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‘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.
- by Tom Decent
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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.
- by Jonathan Drennan
‘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.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Opinion
Rugby World Cup
Why devilishly good quarter-finals prove there is no God
There were no late miracles for France, Ireland or Fiji, yet somehow England are through to the final four. It’s enough to test the faith of even the most devout rugby fan.
- by Peter FitzSimons
England end Fiji’s World Cup run with hard-fought quarter-final win
England have beaten Fiji 30-24 in a tightly contested Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Marseille.
Opinion
Rugby World Cup
The breadth of a butterfly wing was the difference between Wallabies advancing or flying home
Portugal produced a miracle win at the World Cup – but it was a miracle for them, not the Wallabies.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Rugby World Cup
Wallabies to fly home despite historic upset by Portugal over Fiji
Australia’s slim hopes of making the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals were dashed by Fiji claiming a bonus point in defeat against Portugal.
- by Iain Payten
Rugby World Cup 2023 as it happened: Wallabies’ World Cup over after Fiji snag bonus point
Despite losing to Portugal, Fiji have knocked the Wallabies out of the World Cup and qualified for the quarter-finals after picking up a bonus point in Monday’s game.
- by Billie Eder
Brawls, falls and dodgy scrum calls: Revisiting Wallabies’ 1954 loss to Fiji
At the SCG, 69 years before Monday morning’s historic World Cup humiliation, Australia lost to their Pacific island cousins under a whopping cloud of controversy.
- by Emma Kemp
‘Religion and rugby’: Fiji’s victory is more than just a win at the World Cup
The Flying Fijians carved their own slice of history with a win over the Wallabies, and has given the island nation its best World Cup chance since 2007.
- by Billie Eder
‘Throw baguettes at me’: Jones takes the heat for Fiji nightmare before do-or-die Wales game
After 80 dramatic minutes, the script flipped for Australia’s World Cup campaign as Fiji sealed arguably their greatest win at rugby’s centrepiece event.
- by Tom Decent
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