Fiji national rugby union team

Fiji

Nickname(s)	Flying Fijians
Emblem	Palm
Union	Fiji Rugby Union
Head coach	John McKee
Captain	Akapusi Qera
Most caps	Nicky Little (71)
Top scorer	Nicky Little (670)
Top try scorer	Sanivalati Laulau (20)
Home stadium	ANZ National Stadium
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	10 (as of 6th October 2016)
Highest	9 (2015)
Lowest	16 (2012)
First international
Samoa 0–6 Fiji (Apia, Samoa; 18 August 1924)
Biggest win
Fiji 120–4 Niue (Apia, Samoa; 10 September 1983)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 91–0 Fiji (Albany, New Zealand; 12 October 2005)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1987)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1987, 2007
Website	www.fijirugby.com

The Fiji national rugby union team is the men's representative side of Fiji in rugby union. 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.

Fiji is one of the few countries where rugby union is the main sport. There are approximately 80,000 registered players from a total population of around 950,000. One of the problems for Fiji, is simply getting their rugby players to play for Fiji as a country, as many have contracts in Europe or with Super Rugby teams where the money is far more rewarding. The repatriated salaries of its overseas stars have become an important part of some local economies. In addition a significant number of players eligible to play for Fiji end up representing Australia or New Zealand; two notable examples are the Fiji-born, but New Zealand-raised, cousins and All Blacks Joe Rokocoko and Sitiveni Sivivatu and Wallabies Wing Lote Tuqiri.

Fiji has won the most Pacific Tri-Nations Championships of the three participating teams. The cibi (pronounced [ˈðimbi]) war dance is performed by the Fiji rugby team before each Test match. It has been used on the rugby field since 1939, though its origins date back to the country's warring times with its Pacific neighbours.

History

Fiji presenting Cibi before 2011 Rugby World Cup match against South Africa.

Early years

Rugby was first played in Fiji by European and Fijian soldiers of the Native Constabulary at Ba, on Viti Levu Island in 1884. In 1913 a Union was founded for the European settlers.

In December 1913, the All Blacks, who had been touring so very successfully in California, were on their way back to New Zealand. The Fiji RFU arranged a game with them at Albert Park, the first representative match to be played in the colony. The Fiji team were Europeans. The All Blacks won 67–3; Fiji's points came from a try scored by their captain and coach, PJ Sheehan. By 1914 a 'native competition' was started and in 1915 a Fiji Native Union was begun and became affiliated to the Fiji RFU.

Inter-war period

Fiji played their first international against Western Samoa in Apia, Samoa on 18 August 1924. Fiji's 20-man squad came exclusively from the five registered native clubs of the time. The match was played at 7 am to allow the Samoans time to get to work afterwards and was played on a pitch with a large tree on the halfway line. Fiji wore black and won 6–0 despite playing barefoot. The return match was won 9–3 by Samoa to draw the series. The first-ever Fiji test team continued their overseas adventure with a nine-match tour of Tonga. Though Fiji lost the first test played in Nukuʻalofa 9–6, they were not to lose again, taking the second test 14–3 then drawing the decider 0–0. They won all six of the matches against non-test opposition.

Auckland University College were the first overseas side to visit Fiji in 1926, The Kiwi students played the Fiji Europeans and finished the three-match series with a win, loss and draw. Tonga also visited Fiji that year and for the first time Fiji played in their present strip of white jersey, palm tree badge and black shorts. The three match series finished level with Tonga winning the first test 9–6; Fiji winning the second 14–3 and the final game a 0–0 draw.

During the 1927 season, a General Meeting was called for the purpose of arranging a return visit to New Zealand at the invitation of Auckland University. Some 30 players expressed their willingness to make the trip, but after all arrangements had been made, there were insufficient players available so management cancelled the trip, much to the regret of Auckland.

