What a game. What a fuckin’ game.
I am so proud to be a Fijian. So proud.
We lost the quarter finals of the world cup 2007 to South Africa.
But despite the loss, besides the fact that we’re not in the running anymore, despite all the talk about the predictions of us getting trounced by South Africa, we proved to the world something.
We showed the Tier 1 countries that when push comes to shove, we can take anyone to the wire. When it comes to just the two teams on the field, the only thing that matters is how much heart you have.
No sponsorship dollars. No fancy tight grab-hardy shirts, no 1st tier technical bullshit.
Just the game, the ball, and you.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. This is by far one of the best games Fiji has ever played.
We had nothing to lose, but South Africa had the most pressure on them. They had the hard job of keeping up their image as one of one of the top rugby teams in the world. Fiji? Why we were nothing but a bunch of lucky bastards who by some weird twist of fate, found themselves in a quarter final that by facts alone, shouldn’t even have beaten Wales.
But beat Wales we did. And we sure gave South Africa a run for their money.
In the end, Fiji did their best. And for that I salute them.
PS: Happy Fiji Day people 
#1 by Allen on October 8, 2007 - 7:04 am
Awesome game! Fiji definitely is no easy walk over! 2 tries with only 14 men, to bring scores level at 20 – 20, at one point in the match.
Who would have thought that this Fiji team, which only had 3 months to prepare, would perform so well at the 2007 World Cup!
I am certainly proud of this Fiji Team, going up against a million dollar funded, and highly fancied and highly ranked team like South Africa! Imagine if we had the same sort of funding that those big teams have!
Hopefully the International Rugby Union provides more funding and technical support to the Fiji Rugby Union. I’m also hoping that our big (rich) brothers (Australian Rugby Union and New Zealand Rugby Union), who are also out of the quarterfinal (LMAO) like Fiji, will have more respect for us, and provide us with more test matches, and support!
#2 by keith on October 8, 2007 - 6:27 pm
Amen to that Allen.
#3 by Gankutsuou on October 8, 2007 - 9:40 pm
Patriotism was def high this weekend
Everyone had their fiji flags proudly attached to ends of their vehicles and buildings – there were even ppl just randomly waving flags on the side of the roads in Nadi XD
Woot for our boys!!
#4 by Jay Cam on October 9, 2007 - 8:10 am
whoa!!
you can see some shirt ripping…
calm down peoples!
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#5 by Allen on October 9, 2007 - 8:40 am
“jay spam”?
#6 by thrashor on October 9, 2007 - 12:56 pm
fiji played some wonderful rugby – no question. now what about my team the bloody all blacks? 20 years as the world’s number one ranked team and only one world cup to show for it. pathetic.
#7 by Anonymous on October 10, 2007 - 3:19 am
Hey Wilson, thanks for the inspiration words when we met today. I posted them in my lasted blog entry. I really love your site. Keep the faith!
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#8 by Wilson on October 10, 2007 - 9:25 pm
cheers blogmeister ^_^
#9 by nzm on October 12, 2007 - 4:56 pm
I thought that the Wales/Fiji match was the best one ever, and then the Fiji/Saffie match came along.
The boys did so well – very proud they can be!
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