Fiji national rugby league team

Fiji
Team information
Nickname	Fiji Bati
Governing body	Fiji National Rugby League
Region	Asia-Pacific
Head coach	Brandon Costin [1]
Captain	Kevin Naiqama
Most caps	Akuila Uate (18)
Top try-scorer	Akuila Uate (14)
Top point-scorer	Wes Naiqama (132)
Home stadium	National Stadium
RLIF ranking	5th
Uniforms
	First colours
	First colours
Team results
	First international
	Western Samoa 32–18 Fiji ; (Apia, Samoa; 1992)
	Biggest win
	Fiji 72–6 Wales ; (Townsville, Australia; 5 November 2017)
	Biggest defeat
	Australia 84–14 Fiji ; (Marathon Stadium, Newcastle; 12 July 1994)
	World Cup
Appearances	5 (first time in 1995 )
Best result	Semi-finals, 2008, 2013, 2017

Last updated March 31, 2019

The Fiji national rugby league team, nicknamed the Bati (pronounced [mˈbatʃi] ), has been participating in international rugby league football since 1992. The team is controlled by the governing body for rugby league in Fiji, Fiji National Rugby League (FNRL), which is currently a member of the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC). Fiji have thrice reached the semi-finals of the Rugby League World Cup, in 2008, 2013 and 2017, and are currently ranked 5th in the Rugby League International Federation's World Rankings.

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.

The Fiji National Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league in Fiji. They are based in the capital Suva, the League has suffered financially due to member leagues not paying affiliation fees.

The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by national teams of the Rugby League International Federation, which was first held in France in 1954, the first World Cup in either rugby code. The idea of a rugby league world cup tournament was first mooted in the 1930s with the French proposal to hold a tournament in 1931, and again in 1951. The fifteen tournaments held to date have been at intervals ranging from two to eight years, and have featured a number of formats. So far three nations have won the competition. Australia, France and New Zealand are the only teams to have played in all tournaments. Since 2000, the RLIF has also organised World Cups for women, students and other categories. The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea which was won by Australia.

History

1990s

The game was introduced to Fiji only in 1992 but despite this there has been a long history of Fijian players making their mark in rugby league, most notably back in the 1960s when great players such as Joe Levula and Laitia Ravouvou joined Rochdale Hornets and became household names in the English competition.

The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league. Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league clubs. Their main local rivals are Oldham, Salford and Swinton.

Interest and participation in rugby league snowballed throughout Fiji, and as well as continued success in the World Sevens, the Batis began playing full 13-aside games against international teams. By 1994, Fiji had hammered the Great Britain Amateur tourists (40-8) and, captained by mighty front-rower James Pickering, beat France (20-12).

They had also produced their first rugby league superstar after winger Noa Nadruku joined Canberra Raiders and in 1993 became the top try-scorer in the Australian competition.

Noa Nadruku is a Fijian former rugby footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. After representing Fiji in rugby union, he switched to play rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders and was named as one of the best 25 players for the Raiders' 25-year anniversary.

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership since 1982. Over this period the club has won 3 premierships,, received 1 wooden spoon and had a total of 15 of its players selected to don the green and gold for Australia national rugby league team. The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to the AIS Stadium in Bruce taking place in 1990. The official symbol for the Canberra Raiders is the Viking. The Viking, also a mascot at Raiders' games, is known as Victor the Viking.

Fiji took part in their first World Cup in 1995 where, just as the 2000 World Cup, they had the misfortune to be placed in the same group as both England and Australia. But the Batis made a massive impression in their opening World Cup game in which they ran riot against South Africa, 52-6, and had the crowd on their feet at Keighley.

The 1995 Rugby League World Cup was held during October in the United Kingdom. It was the eleventh staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was marketed as the Halifax Centenary World Cup, reflecting the tournament's sponsorship and the fact that 1995 marked the centenary of the sport. Envisaged as a celebration of rugby league football, the size of the competition was doubled, with four additional teams invited and Great Britain split into England and Wales

The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France. Sixteen national teams competed in four groups of four, playing each other once over three weekly rounds before a series of play-offs that culminated in the final between Australia and New Zealand. Tournament favourites Australia defeated New Zealand in the final, claiming their sixth consecutive and ninth total Rugby League World Cup title. Australian winger Wendell Sailor was named player of the tournament.

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2000s

Coached by Don Furner, Sr. and captained by Lote Tuqiri, Fiji competed in the 2000 World Cup but did not progress past the tournament's group stage.