Between 1924 and 1938 Fiji and Tonga played three test series every alternate year. During this period this was the only representative rugby union that Fiji played. Matches between the two Pacific nations were hard fought; many have claimed that the ancient feuding wars between the Islanders were transplanted onto the rugby field. Troubles during the third Test of Fiji's 1928 tour to Tonga forced the game to be abandoned with Tonga losing 11–8

The first New Zealand Māori team to visit Fiji came in 1938. Fijians played in boots for the first time but there was still a tendency to take off boots during the match and throw them to the touch-line. On the five-match tour, the Māori beat Fiji 2nd XV and Fiji Europeans before playing a three match series. The first test ended in a 3–3 draw, the second an 11–5 win for the Fijians and the Māori won the final test 6–3 to square the series.

In 1939 Fiji toured New Zealand for the first time. Fiji's captain for that tour, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, decided that his side should have a war dance to rival the haka. He approached Ratu Bola, the high chief of the warrior clan of Navusaradave in Bau, who taught them the cibi which has been Fiji's pre-match ritual ever since. With many players still preferring to play barefoot, the Fijians played with a care-free spirit and created history by becoming the first team to go through a full tour of New Zealand unbeaten, winning seven and drawing one, a record that stands to this day. They played and beat the Māori again 14–4.

Post-war era

Fiji successfully toured New Zealand again in 1951. They beat the New Zealand Māori 21–14. Fiji's first tour of Australia helped the Australian Rugby Union recover from the brink of bankruptcy in 1952. The Test series was drawn 1–1 in front of record crowds. Australia won the first test 15–9 but the Fijians took the second with a 17–15 win.

A second tour of Australia took place in 1954 and again drew record crowds. Again Australia won the first test but only by 22–19. The test series was drawn 1–1 after Fiji won the second test 18–16. The same year Fiji played host to Western Samoa. Fiji toured New Zealand again in 1957 and beat the Māoris 36–13 in Dunedin and 17–8 in Wellington, then defeated a strong Auckland team 38–17.

In 1964 Fiji toured Europe for the first time, they played five memorable games in Wales, culminating in a classic encounter in Cardiff that was talked about for years. Wales won 28–22 but conceded six tries for just the second time in their history. In 1970 a rampant Fijian side destroyed the Barbarians 29–9 at Gosforth. A last-minute try saw New Zealand safely through 14–13 over Fiji in Suva in 1974.

In August 1977 the British Lions made a stopover in Fiji on the way home from their tour of New Zealand. Fiji beat them 25–21 at Buckhurst Park, Suva. In 1982 Fiji beat Vancouver XV to begin a 15-match winning streak through to 1984.

Modern era

Fiji played their first full test against Wales in Cardiff in 1985, the home pack dominating in a 40–3 win with two tries to Phil Davies. Fiji were also heavily beaten by Llanelli and Cardiff, but lost by just one point in their test with Ireland.

Wales visited Suva the following year, where captain Dai Pickering's summer tour was to a premature end when he suffered concussion. Richard Moriarty took over and saw his side's 13–0 lead cut to a single point before Wales pulled away for a 15–22 win.

In 1987 Fiji made the quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup and seemed about to beat France, the

In 1991 Rugby World Cup Fiji lost all three of its matches and finished bottom of its pool. Wales' third test win over Fiji came in Suva in 1994. The tourists fielded a weakened line-up to allow all their squad a game, but they were good enough to run out 23–8 victors.

Fiji had a troubled tour of Wales and Ireland in 1995, losing six of nine games with defeat to Neath, Cardiff and Pontypridd. However, they managed to run Wales close at the Arms Park, losing only 15–19 win. They failed to qualify for the 1995 World Cup having lost to Tonga and Western Samoa.

Fiji rebuilt ahead of the 1999 World Cup, new coach Brad Johnstone instilling discipline and determination into their set-piece play. They made a winning start by beating Canada and Namibia and again seemed about to beat France in Toulouse when things went wrong. A controversial refereeing performance from Paddy O'Brien was felt to have cost them a win over France, Fiji losing 28–19. They did make the quarter-final play-off but lost 45–24 to England at Twickenham. Soon after the tournament Johnstone departed for Italy.

