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Despite Valerie Mai's family not wanting her to play AFL at first, Mai turned them around and has now represented the PNG Flames on an international level. Mai is also actively developing the game in her homeland, helped write a children's book on her cousin Hewago Oea and is about to play in the Pacific Cup in Australia for the Flames.
Sam Wykes is also joined by Fijian Lailanie Burns and Papua New Guinean Jamie Haro to chat about basketball, football, boxing and plenty more.
For the first time since 2004, the Fiji men's netball team will play an international game when they head to Singapore for the 'Nations Cup' in December. Coach Jioweli Vakamoce and captain Kitione Waqavonovono talk to us about the acceptance of the sport in Fiji for men, the recognition they're...
Published 11/21/24
Varun Lal left his family in Fiji to pursue a career in engineering in Australia but it's powerlifting that's connected him to his new homeland. Lal is about to represent Australia in a sport that he's only been doing for one year, but has changed his life and made him feel like he has a...
Published 11/07/24