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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.
Fiji's rates of violence against women are "among the very highest in the world". [8] The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who have been in intimate relationships have experienced physical or sexual violence from their partner, including 61% who were physically attacked and 34% who were sexually abused.
Players selected from Fiji Women's Rugby League competition include: Police Sharks: Asenaca Diranuve and Ateca Naicaucauceva; Yasawa Saints: Sereana Maragi; USP Raiders: Mere Kilawekana; Players selected from the NSWRL Women's Premiership include: Canterbury Bulldogs: Abigayle Sekitoga, Latisha Smythe, Nanise Vakacavu, and Ilisapeci Bari.
The Fijian Drua Women (known as the Rooster Chicken Fijian Drua Women for sponsorship reasons) are a Fijian rugby union team based in Fiji. [1] [2] They compete in the Super Rugby Women's competition. They were crowned champions in their inaugural season in 2022, and successfully defended their title in 2023.
The Fiji national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics.Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Brazil, the country's first Olympic medal in any event, and repeated as Olympic champions in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, defeating New Zealand. [1]
The tournament was also part of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualification process. [2] Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 37–10 to win the inaugural Oceania Championship and progress to the next stage of qualifications. [3] Fiji met Hong Kong and Japan in a Repechage tournament, but lost both matches and did not qualify for the 2017 World Cup. [4]
A journalist released what he claimed to be the “real” manifesto of murder suspect Luigi Mangione on Tuesday (December 10) via Substack. Moreover, the reporter criticized major news outlets ...
New Caledonia 2–0 Fiji (New Caledonia; 28 November 1983) Biggest win Tonga 0–12 Fiji (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 22 November 2018) Biggest defeat Australia 17–0 Fiji (New Zealand; 15 October 1998) World Cup; Appearances: 0: OFC Women's Nations Cup; Appearances: 5 (first in 1983) Best result: Runners-up (2018, 2022) Summer Olympics ...