Richard Iwai leaves Vanuatu to work in Australia

One of the greatest Ni-Vanuatu footballers of all time, Yatel’s head coach Richard Iwai left his homeland to work in an Australian farm for seven months. Assistant coach Kiki Hinge will manage the team from now on.

It is a very common practice in Vanuatu and many players leave the country every single year to work in farms for some monhts as the local football is not professional so the players need to earn money someway.

Tafea players Junior Felix and Malakai Andrew recently left the country to work in an Australian farm. Tupuji Imere also suffered with the same issue this season as Fenedy Masauvakalo and Chikau Mansale left the country in last November to work while Raoul Coulon recently came back from Aussie.

Iwai is the all time top scorer of Vanuatu National Football Team with 20 goals.