Fiji team set to play in Australia's domestic championship in 2017

The Australian Rugby Union, Fiji Rugby Union and World Rugby have today announced that a Fiji-based team will enter Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC) competition in 2017. Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama joined ARU CEO Bill Pulver at ARU headquarters in Sydney to deliver the historic news. The Fiji team will comprise locally-based players from Fiji’s national second XV, ‘Fiji Warriors’ and will play all of its home matches in Fiji. The team’s participation in the Buildcorp NRC is being underwritten by World Rugby, allowing the Fijians to become the first overseas-base…