Tuwai misses out while Kunatani and Bolaca makes it into the final squad Dual Olympic Games gold medalist Jerry Tuwai will not be part of the Toulouse and London 7s as Fiji Airways Fijian 7s Head Coach Ben Gollings named his final 13-member squad. Tuwai who has been very instrumental whenever he is on the […]...
It was a hard fought battle between Tailevu and Namosi in the 6th round of the Skipper Cup as the intense match ended in a draw 21 – 21 at Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori. The two teams fought on to the final whistle and momentum were high right from kick off to the 80 minutes […]...
The Vodafone Vanua Championship kicked off in style as the two old rival Lautoka and Yasawa opened the season with a scintillating game of rugby at Prince Charles Park in Nadi. Lautoka executed a structured game play against a strong Yasawa side beating the Marlins in the first round of the Vodafone Vanua Championship. The […]...
The Fiji Rugby Union and Fijian Drua have today ended Napolioni Bolaca’s secondment with the Super Rugby Pacific franchise. This now allows Bolaca to join the Fiji Airways Fijian 7s squad to prepare for the major assignments later this year. Fijian Drua CEO Brian Thorburn said: “We’ve taken this decision in the best interest of […]...
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.
