30 women’s players were inducted into a new program as Fiji Rugby Union introduced its new Women’s High-Performance Academy. These 30 inductees are players from our national teams, the Fiji Airways Fijiana XVs, Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s and the Under-18’s including few other local club players. These players will be monitored under a high-performance academy […]...
A Three Part Series behind the scenes Rugby Union interview with Chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union, Commander Francis Kean and Chief Executive Officer, Mr John O’Connor on their rugby journey with FRU Media Officer, Mr Vashneel Prasad. We understand that you were involved with Suva Rugby Union, as Chairman and later President, prior to […]...
Following a comprehensive consultation process the remaining rounds of the women’s and men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 in Langford, London, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong have been cancelled due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the 2020 Series to an early conclusion. The decision follows detailed and […]...
World Rugby on behalf of the global Union family have released a range of useful downloadable resources for Clubs, gyms, teams and athletes who are preparing for the safe return to rugby amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, the health crisis has generated a changing face to the way we approach public hygiene, social […]...
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.