In 2001 Fiji were crowned Pacific Rim champions, defeating Samoa 28–17 in the final in Tokyo. Fiji's played Wales again at the Millennium Stadium in November 2002. Two tries and 21 points from the boot of Stephen Jones helped the home side to a comfortable 58–14 win.

Fiji began their 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying campaign in June 2002 when the three leading Pacific Island nations faced each other in a round robin in the second round of the Oceania zone qualifiers. The Fijians started with defeats of Samoa and Tonga, but their loss to Samoa on home soil meant that they had to beat Tonga by more than 20 points to finish top of the pool. This they duly did with a 47–20 win in Nadi. At the World Cup they beat Japan 41–13 and narrowly survived a scare against the US Eagles winning 19–18. However a 20–22 loss against Scotland and an 18–61 beating by France saw them finish third in their pool and fail to qualify for the knock-out stage.

Results since have been mixed for Fiji. Although they have traditionally been the strongest of the Pacific Nations, they were beaten 29–27 by New Zealand Maori in 2004 and went down 91–0 by the All Blacks. In July 2006, five Fiji internationals were banned from playing international rugby for the rest of the year following a drunken brawl in Japan after a Pacific Five Nations match. Their 2007 season started off as one of Fiji's worst seasons. They had a very inexperienced team and lost to both pacific rivals Tonga and Samoa, and suffered heavy defeats to Australia and the Junior All Blacks. The only win for Fiji at the 2007 "Pacific 6 Nations" was against Japan, however they did manage an unexpected 14–14 draw against Australia A. With most of Fiji's more experienced players back in the team Fiji slowly improved in the 2007 world cup to qualify for the quarter finals for the first time in 20 years.

2007 Rugby World Cup

Fiji vs South Africa.

Fiji were placed in Pool B of the 2007 Rugby World Cup along with Wales, Canada, Japan and Australia. After beating Japan and Canada in close matches, Fiji rested several key players against Australia for the crucial game against Wales. Australia defeated Fiji by 55–12. Fiji's fate in the tournament came down to a "winner advances" game against Wales which Fiji won 38–34 and qualified for the quarter-finals for the second time. Former Wallaby great Michael Lynagh described the see-sawing match as one of the best matches "of all time". Fiji lost their quarter final match against South Africa, however their above expectations performance in the tournament resulted in them moving up to 9th in the world rankings – their highest ever position. Shannon Fraser and Gregg Mumm from Australia acted as assistant coaches for the period leading up to the world cup and were accredited for much of the Fijians sides success.

2011 Rugby World Cup

Fiji was placed in Pool D of the 2011 Rugby World Cup along with South Africa, Wales, Samoa and Namibia. Fiji won their first match against Namibia with 49–25. But it couldn't manage to repeat 2007 World Cup performance. They lost to South Africa, Wales, Samoa with a huge margin. Final scores were 3–49 against South Africa, 7–27 against Samoa & 0–66 against Wales.[8]

Wins against Tier 1 nations

9 August 1952	Australia	15–17	Fiji	Australia Sydney Cricket Ground
	Try: Cox Shehadie Stapleton Windon Drop: Solomon	Report	Try: Ralagi Salabogi Con: Vatubua Pen: Vatubua Ranavue Drop: Ranavue	Attendance: 42,004 Referee: Australia Don Furness (Australia)

26 June 1954	Australia	16–18	Fiji	Australia Sydney Cricket Ground
	Try: Cross Shehadie Con: Barker (2) Pen: Barker (2)	Report	Try: Saukuru Seruvatu Pen: Nawalu Ranavue (3)	Attendance: 33,099 Referee: Australia Don Furness (Australia)

