Classic RWC Sevens: NZ vs FIJ 2005 Cup final

New Zealand met Fiji in the final of the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

[@marcusflynt810]

i was 10 when i saw this game on tv.. watching fiji play made me love rugby and got me interested in it.. now im playing rugby for my club in newcastle, england.. I LOVE RUGBY

[@antoniotuvici8541]

i knowww

[@mijieliwilson2387]

Marcus Flynt all the best with your rugby career bro...

[@jackalbark7593]

Cool choice bro

[@ardiusfidelis6568]

Marcus Flynt all the best with your rugby career.

[@iliesalesimaicolo6783]

Marcus Flynt SERU SEREVI

[@maxvosailagi8148]

I watch this video once every year. It’s 2021 and it’s like I’m watching it for the first time. The Fiji team was on point, and the commentators were on fire. The greatest 7s game of all time.

[@emilyvincent-sq3ff]

hard 2 find a Fiji team full of armoury...2 gud.

[@laniwati7831]

The stuff and the tournament of legends as if already written on script ! Grew up in the 90s in Fiji when HK 7s coincided with Children's Sunday and then later in my 20s seeing a team like this absolutely on fire on the field at the the holy grail of 7s in HK! Now in my 40s just reliving this epic game all over again as if it were the first time watching live on screen back in our living room at home ! Love love love Fijian flair ❤❤❤

[@dmar3651]

Keith Quinn and Nigel Starmer Smith...two Legendary Commentators for the world of 7s Rugby. To hear them go out of their way to learn the proper pronunciation of the names of the rugby players is a true act of Class. That is Respect for the players and Respect for the Game. They took their jobs Very seriously, and it showed.

[@deenacola5933]

K k Plllpi9899

[@francineuculoa183]

Watching this just took me down memory lane. All family members and neighbors came home and watched the game. Dad brought a multimedia home just for the occasion. Village 1 was invented at our verandah, everyone was crazy screaming and cheering all throughout Fiji's game...Best MEMORY EVERRRRR!!!

[@yuriboyka6943]

Isa good times

[@waisalevuetilovoni2173]

@@yuriboyka6943 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaqaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@benreistudio9419]

I was one of the lucky ones there in the Hong Kong stadium to witness this great team winning the 7s world cup in HK. Great memories

[@mahnswaqa6737]

2017 and I'm still watching this masterpiece

[@manpreetfiji]

Watching this in 2021.. brings back great memories! What a team it was. God bless Fiji!

[@chief-jayfiji7834]

This was a good Fiji team and most of them were in their 30’s vs a upcoming young bloods who went on to do some amazing rugby for New Zealand and some onto the All Blacks.Good to see the now Wales Coach Wayne Pivac on the coaching bench for Fiji.Some good memories this.Vinaka World Rugby & NZ for always being a good rival and bringing out the best for Fiji..The intercept that lead to the Serevi try was a mirror of what happened years later in Dubai also vs New Zealand and the back pass by Tuwai to Mulevoro

[@JoshRavuakua93]

One of the greatest Fiji World cup 7s team ever assembled: 1. Semisi Naevo 2. Apolosi Satala 3. Viliame Satala 4. Ifereimi Rawaqa 5. Jone Daunivucu 6. Waisele Serevi 7. Vilimoni Delasau 8. Marika Vunibaka 9. Nasoni Roko 10. William Ryder 11. Sireli Bobo 12. Neumi Nanuku When you got the Fiji bench strong like the likes of Ryder, Roko, Delasau, Rawaqa and Nanuku.

[@raywilcox4224]

The Stuff Of Legends! This was Fiji's Dream team then. With the vast amount of experience shared between players, there's nothing more for the coach to do then just train them to fitness. A team put together in less than 2 weeks to prepare for this World Cup.😮✌Every pass, tackle, side-step or tactical moves each individual makes.....is EPIC! Mouth- opener....just woooww!! 😮😮✌This coach is most relaxed coach as far as 7s is concerned😀✌LEGENDS😮😀❤✌

[@Onetime8224]

"Running skills"/"Classic Fijian Style Brilliance!"/high leaping/Fijian rugby at it's very best/greater skill/instinctive skill/brilliantly executed/7's which can only be seen in it's finest expression" etc etc...........It is breathtaking to listen to Commentators use of amazing descriptive words that elevates natural ability to another level for this wonderful game of 7's Rugby. Thank you Fiji.............I love you full speed!..haha

[@TJD248]

I was in that stadium when the final was held. Best atmosphere I have ever experienced.

