Fiji Airways Flying Fijians Coach Vern Cotter has a close eye on local players currently featuring in the Skipper Cup competition. Cotter, who is still in New Zealand is working with the FRU’s General Manager High Performance Simon Raiwalui to format a program for Fiji’s domestic rugby players. “I watched the Nadroga versus Namosi game […]...
If you’ve been following Skipper women’s games from last year and the starting of this season (last two weeks) then you’ll realize how local women’s competition has definitely reached another phase. It’s exciting to see that our women’s provincial teams are injecting more young women into their squad as these upcoming players are the […]...
Fiji Rugby is pleased to announce that the Fiji Rugby Board has now elected Mr. Conway Beg to the role of the Chairman to succeed the outgoing Chairman, Commander Francis Kean. Fiji Rugby Chief Executive Mr. John O’Connor said Mr. Beg has been appointed to the FRU Board by the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Voreqe […]...
The second Farebrother challenge between Namosi and Nadroga was a high calibre battle between two structured and swift outfits who battled from kick off to the final whistle. It was an intense encounter and both teams showcased some brilliant rugby proving that local competition has gone up another level. Fans at Lawaqa were […]...
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.
