Farebrother-Sullivan Trophy
The Farebrother-Sullivan Trophy is a Fijian rugby union competition open to the regional representative teams of the districts of Fiji. History The trophy was offered to the Fiji Rugby Union by JJ Sullivan and AS Farebrother, the latter being the manager of the first Fijian team to play abroad in 1924. Between 1941 and 1953, this competition was disputed in the form of cup between the regional district teams. Five of them would participate to the first edition in 1941. Since 1954, the competition develops around a match: the holder of the trophy accept the challenges from the other teams and the trophy is attributed to the winning team. This format is also used in New Zealand, in the Ranfurly Shield. The challenges generally are played at the end of summer and in autumn. In case of draw, the defending champion keeps the trophy. Practically, only the three teams from the first division of the regional competition, the Colonial Cup, compete, but for three times, a team from the inferior division, the B-Division, challenged the defending champion. Suva, won the trophy between 1941 and 1947, undefeated in 1951. Nadroga dominated the competition in the 1970s, establishing the record of 28 consecutive wins, before Nadi came to join the competition in the 1980s. In the late 1990s, Lautoka and then, Naitasiri, founded in 1998, became the fourth and fifth great names of the competition. Results The defending champion is listed first. The victorious challengers are signed with a ° 2008 Tailevu 17-14 Nadroga 2007 Tailevu 25-13 Tavua Tailevu 13-8 Nadi Tailevu-Lautoka 17-10 Tailevu 25-22 Suva Tailevu 10-6 Naitasiri Tailevu 21-12 Ovalau Nadroga 31-27 Tailevu Nadroga 74-3 Vatukoula Nadroga 69-10 Namosi Nadroga 30-24 Northland Nadroga 41-8 Navosa 2006 11/11 Nadroga 27-24 Ovalau 04/11 Naitasiri 10-18 Nadroga° 28/10 Naitasiri 20-8 Suva 21/10 Naitasiri 28-25 Nadi 14/10 Naitasiri 22-6 Lautoka 07/10 Naitasiri 18-11 Navosa 09/09 Naitasiri 29-11 Tailevu 2005 Suva 8-13 Naitasiri° Suva 19-18 Nadi Nadroga 21-29 Suva° Nadroga 25-18 Lautoka Nadroga 95-8 Tavua 2004 27/11 Nadroga 13-5 Naitasiri 20/11 Nadroga 15-9 Suva 30/10 Nadroga 15-9 Lautoka 23/10 Nadi 13 Nadroga 49 09/10 Tailevu 18-34 Nadi° 21/08 Tailevu 33-12 Vatukoula 24/07 Tailevu 23-12 Namosi 26/06 Tailevu 25-20 Navosa 2003 11/10 Lautoka 14-19 Tailevu° 04/10 Lautoka 19--15 Nadroga 27/09 Lautoka 16-14 Suva 02/08 Lautoka 25-5 Nadi 26/07 Naitasiri 13-18 Lautoka° 19/07 Naitasiri 18-17 Navosa 12/07 Naitasiri 27-21 Namosi 28/06 Naitasiri 15-6 Ovalau 2002 14/09 Naitasiri 23-9 Suva 28/09 Naitasiri 12-6 Nadroga 14/09 Nadi 13-28 Naitasiri° 31/08 Nadi 11-9 Tailevu 24/08 Namosi 10-27 Nadi° 17/08 Ovalau 9-14 Namosi° 03/08 Ovalau 12-9 Rewa 15/06 Lautoka 13-17 Ovalau° 2001 24/11 Lautoka 15-0 Nadroga 17/11 Lautoka 17-6 Suva 10/11 Lautoka 10-10 Naitasiri 03/11 Nadi 12-15 Lautoka ° 27/10 Nadi 17-16 Tailevu 20/10 Nadi 33-13 Ovalau 2000 11/11 Nadi 9-3 Suva 04/11 Nadi 11-11 Nadroga 28/10 Naitasiri 8-9 Nadi° 21/10 Naitasiri 31-10 Ovalau 30/09 Naitasiri 9-3 Lautoka 16/09 Naitasiri 15-13 Tailevu 05/08 Naitasiri 30-12 Namosi 1999 16/10 Naitasiri 18–10 Nadroga 25/09 Naitasiri 37–3 Vatukoula 11/09 Naitasiri 25–20 Lautoka 28/08 Nadi