It was a nail-biting INKK Fiji Rugby Farebrother Trophy clash between holders Nadi and challenges Naitasiri at Prince Charles Park today. The electrifying match started on a high momentum with the host being the better team to settle first on the park. They opened the account with Napolioni Ratu scoring the first try in the […]...
Northland created the upset in the second round of the Skipper Provincial Cup beating Tailevu 16-11 in Nausori. Jovilisi Taraka slotted two quick penalties for Northland as they led 6-nil. On the 32 minutes a red card was given to Serupepeli Waqalevu for dangerous tackle over Northlands Joseva Rokomatu A cleanbreak from Tailevu’s Joseph Magoh […]...
The Nadroga rugby team maintained their unbeaten run in the second round of the Skipper Provincial Cup competition with a last minute try which was successfully converted as they edged Namosi 29-28 at Thomson Park in Navua. A match worthy of a final as both teams scored one try after the other as they levelled […]...
The squad of 22 match officials that will take charge of the women’s and men’s rugby sevens competitions at the delayed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has today been announced by World Rugby to mark the 100 days to go milestone until the action kicks off in Tokyo Stadium on 26 July, 2021. The match officials’ […]...
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.
