The World Rugby Level 2 Regional Strength and Conditioning course is underway at the Sky Lodge hotel in Nadi with 30 participants from provincial unions, including representatives from Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands and Samoa. The objective of this five days’ session is to identify a process for developing a training plan around a […]...
There were new names on the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens winners board as Australia and South Africa won gold for the first time in the women’s and men’s competitions respectively. Australia raced into a 17-0 half time lead against Fiji in the women’s final and despite a spirited fightback from Fijiana, Australia ran out eventual […]...
It was a scintillating 2022 Skipper Cup final as hosts Nadi were crowned the champions beating Naitasiri 16-11 at Prince Charles Park today. Nadi started the game on a high note and managed to go first on the scoresheet after Tunidau Rafaele slotted in the perfect penalty. Naitasiri’s Etonia Rokotuiwasa then levelled it up 3-all. 15 […]...
Suva Rugby team ran in nine tries to two beating Yasawa 51-12 in the ANZ Marama Championship final at Ratu Cakobau Park in Nausori today. The capital city girls fielded one of their strongest teams in the final and they showed their worth from the first minute of the game. 6 minutes into the play […]...
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.