Lote Daulako Tuqiri is a Fijian-Australian former professional dual-code rugby footballer who last played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby league. He usually played as a winger in both codes. Tuqiri first rose to prominence as a professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Maroons, as well as the Fiji and Australia national sides. He was therefore a high-profile signing for rugby union in 2002, winning 67 caps for Australia and being a part of their 2003 and 2007 World Cup squads. He played rugby union for the Waratahs in the Super 14 and Leicester Tigers in England in season 2009–10. Tuqiri's contract with the Australian Rugby Union was terminated on 1 July 2009. No immediate reason was given, and Tuqiri returned to rugby league in 2010, playing for the Wests Tigers of the NRL. In September 2013, he signed a short-term contract with Irish rugby union giants, Leinster to play in the Pro12 in a three-month deal. Just 6 weeks out from the 2014 NRL season, Tuqiri signed with his third NRL club, the South Sydney Rabbitohs on a one-year deal.

The Fiji Bati qualified for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup held in Australia after finishing second in Pacific qualifying behind Tonga. Fiji's qualification campaign started with a thrilling 30-28 loss to Samoa before reversing the scoreline a few days later with a 30-28 win over the Tongans. Fiji won their final qualifying game against Cook Islands 40-4. Having qualified the Vodafone Fiji Bati team started their Rugby League World Cup 2008 campaign with 42-6 win over France followed by a 2-point defeat to Scotland, however they topped their group with a superior points difference. Beating Ireland in their quarter final they came within one match of the World Cup final, but were defeated by Australia, ending the tournament in 4th place.

2010s

Fiji automatically qualified for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup after participating in the 2008 tournament. They took on Australia, England and Ireland in the pool stage. In their first match they took on 'the Wolfhounds'. They played at the famous Spotland Stadium, in Rochdale, where Fiji have an historic affiliation with. The Fijians convincingly won by a score of 32-14. As expected Fiji lost to both Australia and England, although they surprised many, as they only conceded 34 points against the teams in each game and they led 2-0 against Australia, and were within a few minutes of taking a half-time lead against England. Fiji would take on 'fierce Pacific rivals' Samoa in the quarter final. They won the, passionate pacific, fixture and they would celebrate with a 22-4 victory. They celebrated even more, as it meant Fiji reached their second consecutive World Cup semi-final. They took on Australia again, but this game was nothing like the group stage fixture. Fiji's errors conceded them 62 points against a classy Australian side. This defeat ended and equalled their best World Cup campaign in their history.

In May 2014, Fiji took on Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League Test at Penrith Stadium. The International was created as a qualifier for the final 2014 Four Nations spot. It was also a chance for the Four Nations team (winner of this international) to warm-up before the event kicked off later in the year. Fiji failed to qualify with their fierce pacific rivals getting the better of them by 32-16.

In May 2015, Fiji took on Papua New Guinea in the 2015 Melanesian Cup test at Cbus Super Stadium. Fiji won the match and the inaugural Melanesian Cup title.^[2] Fiji never looked like losing the match after an easy first half performance, leading 18-0 at the break. They went on to win the test match by 22-10.

In May 2016, Fiji took on Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup test at Pirtek Stadium. Fiji had a similar situation in this year's Melanesian Cup with a half-time score of 16-8 but this time around they conceded too many second half points allowing the Kumuls to make a shock comeback and win the match 24-22.

Kit

Primary

1992–1995

1995 World Cup

2008 World Cup

Players

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see Fiji national rugby league team players.

Current squad

The Fiji national team squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Pts.	Club
Fullback	Jarryd Hayne	(1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 31)	9	20	Parramatta Eels
Wing	Marcelo Montoya	(1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 (age 23)	7	12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wing	Pio Seci	(1993-08-19) 19 August 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Ipswich Jets
Wing	Akuila Uate	(1987-10-06) 6 October 1987 (age 31)	17	52	Huddersfield Giants
Wing	Suliasi Vunivalu	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995 (age 23)	6	38	Melbourne Storm
Wing	Brayden Wiliame	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 26)	7	8	Catalans Dragons
Centre	Taane Milne	(1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 (age 23)	6	30	New Zealand Warriors
Centre	Kevin Naiqama (Captain)	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 30)	15	20	St Helens
Centre	Mikaele Ravalawa	(1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 21)	0	0	St George Illawarra Dragons
Five-eighth	Sitiveni Moceidreke	(1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 24)	3	12	Canberra Raiders
Halfback	Henry Raiwalui	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 30)	4	4	Mounties RLFC
Prop	Kane Evans	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 27)	10	4	Parramatta Eels
Prop	Ben Nakubuwai	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 23)	8	8	Salford Red Devils
Prop	Junior Roqica	(1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 28)	13	4	Newcastle Knights
Prop	Jacob Saifiti	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 22)	7	0	Newcastle Knights
Prop	Ashton Sims	(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 34)	12	0	Toronto Wolfpack
Prop	Eloni Vunakece	(1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 31)	15	12	Sydney Roosters
Hooker	Apisai Koroisau	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 26)	16	38	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Hooker	James Storer	(1982-02-16) 16 February 1982 (age 37)	12	8	Port Kembla Blacks
Second-row	Salesi Junior Fainga'a	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 20)	1	4	Parramatta Eels
Second-row	Tui Kamikamica	(1994-05-18) May 18, 1994 (age 24)	8	0	Melbourne Storm
Second-row	Viliame Kikau	(1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 23)	8	16	Penrith Panthers
Lock	Joe Lovodua	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 21)	4	4	St George Illawarra Dragons
Lock	Korbin Sims	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 27)	7	4	St George Illawarra Dragons

