Fiji Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Rugby union ==== {{Main|Rugby union in Fiji}} {{more citations needed section|date=January 2016}} [[File:Fiji vs Canada RWC2007 lineout.jpg|thumb|The [[Fiji national rugby union team]] during the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] playing against [[Canada national rugby union team|Canada]]]] [[Rugby Union]] is the most-popular team sport played in Fiji.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiji.travel/us/information/guides/sports-golf|title=Sports & Golf {{!}} The official website of Tourism Fiji|website=www.fiji.travel|access-date=30 March 2017|date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831014542/http://www.fiji.travel/us/information/guides/sports-golf|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Fiji national rugby sevens team|Fiji national sevens side]] is a popular and successful international rugby sevens team and has won the [[Hong Kong Sevens]] a record eighteen times since its inception in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hksevens.com/about-us/past-champions|title=Hong Kong Sevens β Past Champions|website=hksevens.com|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209065609/http://hksevens.com/about-us/past-champions|archive-date=9 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Fiji has also won the [[Rugby World Cup Sevens]] twice β in 1997 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fijirugby.com/rugby-house/history/|title=Fiji Rugby Union " History|website=www.fijirugby.com|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212184721/http://www.fijirugby.com/rugby-house/history/|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Fiji national rugby union sevens team is the reigning [[World Rugby Sevens Series|Sevens World Series]] Champions in World Rugby. In 2016, they won Fiji's first ever Olympic medal in the [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics]], winning gold by defeating Great Britain 43β7 in the final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-22/fiji-olympic-team-returns-home-to-celebrations/7771170|title=Fiji rugby heroes return home from Rio to national celebrations|date=22 August 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309072031/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-22/fiji-olympic-team-returns-home-to-celebrations/7771170|archive-date=9 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Fiji national rugby union team|national rugby union team]] is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga in the union. Fiji is currently ranked eleventh in the world by the IRB ({{as of|2015|December|28|lc=y}}). The national rugby union team has competed at five [[Rugby World Cup]] competitions, the first being in [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]], where they reached the quarter-finals. The team again qualified in the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] when they upset [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] 38β34 to progress to the quarter-finals where they lost to the eventual Rugby World Cup winners, [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]]. Fiji competes in the [[Pacific Tri-Nations]] and the [[IRB Pacific Nations Cup]]. The sport is governed by the [[Fiji Rugby Union]] which is a member of the [[Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance]], and contributes to the [[Pacific Islanders rugby union team]]. At the club level there are the [[Skipper Cup]] and Farebrother Trophy Challenge. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page