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08-30-2016, 05:51 AM
Fiji's rugby 7s coach given land and chiefly name as Olympic 'thank you'
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There's ** stopping the celebrations in Fiji, after the country took home its first medal at the Rio Olympics, beating the United Kingdom in a powerful, emotional rugby 7s match.
While the team has already been overwhelmed with plaudits (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/fiji-rugby-olympic-gold/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), their coach has been scoring plenty of gratitude for his efforts too.
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Englishman Benjamin Ryan, who has been Fiji's coach since 2013, has been rewarded with three acres of land and given a chiefly name (http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=368846), Ratu Peni Raiyani Latianara The ho**urs come care of the traditional owners of the area in Serua, the Ketenitukani people.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/fiji-coach-land-chief/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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There's ** stopping the celebrations in Fiji, after the country took home its first medal at the Rio Olympics, beating the United Kingdom in a powerful, emotional rugby 7s match.
While the team has already been overwhelmed with plaudits (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/fiji-rugby-olympic-gold/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), their coach has been scoring plenty of gratitude for his efforts too.
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Englishman Benjamin Ryan, who has been Fiji's coach since 2013, has been rewarded with three acres of land and given a chiefly name (http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=368846), Ratu Peni Raiyani Latianara The ho**urs come care of the traditional owners of the area in Serua, the Ketenitukani people.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/fiji-coach-land-chief/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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