24 May 1987	Argentina	9–28	Fiji	New Zealand Rugby Park, Hamilton
	Try: Travaglini Con: Porta Pen: Porta	Report	Try: Gale Naivilawasa Savai Nalaga Con: Koroduadua (2) Rokowailoa Pen: Koroduadua	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Scotland Jim Fleming (Scotland)

26 May 1998	Fiji	51–26	Scotland	Fiji National Stadium, Suva
	Try: Lasagavibau (3) Naevo Veitayaki Waqabitu Con: Little Serevi (4) Pen: Little Serevi	Report	Try: Bulloch Gilmour Con: Lee (2) Pen: Lee (4)	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: New Zealand Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

28 August 1999	Italy	32–50	Fiji	Italy Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila
	Try: Checchinato Martin Pucciariello Con: Domínguez Pen: Domínguez (5)	Report	Try: Satala (2) Serevi Tiko Vunibaka Con: Little (5) Pen: Little (5)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: England Stewart Piercy (England)

15 July 2000	Fiji	43–9	Italy	Fiji Churchill Park, Lautoka
	Try: Ligairi Little Raiwalui Satala Vunibaka Con: Little (3) Pen: Little (4)	Report	Pen: Mazzariol Pez (2)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: South Africa Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

17 July 2006	Fiji	29–18	Italy	Fiji Churchill Park, Lautoka
	Try: Caucaunibuca Ligairi Rauluni Salabogi Con: Bai (3) Pen: Bai	Report	Try: Lo Cicero Parisse Con: Pez Pen: Pez (2)	Referee: South Africa Marius Jonker (South Africa)

29 September 2007	Wales	34–38	Fiji	France Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Try: Popham 34' c S Williams 45' c G Thomas 48' m M Jones 51' c M Williams 73' m Con: Hook (1/1) S Jones (2/4) Pen: S Jones (1/2) 5'	Report	Try: Qera 16' c Delasau 19' m Leawere 25' c Dewes 77' c Con: Little (3/4) Pen: Little (4/5) 21', 24' 54', 60'	Attendance: 37,080 Referee: Australia Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

7 June 2014	Fiji	25–14	Italy	Fiji National Stadium, Suva[1]
15:10 FJT (UTC+12)	Try: Nadolo 19' m Waqaniburotu 66' c Nalaga 79' c Con: Ralulu (0/1) Nadolo (2/2) 62', 79' Pen: Ralulu (0/1) Nadolo (2/2) 65', 71'	Report (In Italian)	Try: Penalty Try (2) 9' c, 76' c Con: Orquera (2/2) 10', 76' Pen: Orquera (0/2)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Record

World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 rankings as of 5 December 2016[2]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	94.78
2		England	89.84
3		Australia	86.97
4		Ireland	84.62
5	1	Wales	82.55
6	1	South Africa	81.79
7		Scotland	80.67
8		France	80.13
9		Argentina	79.91
10		Fiji	76.46
11		Japan	74.22
12		Georgia	74.14
13		Italy	72.47
14	1	Tonga	71.94
15	1	Samoa	71.25
16		Romania	69.36
17		United States	64.66
18		Canada	63.95
19		Russia	63.25
20		Namibia	62.78
21		Uruguay	60.66
22		Spain	60.17
23		Kenya	59.28
24		Germany	58.99
25		Portugal	56.97
26		Belgium	56.87
27		Hong Kong	56.50
28		South Korea	55.50
29		Chile	55.08
30		Netherlands	54.93
*Change from the previous week
Fiji's historical rankings
Source: World Rugby - Graph updated to 5 December 2016[2]

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Fiji national XV at test level up until 26 November 2016.^[3]

