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Reds winger Suliasi Vunivalu (left) trips Fijian Drua’s Kitione Salawa during Queensland’s loss in Suva.

Fijians cruel Reds’ Super Rugby Pacific home final bid

The Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby Pacific home finals hopes have all but evaporated in a crushing homecoming for fallen Wallabies star Suliasi Vunivalu.

  • Darren Walton

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Ben Donaldson kicked eight-from-eight for 23 points to guide Western Force to a Super Rugby win.

Donaldson scores 23 points as Force crush Drua

Western Force flyhalf Ben Donaldson has scored 23 points on the back of a perfect kicking display to lift his side to a crushing 48-10 win over Fijian Drua in Perth.

  • Justin Chadwick
Emily Robinson carting the ball up for the Waratahs.

Waratahs on cusp of unbeaten season – but they’d rather keep playing

Undefeated NSW play Fiji in the Super Rugby Women’s grand final on Sunday, but a veteran has called for the competition to double in length.

  • Iain Payten
Fijian halfback Frank Lomani leaves the field after being red-carded on Friday evening.

‘A disgrace’: Drua coach wants culprit banned for life as rugby chiefs investigate alleged racial slur

Fijian Drua star Frank Lomani was left visibly shaken after allegedly being the target of a racial slur by a fan during Friday night’s match against the Rebels in Melbourne.

  • Tom Decent
The Drua held on for a tight victory in Fiji.

Pressure mounts on Coleman as Waratahs beaten in thriller in Fiji

The cruelty of sport was laid bare on a hot and humid day in Lautoka, Fiji, as the Waratahs lost by three points to the Drua. But the Waratahs women’s team had a massive win.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Max Jorgensen.

Super Rugby Pacific as it happened: Drua score first win over Waratahs after stunning drop goal in extra-time

The Waratahs have suffered a heart-breaking 39-36 extra-time loss in Fiji after playmaker No.10 Tane Edmed’s match-winning drop goal attempt hit the post.

  • Tom Decent
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Drua fans in Churchill Park, Lautoka

Hearts, minds and a ’16th player’: How the Drua broke through in Fiji

The Drua provided 18 members of the 2023 Fiji World Cup squad and have won back-to-back Super W titles, but their club is about far more than results on the field.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Fijian Drua head coach Mick Byrne preparing his players

‘A player gets poleaxed and they laugh’: The former Swan changing the game for Fiji

Mick Byrne made his name in the VFL, winning a premiership with Hawthorn before finishing with Sydney. Now he is transforming the Fijian Drua as their head coach.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Waratahs fullback Max Jorgensen returns from injury to start in Fiji

Jorgensen returns for Waratahs on Fiji trip that could resurrect season

Fullback Max Jorgensen has recovered from a hip injury and will return for the Waratahs in their first visit to Fiji in Super Rugby.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Fiji’s Josua Tuisova on the way to scoring for Fiji in their win over Australia at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard in Saint-Etienne.

Lucky losers: Why Wallabies are fortunate Fiji didn’t put the boot in

Australia grabbed a crucial bonus point in their shock World Cup loss, but Fiji would have won by more had they not lost their goal-kicking No.9 during the game.

  • Paul Cully

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