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Frank Lomani looks towards the crowd as he walks off the field at AAMI Park. The Herald is not suggesting the spectators depicted were involved in the racial slur.

‘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

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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
Cheslin Kolbe and Francois Cros.

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.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Fiji’s Josua Tuisova tackles England’s Manu Tuilagi in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final.

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.

Rodrigo Marta of Portugal scores a try against Fiji.

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.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Portugal celebrate their first World Cup win.

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.

  • Iain Payten
Portugal celebrate after their first ever World Cup win.

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.

  • Billie Eder
Action from the second Test between Australia and Fiji at the SCG on June 26, 1954.

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.

  • Emma Kemp
Fiji’s Ilaisa Droasese and Samuel Matavesi embrace after defeating the Wallabies.

‘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.

  • Billie Eder

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