Coral Coast Fiji 7s Kicks Off January 15th: One Canadian Team Entered
The Coral Coast 7s may be one of the top international 7s tournaments outside the World Rugby SVNS series. It’s based in Fiji and this year there are top teams from Fiji, NZ, Australia, Japan, GB and USA. There’s one team from BC, the Pacific Warriors, who are mostly a Fijian-Canadian team. They won all the major 7s summer tournaments in BC in 2025, the Bayside 7s, the Bula 7s and the Westshore 7s. They’ll be in tough competition in Fiji however, they’re in a pool (Pool F) with two Fijian teams and an Australian Fijian team. Highlighting Pool A are the Fijian Babas, Pool B NZ Development, Pool C the USA 7s team, Pool D Aussie Selects and Pool E Japan SDS. Mike Friday has a Select 7s team that has an all star roster, that includes Terry Kennedy, Harry McNulty and Jordan Conroy from Ireland, Perry Baker from USA, Luke Treharne from Wales and a host of top Fijian players including Jerry Tuwai. We’ll try to get the Pacific Warriors roster to add to this article.
An interesting side note, the tournament is sponsored by McDonald’s, you don’t usually see them as a rugby tournament sponsor.
Here are some links to follow:
Tournament website:
https://fijicoralcoastsevens.com/
Results
Rosters
Tournament Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/fijicoralcoast7s/
https://www.facebook.com/FijisCoralCoast7s
Pacific Warriors Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/pacificwarriorsrugby/
Article from maitvfiji.com
The Canada-based Pacific Warriors side are targeting a breakthrough performance at the McDonald’s Coral Coast 7s, which kicks off tomorrow at Lawaqa Park.
Club co-founder Iokimi Vunituraga says that since 2019, the team has competed across Canada while regularly featuring guest players from Fiji to boost their roster.
“We have had Wane Raturaciri, Tevita Daugunu and Napolioni Bolaca join us and with their expertise they have helped the team alot.”
Hailing from Waisomo in Kadavu, Vunituraga said participating in the tournament this year has been a dream come true.
“We have worked so hard to be here and we really want to make use of this opportunity to expose the talent we have in the team, and to also gain experience from playing against all the top teams that are here in Fiji for the tournament.”
The side has been bolstered at the tournament with the inclusion of Suva rugby and Army’s Inia Tawalo, Bill Scott of the Devo Babas side, Napolioni Bolaca and Wane Raturaciri, a member of the national 7s training squad and the younger brother of Fijian Drua co-captain Frank Lomani and other local players.
Pacific Warriors are in Pool F along with Wardens, eHub International Sydney Fijians and Devo Babas.
POOLS
PACIFIC WARRIORS
Pacific Warriors winning Westshore 7s 2025