The Fiji Rugby Union has been begun preparations for the 2017 National Rugby Championship (NRC) which kicks off on Saturday, 2 September in Canberra, Australia. The 2017 NRC is the fourth season of Australia’s National Rugby Championship and involves nine professional rugby union teams, one more than the previous year, with eight teams from Australia and one team from […]...
The first Challenge for the 2017 HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge kicks off this Saturday between defending champions Nadroga and Naitasiri. The Fiji Rugby Union expects a tough battle as Naitasiri will be out to beat Nadroga to redeem their early exit from the Skipper Cup competition. Naitasiri last won the HFC Bank Farebrother Challenge in […]...
The Fiji Rugby Union has today released the names of the players that need to attend trials for the Vodafone Fiji U20 Extended Squad. The trials will be held this Thursday, 20 July in Suva and all players are requested to attend, in order to be considered for selection. Eastern based players are required to […]...
Vodafone Flying Fijians Coach, John McKee has named another strong line up to play against the Manu Samoa team in their second 2017 Pacific Nations Cup match at the Apia Stadium this Saturday. Preparations for the team to defend their title has been going well and McKee says that they expect a very tough challenge […]...
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.