Tournament history

Rugby League World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D
1995	Group Stage	6/10	3	1	2	0
2000	Group Stage	12/16	3	1	2	0
2008	Semi-finals	4/10	4	2	2	0
2013	Semi-finals	4/14	5	2	3	0
2017	Semi-finals	4/14	5	4	1	0
Total	0 Titles	4/13	20	10	10	0

Four Nations

Four Nations record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D
2009	Not Invited
2010	Failed to Qualify
2011	Not Invited
2014	Failed to Qualify
2016	Not Invited
Total	0 Titles	0/5	0	0	3	0

Pacific Cup

Pacific Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D
1992	Group Stage	9/10	4	1	3	0
1994	Second Place	2/10	6	4	2	0
1997	Group Stage	5/6	3	0	2	1
2004	Group Stage	4/6	2	1	1	0
2006	Second Place	2/6	3	2	1	0
2009	Semi-finals	3/5	2	1	1	0
Total	0 Titles	6/12	20	9	10	1

Other competitions

Fiji have also participated in:

Results and fixtures

Below are the previous 5 matches of the national team."

Melanesian Cup

23 June 2018
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Papua New Guinea	26 – 14	Fiji
Try: Rau (2), Olam, Page Goal: Martin (5/5)	Report	Try: Montoya, Phillips, Vunivalu Goal: Moceidreke (1/2), Raiwalui (0/1)

Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney ^[4]
Attendance: 17,802
Referee: Matt Cecchin (Australia)

Team details


FB	1	Justin Olam
WG	2	Junior Rau
CE	3	Thompson Teteh
CE	4	Willie Minoga
WG	5	Richard Pandia
FE	6	Lachlan Lam
HB	7	Watson Boas
PR	8	Stanton Albert
HK	9	James Segeyaro (c)
PR	10	Luke Page
SR	11	Rhyse Martin
SR	12	Nixon Putt
LK	13	Rod Griffin
Interchange:
BE	14	Kurt Baptiste
BE	15	Rhadley Brawa
BE	16	Ase Boas
BE	17	Enock Maki
Coach:
Michael Marum


FB	1	Kevin Naiqama (c)
WG	2	Suliasi Vunivalu
CE	3	Akuila Uate
CE	4	Tyrone Phillips
WG	5	Marcelo Montoya
FE	6	Henry Raiwalui
HB	7	Jarryd Hayne
PR	8	Kane Evans
HK	9	Joe Lovodua
PR	13	Eloni Vunakece
SR	11	King Vuniyayawa
SR	12	Salesi Junior Fainga'a
LK	10	Tui Kamikamica
Interchange:
BE	14	Pio Seci
BE	15	Sitiveni Moceidreke
BE	16	Pio Sokobalavu
BE	17	Junior Roqica
Coach:
Matt Adamson

Man of the Match:
James Segeyaro (Papua New Guinea)

Touch judges:
Kasey Badger (Australia)
Michael Wise (Australia)
Video referees:
Henry Perenara (New Zealand)
Bryan Norrie (Australia)

Australia vs Fiji

24 November 2017
19:00 AEDT (UTC+10)

Australia	54 – 6	Fiji
Tries: Holmes (18', 24', 42', 51', 65', 75') 6 Gagai (31', 69') 2 Slater (14', 48') 2 Goals: Smith 7/10 (15', 19', 33', 43', 49', 53', 67')	1st: 22 – 2 2nd: 32 – 4 Report	Tries: 1 (59') Vunivalu Goals: 1/2 Koroisau (7' pen)

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 22,073
Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Man of the Match: Cameron Smith (Australia)

Team lists:


