Fiji women's national rugby sevens team explained

Country:Fiji
Union:Fiji Rugby Union
Captain:Rusila Nagasau
Nickname:Fijiana
Caps:Rusila Nagasau (198)
Top Scorer:Ana Naimasi (411)
Most Tries:Ana Naimasi (71)
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Sevens:yes
World Cup Apps:3
Year:2013
Best:5th (2022)
Coach:Saiasi Fuli

The Fiji women's national rugby sevens team represents Fiji at regional and international sevens tournaments.

They have won four Pacific Games gold medals, two Oceania Championships, a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics. They also compete in the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens.

History

Fiji won the gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. They qualified for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia where they won the Bowl final.[1] The Fijiana won the 2015 Oceania Women's Sevens in Auckland and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2]

In 2018, they competed at the Commonwealth Games in Australia and placed fifth overall.[3] [4] Later in July, they participated at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens and finished in 11th place.[5]

Fiji also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and went on to win the bronze medal after defeating Great Britain.[6] [7]

They claimed their fourth Pacific Games gold medal in 2023 after their victory over Papua New Guinea in Honiara.[8] [9]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Fiji

World Cup

Rugby World Cup Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2009Did not qualify
2013Bowl Final9th6321
201811th place playoff11th4220
20225th place final5th4310
Total0 Titles 3/414851

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
YearRoundPosition
20185th place playoff5th5320
2022Gold medal Final5410
Total0 Titles2/210730

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2007Final4 4 0 0
2008Semi-finalist4 2 2 0
2012Semi-finalist6 4 2 0
2013Final6 3 3 0
2014Group stage6 4 2 0
2015Final6 6 0 0
Final 6 5 1 0
Cup Finals 5 3 2 0
Cup Finals 5 3 2 0
Final 6 5 1 0
Final 6 3 3 0
2022Round-robin6150
2023Final6510
Total2 Titles13/1372 48 24 0

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
YearRoundPosition
2016Quarterfinals8th6240
2020Bronze Finals6420
2024Group stage12th5050
Total0 Titles3/3176110

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
SeasonRoundsPositionPoints
2012–131 / 415th2
2013–142 / 59th18
2014–1568th32
2015–1658th34
2016–1764th66
2017–1859th31
2018–19610th21
2019–2057th38
2021Season cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
2021–224 / 63rd61
2022–2376th68
2023–2486th (League)7th (Grand Finals)68

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
YearRoundPosition
2011Finalbgcolor=gold1st7700
2015Finalbgcolor=gold1st7601
2019Finalbgcolor=gold1st6600
2023Finalbgcolor=gold1st5500
Total 4 Titles 4/4 25 24 0 1

Players

Current squad

Squad named for the 2023 World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series in Vancouver from the 3–5 March.

Caps updated to the latest date: 5 March 2023

Award winners

The following Fiji Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[10]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year
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Reapi Uluinisau
2023Reapi Uluinisau (2)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710161954/http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stage/1560/teams/3936. 2015-07-10.
  2. Web site: Ratulevu . Pate . 2015-11-15 . Australia and Fiji qualify for Olympics . 2023-04-07 . Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union . en.
  3. Web site: Phillips . Sam . 2018-04-15 . Aussies denied gold as NZ nab double . 2021-10-25 . www.rugby.com.au . en.
  4. Web site: Morgan. Liam. 2018-03-24. Fiji name final men's and women's rugby sevens squads for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. 2021-10-25. www.insidethegames.biz.
  5. Web site: Singh. Zanzeer. 2021-05-28. 'Path is fair' – Fuli hails changes to Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifiers. 2021-10-26. FijiTimes. en.
  6. Web site: 2019-11-12. Rugby 7's Women Qualify For Olympics. 2021-10-24. www.fasanoc.org.fj.
  7. Web site: Wylie. Vinnie. 2021-08-03. Players keen to join Fijiana 7s following Olympic success. 2021-10-24. RNZ. en-nz.
  8. Web site: Hawkins . Koroi . 2023-11-26 . Pacific Games 2023: Fiji, Tahiti sweep rugby 7s and volleyball gold, but New Caledonia's medal haul continues . 2023-11-26 . RNZ . en-nz.
  9. Web site: Ballekom . Aaron . Saepioh . Donaldson . Teho . Frank . 2023-11-25 . Fiji Retain Rugby 7s Golds, Wallis And Futuna Win Surprise Women's Bronze . 2023-11-26 . www.sol2023.com.sb . en-US.
  10. News: Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby . www.world.rugby . 16 March 2024 . en.