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Sale's Sevens Diary - Buckingham Palace
21 May, 2011
Bula Everyone.
We had a visit from former Fiji captain and team mate of mine Mojee Rauluni. He is an academy coach with Saracens and, from our conversation, enjoying his new calling. It was good to see him again after so many years.
This morning the team had a pool session followed by some stretching before we proceeded to breakfast. Joe Savou had asked to go and visit his son (Filimoni) in Yorkshire. Apparently he has been one of the standout performers for the U16s here in England. We wish Fili well in his studies and rugby at Terrington Hall School.
After breakfast our ever faithful liaison officers, John Howard and Phil Greenhalgh, took us into London where we were met by Derek Derenalagi. We wanted to be in time for the changing of the guards at 11:00 am. We were certainly not disappointed as there were masses of people around Buckingham Palace.
It was like everyone at the front of the palace was reliving the Royal Wedding that took place two weeks ago. We parked at the Guards Barracks which houses the Regiment that looks after the Palace. We met a Fijian in that regiment from Ra, Eparama Lala. He also became our tour guide instantly as there were Kadavu and Nadroga players in the team. He had no choice really!
Watching the parade at the Buckingham Palace was worth writing home about so here you go. London has so much history and places that we have only heard about.
From Buckingham Palace, we walked down to Westminster Abbey where the actual Royal Wedding took place. Talk about reliving the moment. It was a great day for us as we were back on the bus by 1pm returning to the hotel. It has been a wonderful day which I’m sure the boys enjoyed. Check out the photos on our facebook site.
Whilst the tour around London has been interesting and exciting, the main reason for us being here is still to come and that takes place at Twickenham where Portugal is destined to meet us at 11:15 am tomorrow morning.
We had a pool session at 4:30 pm before dinner. We had devotion at 8:30 pm and the jerseys were presented by Derek Derenalagi. There were a few relatives of players who came around to pick up tickets. Sireli Naqelevuki also paid us a visit.
The day had been organised to take the players’ minds away from rugby for a while before we meet Portugal.
Moce mada.
View photos of the team at the England and Scotland 7s on Fiji Rugby's facebook page.
Related articles:
Sale's Sevens Diary - Heroes for Life - 20 May, 2011
Sale's Sevens Diary - the Management Meeting - 19 May, 2011
21 May, 2011
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| Digicel Fiji 7s team manager, Sale Sorovaki |
We had a visit from former Fiji captain and team mate of mine Mojee Rauluni. He is an academy coach with Saracens and, from our conversation, enjoying his new calling. It was good to see him again after so many years.
This morning the team had a pool session followed by some stretching before we proceeded to breakfast. Joe Savou had asked to go and visit his son (Filimoni) in Yorkshire. Apparently he has been one of the standout performers for the U16s here in England. We wish Fili well in his studies and rugby at Terrington Hall School.
After breakfast our ever faithful liaison officers, John Howard and Phil Greenhalgh, took us into London where we were met by Derek Derenalagi. We wanted to be in time for the changing of the guards at 11:00 am. We were certainly not disappointed as there were masses of people around Buckingham Palace.
It was like everyone at the front of the palace was reliving the Royal Wedding that took place two weeks ago. We parked at the Guards Barracks which houses the Regiment that looks after the Palace. We met a Fijian in that regiment from Ra, Eparama Lala. He also became our tour guide instantly as there were Kadavu and Nadroga players in the team. He had no choice really!
Watching the parade at the Buckingham Palace was worth writing home about so here you go. London has so much history and places that we have only heard about.
From Buckingham Palace, we walked down to Westminster Abbey where the actual Royal Wedding took place. Talk about reliving the moment. It was a great day for us as we were back on the bus by 1pm returning to the hotel. It has been a wonderful day which I’m sure the boys enjoyed. Check out the photos on our facebook site.