FB	1	Billy Slater
WG	2	Dane Gagai
CE	3	Will Chambers
CE	4	Josh Dugan
WG	5	Valentine Holmes
FE	6	Michael Morgan
HB	7	Cooper Cronk
PR	8	Aaron Woods
HK	9	Cameron Smith (c)
PR	10	David Klemmer
SR	11	Boyd Cordner
SR	12	Matt Gillett
LK	13	Josh McGuire
Substitutes:
IC	14	Wade Graham
IC	15	Jordan McLean
IC	16	Reagan Campbell-Gillard
IC	17	Tyson Frizell
Coach:
Mal Meninga


FB	1	Kevin Naiqama (c)
WG	2	Suliasi Vunivalu
CE	3	Taane Milne
CE	4	Akuila Uate
WG	5	Marcelo Montoya
FE	6	Jarryd Hayne
HB	7	Henry Raiwalui
PR	8	Ashton Sims
HK	9	Apisai Koroisau
PR	10	Eloni Vunakece
SR	11	Viliame Kikau
SR	12	Brayden Wiliame
LK	13	Tui Kamikamica
Substitutes:
IC	14	Joe Lovodua
IC	15	Jacob Saifiti
IC	16	Junior Roqica
IC	17	Ben Nakubuwai
Coach:
Michael Potter

New Zealand vs Fiji

18 November 2017
19:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

New Zealand	2 – 4	Fiji
Goals: Shaun Johnson 1/1 (45' pen)	1st: 0 – 2 2nd: 2 – 2 Report^[5]	Goals: 1/1 Apisai Koroisau (15' pen) 1/1 Taane Milne (62' pen)

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 12,713
Referee: Matt Cecchin (Australia)
Man of the Match: Kevin Naiqama (Fiji)

Fiji v Italy

Friday, 10 November
7:40pm (AEDT)

Fiji	38 – 10	Italy
Tries: Suliasi Vunivalu (60', 63', 68') 3 Kevin Naiqama (28') 1 Henry Raiwalui (40') 1 Brayden Wiliame (54') 1 Marcelo Montoya (75') 1 Goals: Apisai Koroisau 3/4 (29', 40', 61') Taane Milne 2/3 (64', 69') Sin Bins: Jarryd Hayne (34')	1st: 12 – 4 2nd: 26 – 6	Tries: 1 (20') Josh Mantellato 1 (43') Nathan Milone Goals: 1/2 Josh Mantellato (44') Sin Bins: (12') Jayden Walker (34') Joey Tramontana

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 6,733
Referee:

Robert Hicks
Man of the Match:

Apisai Koroisau

Fiji v Wales (Inter-Group)

Sunday, 5 November
6:30pm (AEST)

Fiji	72 – 6	Wales
Tries: Suliasi Vunivalu (14', 51', 61') 3 Viliame Kikau (22', 40') 2 Taane Milne (31', 56') 2 Eloni Vunakece (6') 1 Henry Raiwalui (16') 1 Salesi Faingaa (27') 1 Marcelo Montoya (33') 1 Jarryd Hayne (42') 1 Joe Lovodua (65') 1 Ben Nakubuwai (70') 1 Goals: Apisai Koroisau 4/7 (7', 17', 23', 28') Taane Milne 3/5 (40', 43', 52') Suliasi Vunivalu 1/2 (66')	1st: 42 – 6 2nd: 30 – 0 Report^[6]	Tries: 1 (11') Morgan Knowles Goals: 1/1 Courtney Davies (12')

Townsville Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 7,732
Referee:

Chris Kendall
Man of the Match:

Akuila Uate

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References

↑ https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/rugby-league/brandon-costin-is-the-new-fiji-bati-coach/
↑ "Fiji vs. PNG 2015 Melanesian Cup". Nrl.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
↑ "Fiji Bati World Cup squad announced in Suva". rlwc2017.com. 7 October 2017.
↑ "2018 Pacific Test Invitational schedule finalised". NRL.com. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
↑ "Fiji stun Kiwis to make World Cup semis". Nrl.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
↑ Morris, Dylan (5 November 2017). "Flying Fiji breeze past Wales". NRL.com.

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[2] "Fiji vs. PNG 2015 Melanesian Cup". Nrl.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[3] "Fiji Bati World Cup squad announced in Suva". rlwc2017.com. 7 October 2017.

[pacific-4] "2018 Pacific Test Invitational schedule finalised". NRL.com. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[5] "Fiji stun Kiwis to make World Cup semis". Nrl.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[6] Morris, Dylan (5 November 2017). "Flying Fiji breeze past Wales". NRL.com.

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