Rising rugby talent Sikeli Basiyalo has taken a significant step in his career, joining the Fiji Airways Fijian 7s squad earlier this week after being called up from the Fijian Drua training camp. The 21-year-old forward received the unexpected call from head coach Glen Jackson on Monday, informing him that Fiji 7s coach Osea Kolinisau […]...
The Fiji Rakavi Football Union (FRFU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Walker as the new Head Coach of the Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team. Mr Walker, an experienced coach with over 15 years of success across various levels of the game, brings a wealth of international expertise and a strategic vision to […]...
Suva, Fiji – [25/02/25] – Fiji Rakavi Football Union is pleased to announce the appointment of Ioan Cunningham as the new Head Coach of the Vodafone Fijiana XV. A highly accomplished coach with a wealth of experience in international women’s rugby, Cunningham will lead the Vodafone Fijiana XV to the upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup […]...
Mosese Naura’s journey to the Fiji Airways Fijian 7s was unexpected. He began in the Skipper Cup competition, where he first realized his talent and love for rugby. Naura only played rugby league once in secondary school before returning to farming. He never believed he had the talent for rugby. But when he joined Nadi […]...
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.
