Fiji Rugby Academy is an initiative by Fiji Rugby Union which is set up basically as a backup system to provide a pool of players who will be ready for selection into the national team not only for this current year but in the years to come. FRU Elite Pathway Manager Mr. Bill Gadolo explained […]...
34 year old Fiji Airways Flying Fijian winger Vereniki Goneva who weighs 102kg standing at 1.78m and hails from Nagado village in Nadi is one of the most skillful, fast attacking and hard-hitting rugby players in the world. He has won numerous rugby awards including the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year and was also […]...
Gareth Baber has named the 13 man Fiji Airways Fijian Sevens touring party to Hamilton and Sydney for the next two legs of the World Rugby HSBC World Sevens Series. Notable inclusion for the side looking to add to their Cape Town success is the return of Paula Dranisinukula who has passed all necessary fitness […]...
Fiji Airways 7s powerhouse duo Paula Dranisinukula and Kalione Nasoko believe that communication in the field and trusting the player next to you is the key ingredient to forming a frontline defence on the 7s field. Dranisinukula is almost back to full training with the team following the fracture he sustained prior to Dubai, and […]...
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.
