Olympic Committee meeting

Auckland will host the annual general assembly week of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) from Sunday.

ONOC said the week-long meeting will bring together National Olympic Committees, athletes, partners, and stakeholders shaping the future of sport in the Pacific.

Across seven days, ONOC will host a series of forums and engagements designed to align the region around the next Olympic cycle and beyond.

League contract extension

Fiji Bati player Sunia Turuva will remain with Wests Tigers through until 2030.

Turuva, originally contracted until the end of 2027, has put pen-to-paper on a three-year extension.

Turuva said he is happy at the club as they continue to build their game under coach Benji Marshall.

Fellow Bati player, Jahream Bula, has also extended his stay at the club until the end of 2030.

Drua women's sponsorship

The Fijian Drua women's rugby team has secured McDonald's Fiji as their new sponsor for the 2026 Super Rugby Women's season.

The sponsorship was jointly announced by the Drua and McDonald's Fiji management at the Drua home base in Nadi on Wednesday.

Drua CEO Jeff Miller said the sponsorship acknowledge the power and appeal of women's rugby in Fiji.

The Drua women's team will meet Waratahs women in a pre-season trial match in Suva on Saturday, before the two teams meet again in the 2026 Super Rugby Women's season opener on 6 June in Sydney.

Drua contract extension

Taupo-born Sairusi Ravudi has extended his Fijian Drua contract until 2028.

The club says Ravudi, recruited this year as one of 12 players in the development squad, has impressed since making his debut against the Brumbies in Ba in round five.

Ravudi says he is grateful and blessed to be given the chance to sign full-time with the Drua, having grown up and played his rugby in New Zealand.

General manager of the team's high performance unit Baden Stephenson said Ravudi has made an immediate impact at the club.

Rugby eligibility

Former England rugby number eight Billy Vunipola says he will not switch to play for Tonga at the 2027 Rugby World Cup, even though he is eligible to do so.

Planet Rugby reports Vunipola was proud to represent his Tongan heritage while playing for England.

Vunipola, whose dad Fe'ao was an 'Ikale Tahi captain, said he does not want to block a young Tongan player from making the team by making himself available for Tonga.

Meanwhile, his brother Mako has been recalled to the England squad to prepare for the upcoming Nations Championship in July.

Rugby India league

Season two of the Rugby Premier League in India will feature a women's competition when the event kicks off in Hyderabad next month.

A number of sevens stars from around the globe have already been recruited to play for teams in the two categories.

In the men's six-team competition this includes Fiji's Joseva Talacolo and Viwa Naduvalo, New Zealand's Regan Ware and Brady Rush, and Australia's Maurice Longbottom.

Fijiana's Ana Naimasi and USA's Nia Toliver are two of the stars named in the women's competition, which has four teams.

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