After more than a month of rigorous training, the Fiji Water Flying Fijians are now nine days away from their first Rugby World Cup pool match against Wales.

Departing Swire Shipping Fijian Drua assistant coach Brad Harris believes the team can improve from what they achieved in this season’s Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific.

Assistant Coach Brad Harris will leave the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua in October.

Family and relatives of Flying Fijians backline kicking and skill coach Seremaia Bai celebrated with him yesterday his journey to the Rugby World Cup.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is presiding over a sport in decline and needs urgent reform to address dysfunction in its leadership structure and fix the nation’s “unsustainable” professional game, according to an independent governance review.

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua coach Mick Byrne expressed his satisfaction with the seamless integration of the Drua players and the existing professionals from the Northern hemisphere.

France centre Jonathan Danty will miss the opening World Cup match against New Zealand at the Stade de France due to a hamstring injury, L’Equipe reported on Wednesday.

Fiji Water Flying Fijians winger Josua Tuisova and prop Peni Ravai are recovering well.

Fijian high school rugby players are set to reap the rewards of Japanese scholarships facilitated by the Embassy of the Republic of Fiji in Tokyo, Japan.

Fiji’s most-capped rugby player, Nicky Little, believes this year’s Rugby World Cup squad is much better than the 2007 side that reached the quarterfinals.

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua Head coach Mick Byrne is assisting coaches at the World Rugby Pacific Men’s Combine, where 12 out of 24 players will be chosen for the Fijian Drua or Moana Pasifika teams.