The Fiji women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Fiji, representing them at rugby union. They played their first test against Samoa in 2006, and compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship. In 2022, they created history when they scored the third-highest points in both Men's and Women's Rugby at the Oceania Championship when they trounced Papua New Guinea 152–0. They made their first Rugby World Cup appearance at the delayed tournament in New Zealand.
History Fiji played their first match in 1997 against a visiting United States XV's team. They played their first international test match against Samoa in the one-off Women's Pacific Tri-Nations in 2006.
Ten years after the Women's Pacific Tri-Nations, the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship was established. The first tournament was held in 2016 between Fiji and Papua New Guinea at the ANZ National Stadium in Suva. The tournament was also part of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualification process. Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 37–10 to win the inaugural Oceania Championship and progress to the next stage of qualifications.
Fiji met Hong Kong and Japan in a Repechage tournament, but lost both matches and did not qualify for the 2017 World Cup. In 2018, Fijiana won the second edition of the Oceania Championship and successfully defended their title after winning all their matches.
The 2019 Oceania Championship also served as a qualifier for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. It was also the first time that the Oceania region was granted a spot at the World Cup. New Zealand and Australia had already qualified from the previous World Cup, Fijiana won the remaining spot and qualified for their first World Cup.
Fiji played two test matches against Australia and Japan in 2022 at Brisbane. It would be their first test match against the Wallaroos and only their second time to meet Japan. Fiji won the 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship in New Zealand. They created history when they scored the third-highest points in both Men's and Women's Rugby at the 2022 Oceania Championships as they trounced Papua New Guinea 152–0 in Papakura, New Zealand.
First World Cup In 2022, Fijiana were overwhelmed in their first Rugby World Cup match by England who ran in 14 tries and recorded an 84–19 victory. They later achieved their first World Cup win when they defeated South Africa 21–17. Their win against the Springbok Women moved them up five places to their highest ranking of 16th from 21st. France kept Fiji scoreless in their last World Cup match with a score of 44–0.
Second World Cup Fiji qualified for their second Rugby World Cup after winning the 2024 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship.
Records Rugby World Cup
Overall
(Full internationals only, updated to 4 September 2026) + Rugby: Fiji internationals from 2006 Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Win % 2022 5 0 0 5 0% 2022 3 0 0 3 0% 2023 1 1 0 0 100% 2022 1 0 0 1 0% 2022 1 0 0 1 0% 2016 3 1 0 2% 2016 5 2 0 3% 2022 1 1 0 0 100% 2024 1 0 0 1 0% 2016 5 5 0 0 100% 2006 10 6 0 4% 2024 2 0 0 2 0% 2022 3 1 0 2 % 2023 2 0 0 2 0% 2006 6 6 0 0 100% 2025 1 0 0 1 0% 2025 1 1 0 0 100% Summary 2006 50 24 0 26%
Players Current squad Fiji announced their final squad on 9 August 2025 for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.
Note: The age and number of caps listed for each player is as of 22 August 2025, the first day of the tournament.
Award winners The following Fiji players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2001:
+ World Rugby Women's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2022 Vitalina Naikore — 2025 Josifini Neihamu
+ World Rugby Women's 15s Try of the Year Year Date Nominee Match Tournament Winner 2025 23 August Kolora Lomani vs. Canada Rugby World Cup —
Coaches Coach Years Seremaia Bai 2016 Senirusi Seruvakula 2020–2022 Inoke Male 2023 Mosese Rauluni2024 Ioan Cunningham2025–2026 Willie Walker2026–
See also
Fiji women's national rugby sevens team
References
External links Fiji Rugby Official site