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1985 Fiji rugby union tour of British Isles

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	05	00	05

Test match

02	00	00	02

Opponent

P	W	D	L

IrelandXV^[1]

1	0	0	1

Wales

1	0	0	1

The 1985 Fiji rugby union tour of British Isles was a series of matches played in October 1985 in Wales, Ireland, and England by the Fiji national rugby union team.

Results

9 October 1985

Cross Keys	12 - 26	Fiji XV
	report

Crosskeys
Referee: Gareth Simmonds (-WRU)

12 October 1985

Cardiff	31 - 15	Fiji XV
	report

Cardiff
Referee: Winston Jones (-WRU)

16 October 1985

Swansea	14 - 23	Fiji XV
	report

Swansea
Referee: D. Hughes (-WRU)

19 October 1985

Ireland XV	16 - 15	Fiji
	report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: W. Bevan (-WRU)


Ireland XV		Fiji
Hugo MacNeill	FB	15	FB	Epeli Turuva
Michael Kiernan	W	14	W	Jimi Damu
Brendan Mullin	C	13	C	Sanivalati Laulau
John Hewitt	C	12	C	Tomasi Cama
Keith Crossan	W	11	W	Serupepeli Tuvula
Paul Dean	FH	10	FH	Acura Niuqila
Michael Bradley	SH	9	SH	Paula Nawalu
Brian Spillane	N8	8	N8	Esala Teleni (capt.)
William Sexton	F	7	F	Peceli Gale
Philip Matthews	F	6	F	Iokimi Finau
Willie Anderson	L	5	L	Asaeli Hughes
Donal Lenihan	L	4	L	Koli Rakoroi
J. J. McCoy	P	3	P	Rusiate Namoro
Ciaran Fitzgerald (capt.)	H	2	H	Epeli Rakai
Phil Orr	P	1	P	Sairusi Naituku

23 October 1985

Ulster	23 - 9	Fiji XV
	report

Belfast
Referee: K. McCartney (-SRU)

26 October 1985

Connacht	6 - 7	Fiji XV
	report

Galway
Referee: D.W. Mathews (-RFU)

30 October 1985

Newport	6 - 7	Fiji XV
	report

Newport
Referee: R. Jones (-WRU)

2 November 1985

London Welsh	9 - 22	Fiji XV
	report

London
Referee: Ken Rowlands (-WRU)

5 November 1985

Llanelli	31 - 28	Fiji XV
	report

Llanelli
Referee: L. Peard (-WRU)

9 November 1985

Wales	40 - 3	Fiji
	report

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Stephen R Hilditch (-IRFU)


Wales		Fiji
Paul Thorburn	FB	15	FB	Jimi Damu
Mark Titley	W	14	W	Mosese Nabati
Rob Ackerman	C	13	C	Sanivalati Laulau
Bleddyn Bowen	C	12	C	Tomasi Cama
Adrian Hadley	W	11	W	Serupepeli Tuvula
Jonathan Davies	FH	10	FH	Acura Niuqila
Terry Holmes (capt.)	SH	9	SH	Paula Nawalu
Phil Davies	N8	8	N8	Esala Teleni (capt.)
Dai Pickering	F	7	F	Peceli Gale
Mark Davies	F	6	F	Iokimi Finau
Bob Norster	L	5	L	Asaeli Hughes
John Perkins	L	4	L	Koli Rakoroi
Ian Eidman	P	3	P	Rusiate Namoro
Billy James	H	2	H	Epeli Rakai
Jeff Whitefoot	P	1	P	Peni Volavola
		Replacements
Ray Giles	SH	16	FB	Jone Kubu

References

Note

^ Non considered as official test match by IRFU

Fiji national rugby union team

Fiji Rugby Union

History

Cibi

Players

All Players

Home stadium

HFC Bank Stadium

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

By opponent	Australia England France Japan Samoa Scotland Wales
Pacific Tri-Nations	1982 2005
World Cup qualifiers	1995
South Pacific Games	1963

Tours

Australia	1976 1984 1985 1989 2003
New Zealand	1974 1980 1989 1996 1997 2003
South Africa	1996
Europe	1964 1982 1985 1989 1990 1995 2002 2001 2005
Americas	1964 1980 1982 2003
Asia	1990 1996
Oceania	1989

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