SUVA (Pacnews) — The Fiji Rugby Union today announced the appointment of former Fiji and Wallaby legend Ilivasi Tabua as the new coach of the FMF Flying Fijians.
Tabua dubbed “the human skewer” first task would be to guide Fiji through the Pacific Nations Cup and then on to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
“I think Fiji’s in a strong position and I believe it doesn’t matter whose head coach, the important this is that things are in place on the ground particularly in terms of the High Performance Unit and the way we are now looking after our players,” Tabua said.
His appointment came just a week after national 15s coach Wayne Pivac resigned citing family commitments.
Having been to two World Cup with Australia (1995) and Fiji (1999) Tabua believes Fiji needs to get back to play its free-flowing game.
“Rugby’s a running game, and that’s what we’re good at, so obviously I’m going to be working on improving this aspect particularly.”
Fiji Rugby Union High Performance general manager Peter Murphy believes this is an important move for Fiji Rugby.