Whilst the tour around London has been interesting and exciting, the main reason for us being here is still to come and that takes place at Twickenham where Portugal is destined to meet us at 11:15 am tomorrow morning.
We had a pool session at 4:30 pm before dinner. We had devotion at 8:30 pm and the jerseys were presented by Derek Derenalagi. There were a few relatives of players who came around to pick up tickets. Sireli Naqelevuki also paid us a visit.
The day had been organised to take the players’ minds away from rugby for a while before we meet Portugal.
Moce mada.
View photos of the team at the England and Scotland 7s on Fiji Rugby's facebook page.
Related articles:
Sale's Sevens Diary - Heroes for Life - 20 May, 2011
Sale's Sevens Diary - the Management Meeting - 19 May, 2011
Other May 2011 News
| SA claim Edinburgh 7s as Fiji takes home the plate | 30 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 11 Results | 29 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - Keeping focus | 29 May, 2011 |
| Stallions stampede over Northland 33-3 | 28 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - Murrayfield | 27 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 11 Team Lists | 27 May, 2011 |
| Satala's Unit wishes him well | 26 May, 2011 |
| Lee Smith's Coaching Corner: The Development of Attacking Play (Part 4) | 26 May, 2011 |
| Caucau to focus on personal life | 26 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - Edinburgh Castle | 26 May, 2011 |
| Naqelevuki loving time at Chiefs | 25 May, 2011 |
| Fiji - the biggest attraction in the shortened game | 25 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - A perfectly executed game plan | 25 May, 2011 |
| South Africa beat Fiji to win London 7s | 23 May, 2011 |
| World record crowd attends London 7s | 22 May, 2011 |
| England falters as Fiji, Aus and NZ remain unbeaten | 22 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 10 Results | 22 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - Buckingham Palace | 21 May, 2011 |
| Ravaga hat-trick as Lautoka crush Navosa | 21 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 10 Team Lists | 20 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - Heroes for Life | 20 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - the Management Meeting | 19 May, 2011 |
| Sevens Heaven | 19 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - 30 hours of travel | 18 May, 2011 |
| Sale's Sevens Diary - At Incheon Airport enroute to London | 17 May, 2011 |
| Fraser Talk: The Good Wolf | 17 May, 2011 |
| Suva pace sinks Rewa 19-8 | 15 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 9 Results | 15 May, 2011 |
| PM farewells Digicel Fiji 7s team | 15 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 9 Team Lists | 13 May, 2011 |
| Unified Fiji Primary School Kaji Rugby Union announces festival and venue dates | 13 May, 2011 |
| Fijians help the British Army claim Inter-Services crown | 12 May, 2011 |
| A place in the Play-offs | 12 May, 2011 |
| Discipline improves in the Digicel Cup | 11 May, 2011 |
| Regulation 10.1 Concussion | 11 May, 2011 |
| Fiji Rugby's Kaji Rugby Skills Camp Report | 11 May, 2011 |
| Revised IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2011 Schedule Announced | 10 May, 2011 |
| Lee Smith's Coaching Corner: The Development of Attacking Play (Part 3) | 10 May, 2011 |
| Lee Smith's Coaching Corner: Will We See More Mauling? | 10 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Fiji 7s squad named for England and Scotland | 10 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 8 Results | 08 May, 2011 |
| 2011 Digicel Cup Rd 8 Tables | 08 May, 2011 |
| Nadroga earn bonus point 31-3 win over Nadi | 07 May, 2011 |
| Ratuvou try helps Lyon's promotion fight | 05 May, 2011 |
| Ngamoki-Cameron is PM's nominee to FRU Board | 05 May, 2011 |
| Digicel Cup Rd 8 Team Lists | 05 May, 2011 |
| Young Savou shines in Saracen colours | 04 May, 2011 |
| Lee Smith's Coaching Corner: The Development of Attacking Play (Part 2) | 02 May, 2011 |
| New FRU Board elected | 01 May, 2011 |
