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Hayne's decision
Peni Mudunavonu
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Petero Civoniceva, the former Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s with his team Chris Tomlinson and Lauren Jagger at the Suva fish market yesterday. Picture: JOVESA NAISUA
"IT'S extremely exciting for someone like Jarryd Hayne confirming his availability for Fiji Bati and the fact that he wants to play for Fiji says a lot about him," former Kangaroo and Fiji Bati skipper Petero Civoniceva said.
Civoniceva said Hayne and the other boys who grew up in Australia were excited about the opportunity to represent Fiji because that meant representing their culture their identity and they were always proud to put on the Fiji Bati jersey.
"You know very easily he could play for Australia but he has decided that he wants to give back to Fiji and that is a great thing and you will find that a lot now, boys that have grown up in Australia are excited about the opportunity to represent Fiji."
Civoniceva is also trying to secure a Fiji-New South Wales (NSW) bid that will enable a local team selected by the Fiji National Rugby League to play in the NSW competition next year.
"We are working really hard to make that happen and I think that would really be a stepping stone and it could be very well the missing link because I think for our senior players here to get that exposure in to Australian professional competition".
He said they were working very hard to secure some very important sponsorship that would be vital in making the bid happen.
"At the moment we are very close, we are working hard with the New South Wales rugby league and they are very positive about us coming to their competition next year and we are looking at all talents we are not just looking at rugby league players we are looking at all Fijian athletes that will want to be a part of this great opportunity."
He said the selected players would just be professional players and they would just train and play in their facilities that they hoped would be set up in Sigatoka.
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