Fiji national rugby sevens team
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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. Thus Fiji is the sole nation to have won mens Olympic gold in the sport.[1] They are the only country in the world to have won the Sevens Treble (the Olympics, Sevens Series, and World Cup), the three major achievements in Sevens. They have won multiple World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Union | Fiji Rugby Union | ||
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Coach(es) | Osea Kolinisau | ||
Captain(s) | Vatemo Ravouvou | ||
Top scorer | Waisale Serevi (1310) | ||
Most tries | Wasea Nacuqu (135) | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1993) | ||
Best result | Champions (1997, 2005, 2022) World Rugby series (2005–2006, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2018–2019) |
Fiji Sevens is watched and enjoyed by fans around the world for its style of play — the "Flying Fijians" play with Fijian flair.[2] Their passing and offloads can be unorthodox for traditional rugby coaching, and more similar to basketball style.[3]