Fiji’s men and New Zealand’s women turned on the style to win the HSBC France Sevens in Toulouse on Sunday. Ireland, led by the excellent Terry Kennedy, played some impressive rugby to reach their first ever men’s Cup final, but in the final the Fijians – off the back of gold in Singapore and silver […]...
What a weekend in local rugby competitions where 24 games played by 48 teams to the last whistle in the four categories of Fiji rugby championship between provincial teams. Acknowledging the major sponsors, Royal Tea for sponsoring the Ranadi Cup and Vodafone Fiji for the Vanua Championship going on to its third round in the […]...
Tuwai misses out while Kunatani and Bolaca makes it into the final squad Dual Olympic Games gold medalist Jerry Tuwai will not be part of the Toulouse and London 7s as Fiji Airways Fijian 7s Head Coach Ben Gollings named his final 13-member squad. Tuwai who has been very instrumental whenever he is on the […]...
It was a hard fought battle between Tailevu and Namosi in the 6th round of the Skipper Cup as the intense match ended in a draw 21 – 21 at Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori. The two teams fought on to the final whistle and momentum were high right from kick off to the 80 minutes […]...
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.
