line-out throw, bunging the ball May-Brown axis. At first sight, on their own line, Ben Volavola in both halves. mance in both attack and de- straight to the England flanker he appeared to have success- kicked high and diagonally for The first half lasted 50 min- fence. They also claimed a try- Tom Wood, and one clever little fully grounded the ball with a Nemani Nadolo stampeding to- utes, due to the TMO’s contin- scoring bonus point when the Jonathan Joseph tap-pass later, long stretch of the right arm. wards the left flag, and the earth andued thisinterruption has drawn of thethe matchire of smuggledreplacement the No ball 8 Billyover Vunipolawith the tryBrown of the was night. over for the second PeyperThe South had African originally referee awarded Jaco wingshook in asthe the sport most beat substantial Watson to rugby writers around the globe last move of the match. But the x-factor in Fijian rugby the try, but then put things on the catch and landed, heavily but and the line that needed to be But with the Fijian captain runs unfathomably deep, and it hold while the television replay legally, with five precious points drawn on match control be- Akapusi Qera in full warpaint surged to the surface when Ma- system did its worst. It was a in the bag. tween the referee and the TMO. and the centre Vereniki Goneva tawalu returned from his 10-min- depressing moment: the touch- As the head coach John This issue has prompted tackling himself to a standstill – ute break without the option. down was certainly incomplete, McKee put it so strikingly in his comments from the rugby lov- and leaving his many and varied Taking advantage of an im- but no one with a soul would eve-of-match commentary, they ing fraternity in Fiji on the ever victims in the same state – Eng- proving set-piece and some have complained had it been al- would have been “watching in growing powers of the TMO. land’s progress was often slow bold positioning at the rear of lowed to stand. their thousands, some of them in Playing at 8pm on a pitch to the point of stasis. What was the scrum from the No 8 Sakiusa Happily for the Fijians – and, it places where the whole popula- that was totally favorable to the more, the scrum failed to achieve Matadigo, the scrum-half sniped is reasonable to suggest, all those tion gathers together around a English, Fiji put up a mammoth the expected dominance and the down the blind side, dummying with the spirit of rugby running in single television set with a gen- performance and was lucky on crucial half-back link between away from Jonny May and win- their veins – they were able to re- erator and a satellite dish”. Nikola Matawalu’s knock on at Ben Youngs and George Ford ning the tear-up to the line de- spond in double-quick time. www.thejetnewspaper.com www.epapergallery.com/thejet “Fiji - the way the world should be” “ Being the hub of the Pacific, Fiji has everything that a spectacular tropical paradise has to offer - from private island resort accommodations, top class restaurants to white sandy beaches, inbound FROM THE DESK tours, jet boat rides, hot air balloon rides, mountain trekking, inland tours, eco tourism, sky diving, helicopter rides, cruise trips, scuba diving, massage and beauty parlours, vibrant night life and a Brave Blossoms lot more than any other destination in the world offers ” No longer can any rugby na- would not inflict a severe beat- ON THE BRIGHT SIDE tion be called a minnow. ing as would be the norm. No longer can tier one na- Much to their surprise, the tions look down on the smaller Japanese team, under the ca- rugby playing countries and pable reins of former Wallaby scoff at the idea of playing test mentor Eddie Jones, pulled off matches with them. the impossible and sent the rug- Japan, lived up to their new by world into frenzy. New Dam for Lautoka name the Brave Blossoms and Earlier our national team had of all nations, put an end to that held their own against host Eng- stigma. land, final score aside. It was blood, sweat and Fiji’s set pieces and defense tears for Japan, formerly known has improved immensely and as the Cherry Blossoms, that this has sent a warning to the erased that notion and set the Wallabies and Welsh sides. Rugby World Cup alight. However the moment be- Their defeat of power house longs to Japan for their out- By CHARLES CHAMBERS ter Authority of Fiji. and Nad“Governmenti is aware South Africa, stunned the rugby standing performance in a world and brought tears to the match that, on paper, would of the demand in water thousands of Japanese spec- have seen them being dished services in the Nadi – Lau- tators who had turned up to out a thrashing. Government today re- toka corridor and we will watch their team in England. This surely has inspired all iterated its plans to con- ensure that the neces- The execution of one of their minnows and will surely galva- struct a new dam in Sa- sary infrastructure is put tries was mesmerizing with a nize them into lifting their re- beto to complement the in place to cater for this backline move that had a com- maining games at RWC. Vaturu dam in light of the demand,” Minister Kumar mentator describe the move For the moment we say: Well as one which was executed by Done Japan rapid growth of Nadi and said. Minister Praveen Bala with WAF board members at Vaturu Dam. the famous Ella brothers during Lautoka. “My visit here is part of Photo: MINFO. their heyday with the Wallabies Minister for Infrastruc- the 20 – year Master Plan under Jones. ture Hon. Parveen Kumar (2013 – 2033) and to see and the various residential status would also generate A majority of them perhaps says Government recog- how far works have been lots would have access to interest in further invest- q CHARLES CHAMBERS praying that the Springboks nised the pace of growth carried out and what we water. ments and growth. in the two western hubs can expect in the future es- Nadi Chamber of Com- “We would also like to THE JET is Fiji’s first community newspaper published bi-monthly and would ensure that in- pecially in the next three to merce & Industry Presi- see other infrastructure by YOURSPACE LIMITED from Nadi - the tourism capital of Fiji. frastructure developments five years.” dent Dr Ram Raju wel- such as sewerage treat- were in place to cater for Minister Kumar was comed the announcement ments plants, waste dis- PUBLISHER : SAMUEL SHANKAR Cell: 9966115 the rising demand of wa- accompanied by the Wa- and added it was pleasing posal, roads, drainage and EDITOR/ NEWS : CHARLES CHAMBERS Cell: 9973290 ter. ter Authority board and to note that WAF is taking electricity taking a similar PRODUCTION : MUNAUWAR KHAN Cell: 9222456 Mr Kumar highlighted was pleased to note that proactive approach to al- approach in long term NEWS : SERELISONI MOCEICA Cell: 8317022 this during a visit to the the new developments in leviate water shortages in planning to ensure we are : KATHRIN KRISHNA Cell: 8425101 Nagado Water Treatment the Nadi – Lautoka corri- the future able to provide all the es- ADVERTISING : MARGARET NAQIRI Cell: 9360047 sential services needed : NAVINESH KRISHNA Cell: 8356609 Plant and the Vaturu dam dor such as the Momi Bay “Certainly Nadi and Lau- OFFICE PHONES : 6707075 / 6750443 on the highlands of Nadi Project, Pullman Resort in toka are expanding and to meet the demands,” Dr EMAIL : thejetnewspaper@gmail.com to see first-hand the cur- Wailoaloa Bay, the Fiji – further expansion plans Raju said.