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Argentina	4	1	3	0	25.00%	96	130	−34
Australia	20	2	17	1	10.00%	234	574	−340
Barbarian	1	0	1	0	0.00%	19	43	−24
Belgium	1	1	0	0	100.00%	76	0	+76
British and Irish Lions	1	1	0	0	100.00%	25	21	+4
Canada	10	7	3	0	70.00%	314	191	+123
Canada XV	1	1	0	0	100.00%	13	3	+10
Chile	1	1	0	0	100.00%	41	16	+25
Classic All Blacks	1	1	0	0	100.00%	33	14	+19
Cook Islands	2	2	0	0	100.00%	161	13	+148
England	7	0	7	0	0.00%	109	303	−194
England XV	3	0	3	0	0.00%	38	92	−54
France	9	0	9	0	0.00%	111	359	−248
France XV	1	0	1	0	0.00%	4	13	−9
Georgia	2	1	1	0	50.00%	27	33	−6
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	100.00%	155	33	+122
Ireland	3	0	3	0	0.00%	31	149	−118
Ireland XV	2	0	2	0	0.00%	15	24	−9
Italy	10	5	5	0	50.00%	243	244	−1
Japan	17	14	3	0	82.35%	467	312	+155
Māori All Blacks	29	7	20	2	24.14%	383	517	−134
Namibia	2	2	0	0	100.00%	116	43	+73
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	0.00%	50	364	−314
New Zealand XV	5	0	5	0	0.00%	25	155	−130
Niue	1	1	0	0	100.00%	120	4	+116
Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	100.00%	253	3	+250
Portugal	2	2	0	0	100.00%	62	30	+32
Romania	3	2	1	0	66.67%	70	42	+28
Samoa	50	27	20	3	54.00%	977	880	+97
Scotland	6	1	5	0	16.67%	145	182	−37
Scotland XV	2	0	2	0	0.00%	22	53	−31
Solomon Islands	2	2	0	0	100.00%	199	13	+186
South Africa	3	0	3	0	0.00%	41	129	−88
Spain	1	1	0	0	100.00%	39	20	+19
Tonga	89	60	26	3	67.42%	1747	1181	+566
United States	6	5	1	0	83.33%	143	97	+46
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	100.00%	86	39	+47
Wales	11	1	9	1	9.09%	145	329	−184
Wales XV	2	0	2	0	0.00%	33	59	−26
Total	323	156	157	10	48.30%	6868	6707	+161

World Cup record

World Cup record									World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A		P	W	D	L	F	A
Australia/New Zealand 1987	Quarter-final	4	1	0	3	72	132		Automatically qualified
France/Ireland/UK 1991	Pool Stage	3	0	0	3	27	63
South Africa 1995	Pool Stage	Did not qualify							2	1	0	1	26	34
Wales 1999	Quarter-final playoff	4	2	0	2	148	113	2	2	0	0	73	17
Australia 2003	Pool Stage	4	2	0	2	98	114	4	3	0	1	123	80
France 2007	Quarter-final	5	3	0	2	134	173	4	3	0	1	74	83
New Zealand 2011	Pool Stage	4	1	0	3	59	167	Automatically qualified
England 2015	Pool Stage	4	1	0	3	84	101	1	1	0	0	108	6
Japan 2019	To be determined							To be determined
Total	7/8	28	10	0	18	622	863	13	10	0	3	404	220

Current squad

On 13 October, Head Coach John McKee announced a 29-man squad ahead of Fiji's 2016 November tour, playing Barbarians (11 November), England (19 November) and Japan (27 November).^[4] Tuisova was injured in the 2016-17 ERC game for Toulon and thus was replaced by Benito Masilevu.

On 8 November, Metuisela Talebula was called up to the squad as injury cover for Vereniki Goneva.^[5]

On 14 November, Josh Matavesi and Peceli Yato was called up to the squad as injury cover.

