Fiji Airways Fijiana coach Alifereti Doviverata has named his team to run on the field at UNSW Fields Daceyville against NSW Waratahs later this afternoon. Sponsored by the Australian Government, this will be Fijianas last game of their Australian Tour and Doviverata emphasized the team is aiming at completing their tour on a high note. […]...
Police 7s enforcer Suliano Volivoli has earned himself a plane ticket to LA after Fiji Airways Fijian 7s Head Coach Gareth Baber included him in his 14 member touring squad for the next two legs of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Baber said Volivoli’s consistent work ethic and attitude to training has impressed. “He’s got a maturity […]...
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge is an annual Rugby Tournament held in Oceania and contested by 3 Pacific Island Nations Tonga, Samoa and Fiji with Japan also in the tournament which is run by World Rugby through Oceania Rugby. The tournament is a World Rugby Under 23 programme and is contested by National A teams which […]...
A good start to the Australian tour as Fiji Airways Fijiana edge out Queensland Reds 29-10 in their first match at Ballymore last weekend. Fijiana hit the score board first as they kept possession and continue to drive forward before flanker Lavenia Tinai cross the score line and gave them a 5-0 lead. Tinai scored […]...
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.
