BARRIE SWEETMAN It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely passing of one of our esteemed Life Members, Mr. Barrie Sweetman, earlier this week. Barrie, who celebrated his 90th birthday in September, was a key figure in the history of Fiji Rugby. Born in Epsom, Auckland, Barrie moved to Fiji in […]...
The newly appointed Board of the Fiji Rakavi Football Union Limited (FRFUL) has hit the ground running, meeting with departmental heads yesterday to review progress on 2025 work programs and to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead. The meeting served as a platform for departmental heads to present their 2025 plans, highlighting key initiatives and […]...
Watisoni Naqau, a 21-year-old from the village of Votua in Lekutu, Bua, has been selected as one of the Fiji referees to officiate at the 2024 Oceania 7s tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The tournament, set to take place on December 7-8, will see Naqau make his mark on the international stage. Naqau’s journey began […]...
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.