• Head Coach: John McKee
• Caps Updated: 26 November 2016

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Koto, SuniaSunia Koto Hooker April 15, 1980 51 Mâcon Sassen, JaleJale Sassen Hooker September 6, 1992 0 Suva Tuapati, TalemaitogaTalemaitoga Tuapati Hooker August 16, 1984 33 Provence Atalifo, Lee RoyLee Roy Atalifo Prop March 10, 1988 8 Canterbury Doge, MesakeMesake Doge Prop January 4, 1993 1 Naitasiri Ma'afu, CampeseCampese Ma'afu Prop December 19, 1984 43 Northampton Saints Ravai, PeniPeni Ravai Prop June 16, 1990 18 Southland Saulo, ManasaManasa Saulo Prop April 6, 1989 29 Toulon Veitayaki Jr., JoeliJoeli Veitayaki Jr. Prop March 14, 1989 1 Police Nakarawa, LeoneLeone Nakarawa Lock April 2, 1988 39 Racing 92 Cavubati, TevitaTevita Cavubati Lock August 27, 1987 76 Worcester Warriors Ratuniyarawa, ApiApi Ratuniyarawa Lock July 11, 1986 21 Northampton Saints Soqeta, NemiaNemia Soqeta Lock March 4, 1985 14 Biarritz Olympique Waqaniburotu, DominikoDominiko Waqaniburotu Lock April 20, 1986 29 Brive Dawai, NauliaNaulia Dawai Flanker June 26, 1987 5 Otago Qera, AkapusiAkapusi Qera (c) Flanker April 24, 1984 53 Montpellier Voka, MoseseMosese Voka Flanker June 7, 1985 1 Suva Yato, PeceliPeceli Yato Flanker January 17, 1993 8 Clermont Auvergne Radrodro, EremasiEremasi Radrodro Number 8 September 17, 1987 4 Suva Kenatale, NemiaNemia Kenatale Scrum-half January 21, 1986 40 Glasgow Warriors Matawalu, NikolaNikola Matawalu Scrum-half March 8, 1989 30 Bath Vularika, SerupepeliSerupepeli Vularika Scrum-half April 29, 1990 4 Suva Matavesi, JoshJosh Matavesi Fly-half October 5, 1990 17 Ospreys Volavola, BenBen Volavola Fly-half January 13, 1991 13 Crusaders Ravouvou, VatemoVatemo Ravouvou Fly-half July 31, 1990 0 Western Sydney Rams Botia, LevaniLevani Botia Centre March 14, 1989 8 La Rochelle Goneva, VerenikiVereniki Goneva Centre April 5, 1984 42 Newcastle Falcons Tikoirotuma, AsaeliAsaeli Tikoirotuma Centre June 24, 1986 18 London Irish VuliVuli, AlbertAlbert VuliVuli Centre May 26, 1985 13 Racing 92 Nadolo, NemaniNemani Nadolo Wing January 31, 1988 25 Montpellier Nayacalevu, WaiseaWaisea Nayacalevu Wing June 26, 1990 15 Stade Français Masilevu, BenitoBenito Masilevu Wing October 7, 1989 4 Brive Murimurivalu, KiniKini Murimurivalu Fullback May 15, 1989 15 La Rochelle Talebula, MetuiselaMetuisela Talebula Fullback May 24, 1991 21 Bordeaux Bègles

Individual all-time records

Most caps

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1	Nicky Little	Fly-half	1996–2011	71	60	11	670	2	37	34	0	52.11
2	Akapusi Qera	Flanker	2005–	51	42	9	45	9	24	25	2	49.01
3	Seremaia Bai	Centre	2000–2013	50	48	2	297	5	25	23	1	51.00
4	Jacob Rauluni	Scrum-half	1995–2006	49	40	9	30	6	26	23	0	53.06
	Joeli Veitayaki	Prop	1994–2003	49	45	4	15	3	26	23	0	53.06
6	Emori Katalau	Lock	1995–2003	48	39	9	20	4	25	23	0	52.08
	Sisa Koyamaibole	Number 8	2001–2013	48	36	12	15	3	21	26	1	44.79
8	Norman Ligairi	Fullback	2000–2010	47	39	8	80	16	25	22	0	53.19
9	Ifereimi Tawake	Flanker	1986–1999	46	38	8	25	4	16	29	1	35.86
	Sunia Koto	Hooker	2005-	46	39	7	5	1	24	21	1	53.26

