Former All Blacks coach gets Fiji gig
In a major coup for Fijian rugby, the Pacific Islands nation has appointed one of the most experienced tacticians from Australasia to the top job with the national team.
In a major coup for Fijian rugby, the Pacific Islands nation has appointed one of the most experienced tacticians from Australasia to the top job with the national team.
Fijian Drua scrumhalf Frank Lomani was banned for six weeks on Wednesday after being sent off in a Super Rugby match against the Rebels.
A sluggish start against Fiji cost the depleted Blitzboks a fifth-place finish on the final day of the Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday.
Ben Gollings has been sacked as head coach of the Fiji sevens team, the Fiji Rugby Union said, four months before the side bids for a third straight Olympic gold in Paris.
Fijian speedster Peniasi Dakuwaqa went coast-to-coast for a sensational solo try to help Stade Francais beat rivals Racing 92 in the Parisian derby.
The World Rugby Sevens Series returns to Australia on Friday where the Blitzboks produced a performance for the ages last year in thrashing Fiji to advance to the final.
Simon Raiwalui will leave the role of Fiji head coach at the end of the year after the Pacific Islanders were beaten by England in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Skipper Owen Farrell kicked a late drop goal and penalty as England held on against a spirited Fiji fightback to progress to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals.
England held on to deny a ferocious fightback from Fiji in the third quarter-final of Rugby World Cup 2023.
Hooker Sam Matavesi will be on the bench for Fiji in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against England just days after the death of his father, head coach Simon Raiwalui revealed on Friday.