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The Fiji national rugby union team represents Fiji in men's international rugby union competes every four years at the Rugby World Cup, and their best performances were the 1987 and 2007 tournaments when they defeated Argentina and Wales respectively to reach the quarterfinals. Fiji also regularly plays test matches during the June and November test windows. Fiji also plays in the Pacific Tri-Nations, and has won the most Pacific Tri-Nations Championships of the three participating teams.
Central Coast Stadium is a sports venue in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The stadium is home to the Central Coast Mariners association football club which competes in the A-League and the New Zealand Warriors which competes in the National Rugby League. The stadium also hosts rugby league and rugby union fixtures on an ad hoc basis as well as other major social events.
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The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and on the Gold Coast in previous seasons.
Rugby union is the most popular sport in Fiji ; however, rugby league, netball, and association football are also widely played. Various forms of traditional boat racing and wrestling are also popular.
Henry Suluvale is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented Western Samoa at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and also the 1995 world sevens. Suluvale played on the Wing or in the Centres.
The 1973 England rugby union tour of Fiji and New Zealand was a series of matches played by the England national rugby union team in Fiji and New Zealand in August and September 1973. England played five games, including a test match against the New Zealand national rugby union team and a match against the Fiji national rugby union team for which England did not award full international caps. England beat Fiji by only a single point and lost all three matches against New Zealand provincial teams but completed the tour with their first win against New Zealand since 1936.
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Tevita Kuridrani is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player. His usual position is outside-centre. He plays for the Western Force in Super Rugby and represents Australia in international rugby. He previously played for the Brumbies.
John Tabaiwalu Fakavale Matson is a New Zealand rugby union coach and a former New Zealand and Fiji rugby union representative.
John Gregory McKee is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He is a former coach of the Fiji National 15s Team.
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The Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship is an international rugby union competition organised by Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. It is contested by men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement, and played as two tournaments; the Oceania Junior Championship for teams that compete in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, and the Oceania Junior Trophy for teams aiming to compete in the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.
Semi Kunabuli Kunatani is a Fiji rugby union player. He plays for the Fiji sevens team and also Top 14 side Castres. He previously played for Top 14 side, Stade Toulousain and Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. Kunatani debuted for Fiji in 2013 Dubai Sevens tournament.
Scott Curry is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for the New Zealand national rugby sevens team. He made his debut at the 2010 Dubai Sevens. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Raymond Faitala-Mariner is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He has played for both Samoa and New Zealand at international level.
Erevonu Tuicaumatalevu "Tui" Kamikamica is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL.
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References
- 1 2 Roger Matakamikamica rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Fraser Coast Mariners v East Coast Buccaneers frasercoastrugby.com.au, 23 October 2009
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