Topic: Fiji
Fiji come into the second round of this season's Sevens World Series on Friday on a high after seeing off New Zealand to win the opening tournament last weekend.The South Sea Islanders outplayed the reigning champions 26-12 in the final of the ...
Fiji flanker Dominiko Waqaniburotu lost his appeal against a three-match ban for a dangerous tackle Saturday, meaning he will miss the rest of the World Cup pool phase and a possible quarter-final.An International Rugby Board (IRB) panel in Auckland dismissed the appeal ...
South Africa made it two wins out of two in the defence of their World Cup crown with a comfortable 49-3 victory over a misfiring Fiji on Saturday.The Springboks showed a steely grit, and no little flair, in dispatching a Fijian side ...
Injury-hit South Africa made six changes to the team that will face Fiji in Wellington on Saturday but received a boost with veteran lock Bakkies Botha's return from an achilles tendon strain.Botha missed the Springboks' opening Rugby World Cup match against Wales ...
The Fiji Rugby Union said Thursday it had asked New Zealand to ease a travel ban on members of the Pacific nation's military regime so it could include a soldier in its Rugby World Cup squad.New Zealand has barred Fijian soldiers, including ...
The All Blacks embark on their World Cup build-up with a Test against Fiji on Friday, resting key players but desperately hoping that they do not fall into the same trap as Australia.The one new call-up is Otago Highlanders lock Jarrad Hoeata ...
An injury-time time try by Yuta Imamura saw Japan snatch the Pacific Nations Cup rugby crown with a crucial 24-13 bonus-point win over a 12-man Fiji in a tense final match.In a tournament that went down to the wire, the John Kirwan-coached ...
Fiji will take part in this year's World Cup in spite of a New Zealand visa ban on anyone associated with the Pacific island's military junta, according to Mike Miller, the secretary general of the International Rugby Board (IRB)."Fiji will be at ...
The International Rugby Board said it would keep lobbying New Zealand to lift a ban on Fijian players with links to the country's military regime from this year's World Cup.Prime Minister John Key reiterated the policy Wednesday, saying removing the ban would ...
New Zealand emphasised that it would not ease sanctions barring Fijian players with military or government ties from travelling to the Rugby World Cup.The embargo, imposed following the 2006 military coup, will remain until there is evidence of substantial progress toward the ...
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