Fiji Rugby Union would like to welcome Eroni Sotutu who has been officially appointed from 11th December 2018. Eroni has joined the organisation as the Fiji Airways Fiji Women’s (Fijiana) Sevens Team Strength & Conditioning Coach. Prior to joining FRU, Eroni was with High-Performance New Zealand and worked as part of a multidiscipline team providing S&C […]...
Fiji Rugby Union are pleased to announce the appointment of a number of key coaching positions to the Rugby 7s and Fijiana XV high performance programmes. Mr Saiasi Fuli has been appointed Head Coach of the Fiji Airways Fjiana 7s who are currently mid-season in their 2019 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series campaign. Mr Fuli will […]...
For the first time, the Yaubula Festival in Kadavu featured a three day a seven a side rugby and netball tournament that ran from Wednesday to Friday of this week, aimed towards empowering youths towards a resilient & sustainable Kadavu. The tournament was introduced as a way for youths to participate in the Yaubula Festival […]...
Fiji Airways Flying Fijians star lock Leone Nakarawa and number eight Viliame Mata have been named in the Champions Cup team of the week as the teams contested the third round of the European Club challenge. Nakarawa as usual led from the front for his Racing 92 team as they defeated Leicester Tigers 36 – […]...
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked tenth in the world by the IRB as of 16 June 2014.
Despite the relatively small size of their represented country, in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Fiji defeated Wales 38–34 to claim a quarter final spot (theoretically placing them in the top 8 teams in the world) and proceeded to give eventual winners South Africa a scare eventually going down 37–20.
