Rewa smashes Navua to advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals

Navua and Rewa clashed at Churchill Park in Lautoka in the final day of 2020 Battle of the Giants’ group stage. Both teams were tied in the second position of the Group B with three points each and the winner of this contest would advance to the semi-finals. Current Vodafone Premier League leaders Rewa showedContinue reading “Rewa smashes Navua to advance to Battle of the Giants semi-finals”

Reigning champions Labasa knocked out of BOG as they drew against Nasinu

The last day of 2020 Battle of the Giants’ group stage started with a clash between Labasa and Nasinu at Churchill Park in Lautoka. Both teams did not have a good performance which is understandable because most players were playing for the third time in three days. Ilisoni Lolaivalu opened the scoreboard for Labasa inContinue reading “Reigning champions Labasa knocked out of BOG as they drew against Nasinu”

Lautoka is out of Battle of Giants’ semifinals

Despite still having one match to be played in the Group A of the 2020 edition of the Battle of Giants, Lautoka is already eliminated from the Battle of Giants – the two defeats the club had against Rewa and Navua let them with no chances to proceed. The first match of the team coachedContinue reading “Lautoka is out of Battle of Giants’ semifinals”

Antonio Tuivuna available for Labasa in decisive match against Nasinu

The ‘2019 Fiji FA Player of the Year’ Antonio Tuivuna will be available for the coach Ronil Lal in the decisive clash in Group A of 2020 Battle of Giants. Labasa draw their both matches so far in the tournament against Suva and Ba and will have a very important clash against Nasinu to decideContinue reading “Antonio Tuivuna available for Labasa in decisive match against Nasinu”

Nadi qualifies for BOG semifinal as they beat Rewa by minimum advantage

After a convicing win over Navua by 4-1 in its debut match in the competition, Nadi certainly would have a strong opponent to face in its second match in Battle of Giants; the team captained by Avinesh Suwamy played against the Marika Rodu-coached side Rewa – both sides needed only a win to qualify forContinue reading “Nadi qualifies for BOG semifinal as they beat Rewa by minimum advantage”

Labasa and Ba draw in second matchday of Battle of Giants

The Babasiga Lions had a hard challenge when they played Ba this Saturday (08th Aug) at Churchill Park; the team comanded by Ronil Lal needed to collect points from this clash as they draw their first match in the competition against Suva. Ba celebrated a big win over Nasinu by 7-3 in its debut inContinue reading “Labasa and Ba draw in second matchday of Battle of Giants”

Navua records famous win over Lautoka

Navua suffered a harsh defeat against Nadi in their debut in 2020 edition of Battle of Giants – the club is also at the bottom of the table in Vodafone Premier League, but nothing of these stopped the experienced Navua to overcome the hosts of BOG by 3-1 in both sides second match in theContinue reading “Navua records famous win over Lautoka”

Marlon Nonone: Nasinu is back stronger

Solomon Islands’ Marlon Nonone was instrumental for Nasinu very much needed win over Suva; the attacker scored a brace in the match – two important goals in the second half that sealed the win for the Giant Killers in a surprising win over the favourites Suva. Just after the match, Oceania Football Center talked toContinue reading “Marlon Nonone: Nasinu is back stronger”

Giant Killers: Marlon Nonone brace helps Nasinu to stun Suva in Battle of Giants

The first match of the second day of football in Fiji’s traditional tournament Battle of Giants had one Solomon Islander as the most important part of the game; Nasinu, that could not count on their head coach Tagi Vonolagi guiding the team after being red carded in the previous match of his side, stuned theContinue reading “Giant Killers: Marlon Nonone brace helps Nasinu to stun Suva in Battle of Giants”

Patrick Taroga: from absence to become Suva’s hero against Labasa

The first matchday of 2020 Battle of the Giants is already gone and the second matchday will kick-off in a few hours. However it is very important to talk about a player that became a hero due to a plot twist: Patrick Taroga. A plot twist is an unexpected development in a book, film orContinue reading “Patrick Taroga: from absence to become Suva’s hero against Labasa”