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.

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Fiji

Nickname(s)	Fijiana
Union	Fiji Rugby Union
Head coach	Inoke Male
Captain	Sereima Leweniqila
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	19 (as of 4 September 2023)
Highest	16 (2022)
Lowest	32 (2007)
First international
Fiji 15–27 Samoa  (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; 14 April 2006)
Biggest win
Fiji 152–0 Papua New Guinea  (Papakura, New Zealand; 9 July 2022)
Biggest defeat
Fiji 19–84 England  (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 October 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (2021)

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Women's
World Rugby Rankings

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Top 20 rankings as of 15 April 2024^[1]

Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		England	096.18
2		New Zealand	090.56
3		France	088.00
4		Canada	086.27
5		Australia	081.61
7	1	Scotland	077.17
6	1	Italy	075.13
8		Wales	073.41
9		United States	072.57
10		Ireland	072.35
11		Japan	069.38
12		South Africa	065.17
13		Spain	065.15
14		Russia	061.10
15		Samoa	059.57
16		Netherlands	058.98
17		Fiji	058.65
18		Hong Kong	058.31
19		Kazakhstan	055.97
20		Sweden	052.72
*Change from the previous week

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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.^[2] The tournament was also part of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualification process.^[2] Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 37–10 to win the inaugural Oceania Championship and progress to the next stage of qualifications.^[3]

Fiji met Hong Kong and Japan in a Repechage tournament, but lost both matches and did not qualify for the 2017 World Cup.^[4]

In 2018, Fijiana won the second edition of the Oceania Championship and successfully defended their title after winning all their matches.^[5]

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.^[6][7]

Fiji played two test matches against Australia and Japan in 2022 at Brisbane.^[8][9] It would be their first test match against the Wallaroos and only their second time to meet Japan.^[10] Fiji won the 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship in New Zealand.^[11][12][13] 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.^[14][15]

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.^[16][17] They later achieved their first World Cup win when they defeated South Africa 21–17.^[18][19] Their win against the Springbok Women moved them up five places to their highest ranking of 16th from 21st.^[20][21] France kept Fiji scoreless in their last World Cup match with a score of 44–0.^[22][23]

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