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries
1	Sanivalati Laulau	Wing	1980–1985	32	32	0	80	20
2	Nemani Nadolo	Centre	2010–	23	21	2	192	17
3	Fero Lasagavibau	Wing	1997–2002	23	20	3	80	16
	Norman Ligairi	Fullback	2000–2010	47	39	8	80	16
	Viliame Satala	Centre	1999–2005	29	27	2	80	16
6	Vereniki Goneva	Centre	2007–	39	34	5	75	15
7	Timoci Nagusa	Wing	2008–	24	19	5	70	14
8	Aisea Tuilevu	Wing	1996–2004	19	18	1	65	13
9	Manasa Bari	Wing	1995–1999	18	14	4	60	12
10	2 players on 11 tries

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Nicky Little	Fly-half	1996–2011	71	60	11	670	2	117	140	2
2.	Seremaia Bai	Centre	2000–2013	50	48	2	297	5	55	53	1
3.	Severo Koroduadua	Fullback	1982–1991	27	27	0	268	0	56	47	5
4.	Waisale Serevi	Fly-half	1989–2003	38	23	15	221	11	40	27	3
5.	Nemani Nadolo	Centre	2010–	23	21	2	192	17	25	19	0
6.	Taniela Rawaqa	Fullback	2007–2011	16	12	4	103	4	19	15	0
7.	Fero Lasagavibau	Wing	1997–2002	23	20	3	80	16	0	0	0
	Sanivalati Laulau	Wing	1980–1985	32	32	0	80	20	0	0	0
	Norman Ligairi	Fullback	2000–2010	47	39	8	80	16	0	0	0
	Viliame Satala	Centre	1999–2005	29	27	2	80	16	0	0	0

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Severo Koroduadua	Fullback	36	0	18	0	0	Niue	Apia	10 September 1983
2.	Semesa Sikivou	Scrum-half	27	1	12	0	0	Solomon Islands	Port Moresby	21 August 1969
3.	Nicky Little	Fly-half	25	0	5	5	0	Italy	L'Aquila	28 August 1999
4.	Tevita Makutu	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Papua New Guinea	Suva	30 August 1979
	Sanivalati Laulau	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Solomon Islands	Apia	8 September 1983
	Nicky Little	Fly-half	24	0	6	4	0	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	29 September 1996
7.	Nicky Little	Fly-half	23	1	3	4	0	Italy	Lautoka	15 July 2000
	Nicky Little	Fly-half	23	0	1	7	0	Samoa	Tokyo	8 July 2001
9.	6 players on 22 points

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Tevita Makutu	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Papua New Guinea	Suva	30 August 1979
	Sanivalati Laulau	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Solomon Islands	Apia	8 September 1983
3.	George Sailosi	Wing	15	5	0	0	0	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	18 August 1969
4.	9 players on 4 tries

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Greg Smith	Hooker	1996–2003	30	17	13	0	56.66	5	1	0	0	0
2.	Akapusi Qera	Flanker	2011–	25	14	10	1	58.00	20	4	0	0	0
3.	Esala Teleni	Number 8	1983–1989	19	8	11	0	42.10	28	7	0	0	0
4.	Mosese Rauluni	Scrum-half	2004–2008	17	10	7	0	58.82	5	1	0	0	0
5.	Deacon Manu	Prop	2010–2012	13	3	9	1	26.92	0	0	0	0	0
6.	Epi Bolawaqatabu	Number 8	1969–1973	12	6	5	1	54.16	21	7	0	0	0
7.	Alifereti Doviverata	Number 8	2001–2007	11	4	7	0	36.36	5	1	0	0	0
	Simon Raiwalui	Lock	1999–2006	11	7	4	0	63.63	5	1	0	0	0
9.	Mosese Taga	Prop	1991–1993	10	2	8	0	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
	Ifereimi Tawake	Flanker	1991–1998	10	3	7	0	30.00	6	0	0	2	0

