{"id":257671,"date":"2017-08-07T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=257671"},"modified":"2017-08-07T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T20:00:28","slug":"rugby-sevens-team-preps-2017-mini-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rugby-sevens-team-preps-2017-mini-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Sevens Team Preps Up for 2017 Mini Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-257671 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rugby-sevens-team-preps-2017-mini-games\/rugby-pix-1\/'>Rugby-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-257672'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI Rugby Team coach Viliame Kaitabu, right, watches his players run a play during a training session at the CPA Airport Field last week. 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