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Injuries rule duo out for the season

Summary by FijiTimes
THE Swire Shipping Fijian Drua have been dealt a major blow ahead of their upcoming matches, with key players ruled out for the remainder of the season due to injuries. Head coach Glen Jackson confirmed that former captain Meli Derenalagi will not return this year after suffering a serious knee injury. Adding to the injury concerns, fullback Ilaisa Droasese has been sidelined with a broken wrist, while back-rower Kitione Salawa is nursing a quad…
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Injuries rule duo out for the season

THE Swire Shipping Fijian Drua have been dealt a major blow ahead of their upcoming matches, with key players ruled out for the remainder of the season due to injuries. Head coach Glen Jackson confirmed that former captain Meli Derenalagi will not return this year after suffering a serious knee injury. Adding to the injury concerns, fullback Ilaisa Droasese has been sidelined with a broken wrist, while back-rower Kitione Salawa is nursing a quad…

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Tamani to Replace Derenalagi Against Crusaders

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua backrower Joe Tamani will be playing at blindside flanker against the Crusaders in their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific clash at Suva’ HFC Stadium. He replaces Meli Derenalagi who has been ruled out of the season due to a knee injury. Other players on the injury list include Ilaisa Droasese (broken wrist), Kitione Salawa (bruised and strained quadriceps) and Vilive Miramira. Drua head coach Glen Jackson said yesterday…

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Meli Derenalagi ruled out for 12 weeks

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua backrower Ratu Meli Derenalagi will play no further part in this season’s Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific after undergoing a knee surgery. The 7s Olympic gold medalist picked up the injury in Drua’s match against the Force in Perth and went under the knife last week. Coach Glen Jackson confirmed that Derenalagi will be out for at least 12 weeks, which automatically rules him out for this season. He said though they wil…

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Derenalagi ruled out for 2025 season

Former national 7s rep and Swire Shipping Fijian Drua backrower Ratu Meli Derenalagi will be missing out on the remainder of the 2025 Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific season. This has been confirmed by coach Glen Jackson, who says that Derenalagi suffered a knee injury during the Drua’s game against the Western Force two […]

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Fiji Broadcasting Corporation broke the news in on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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