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Josh Matavesi	Fullback	19 years and 40 days	Scotland	Murrayfield	14 November 2009
2.	Meli Radrekusa	Lock	19 years and 46 days	Tonga	Nadi	8 October 1988
3.	Nicky Little	Fly-half	19 years and 131 days	South Africa	Pretoria	2 July 1996
4.	Jone Qovu	(Number 8)	19 years and 166 days	Māori	Suva	3 June 2005
5.	Fili Seru	Wing	19 years and 308 days	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	24 March 1990
6.	Rasolosolo Bogisa	Fullback	20 years and 4 days	Japan	Tokyo	15 May 1994
7.	Jason McLennan	Scrum-half	20 years and 57 days	Māori	Christchurch	4 June 1994
8.	Noa Nadruku	Centre	20 years and 64 days	Tonga	Apia	31 May 1988
9.	Isoa Domolailai	Lock	20 years and 159 days	Italy	Treviso	10 November 2001
10.	Max Olsson	Number 8	20 years and 175 days	Tonga	Apia	31 May 1988

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Oldest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Sireli Bobo	Wing	38 years and 144 days	Samoa	Suva	21 June 2014
2.	Epeli Naituivau	(Prop)	37 years and 151 days	England	Twickenham	20 October 1999
3.	Ifereimi Tawake	Number 8	37 years and 29 days	England	Twickenham	20 October 1999
4.	Joeli Veitayaki	Prop	36 years and 293 days	Scotland	Sydney	1 November 2003
5.	Inoke Male	Number 8	36 years and 36 days	Samoa	Tokyo	8 July 2001
6.	Sunia Koto	Hooker	35 years and 174 days	Uruguay	Milton Keynes	6 October 2015
7.	Waisale Serevi	Fly-half	35 years and 156 days	Japan	Townsville	23 October 2003
8.	Kele Leawere	Lock	35 years and 67 days	Japan	Suva	3 July 2009
9.	Nicky Little	Fly-half	35 years and 19 days	Wales	Hamilton	2 October 2011
10.	Ilivasi Tabua	Flanker	35 years and 16 days	France	Toulouse	16 October 1999

Last updated: Fiji vs Uruguay, 6 October 2015. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Notable players

Sireli Bobo Rupeni Caucaunibuca Bill Cavubati Vilimoni Delasau Sisa Koyamaibole Maleli Kunavore Kele Leawere Norman Ligairi Nicky Little Isa Nacewa

Noa Nadruku Apenisa Naevo Semisi Naevo Sireli Naqelevuki Timoci Nagusa Napolioni Nalaga Seru Rabeni Simon Raiwalui Kameli Ratuvou Jacob Rauluni

Mosese Rauluni Iferemi Rawaqa Apolosi Satala Viliame Satala Waisale Serevi Ilivasi Tabua Netani Talei Aisea Tuilevu Joeli Veitayaki Joeli Vidiri

Marika Vunibaka Akapusi Qera

Nat Uluiviti, who also played for the Fiji national cricket team.

See also

• Pacific Tri-Nations
• Fiji Rugby Union
• Rugby World Cup
• Fiji national rugby sevens team
• Fiji national rugby league team
• Pacific Islanders rugby union team
• Colonial Cup
• Digicel Cup

References

^[6]

1. "Test-match di giugno: Italrugby contro Fiji, Samoa e Giappone". www.onrugby.it. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
2. "World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
3. Fiji rugby statistics
4. Vodafone Flying Fijians Named for November Tour
5. Metuisela Talebula (UBB) rejoint les Fidji à la dernière minute
6. Fiji Rugby World Cup Points Table

Sources

• Fire and flair: Fijian rugby (from the BBC)

External links

• Fiji rugby official site
• Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule
• World Cup Preview
• Fijian rugby union news from Planet Rugby
• Supporters website for the Pacific Islanders