[@MaricaMaraiwai]

Go FIJI GO

[@nasoniqorowale6020]

Still watching in June 2022 .I still vividly this night . One of the best days of my life , for every fijian 🇫🇯 Best 7s set of all time

[@orzyrok6849]

Always give credit where its due..mainly to the person facing public criticism for putting this team together for only 2 weeks. He's Wayne Pivac. He took his team and won the Melrose for the country. Look at his 15s team prior to 2007 Rugby world cup. His squad beat Wales and took Fijii to the quarter finals. Tabua just accompanied the team on RWC week because Wayne had resigned.

[@kiwi_cooks8352]

From a kiwi. Fiji best sevens team in world. Nz best 15 side rugby team ever. Serevi best 7 player ever. From a west aucklander. The mighty all blacks rule. My hearts with both these teams

[@susanaranadi6891]

Watching again in 2021..."Fijian rugby at its very best" ..being repeated throughout the years since🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯

[@sakuvorowaqa1984fiji]

Amazing depth in the Fijian side, with William Ryder and Vilimone Delasau in the reserves.Amazing talent in probably the best assembled Fijian World Cup squad of all time.

[@yabakitabua9910]

pppppp

[@joepetau8481]

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[@rabwell12]

Thanx IRB for uploading Full Length Video for this spectacular Finale.....

[@apaiatadurusolo2396]

I miss both this commentator the feel of game with each exact emotional word they say makes one feel they were in the game

[@jerryveisa]

Keith Quinn and Nigel Starmer Smith...both great Legends in rugby commentary

[@fphguest707]

​@@jerryveisa 😮😅

[@ChyeahWill]

Oh this brings back such wonderful and good memories. The whole country celebrated that night when they won. My neighbours then were running on the streets banging their pots and some others were driving around sounding their horns like crazy! lol. Oh, what a night that was

[@blokejr4801]

The Serevi/Satala combo was brilliant🙌🏽

[@drxiorasta]

Fiji was gonna win even before the game started. Best possible Fiji team put together in two weeks to win the World Cup

[@COOLJOEFIJI]

When it comes to world sevens rugby........Only one country comes to mind, FIJI. Just like football is to Brazil. Gods gift to the friendly Islanders.AMEN! U ROCK!

[@johanesterhuizen1912]

Don't forget South Africa aswell, a great side

[@jdalex704]

@@johanesterhuizen1912 Every one likes to watch Fiji

[@MrAhuapai]

Yep thats why NZ have won the most Seven championships with 12 titles.

[@jdalex704]

@@MrAhuapai That's why Fiji is Olympic champion

[@isikelitavisa7348]

17 years later I’m still watching this Memorable Melrose Cup Final . I was 11 and I remember all the villagers (Vacalea,Nakaleka, Kadavu) was gathered in one house the only house with a TV to watch this game. ☺️👊🏾

[@laidsgpr63]

Thank you for showing that match. Fiji surely deserved to win ! Well done you guys. You are all truly CHAMPIONS !!

[@tiotigeorge4794]

great fijian 7s legends here....serevi, satala, delasau, vunibaka...

[@paulkoilolo4918]

Watching this in 2022.Viliame Satala back pass is brilliant 👏👌

[@rishantchand9415]

That pass from V. Satala to serevi gives me goosebumps everytime i see that

[@militianaioba5916]

Thank you lord 😀🌷💖 for our team before because not like other team Inda word thank you🥰👍🥰👍 Margaret Nadi Fiji Islands 🥰👍

[@kariakuta]

LOL...Wayne Pivac just went to party in HK...Serevi was the real coach of that Fiji team.

[@nazeemali2098]

Serevi lad a great Fijian rugby 7s, classical way to say goodbye at age of 37....

[@JoshRavuakua93]

You know there is depth in the team when you have Delasau and Ryder in the reserves.

[@saukurujohn5667]

Good Memories,credit to both teams and what a great show down.

[@kritikaprasad9408]

Its 2021, I'm still watching.. what a game..

[@Islandkid679]

This isnt the first time ive commented on this video, but looking back at this team, theres so much SPEED and PACE considering some of the members, its unbelievable.

[@danodeny7561]

God, this Fiji team was technically good

[@georgerustic3817]

I love rugby at heart and I love playing the sport its so fun! go Fiji!!

[@bradamahn]

and they said SBW created the back pass!!!! pfft!!! whatta!!!!

[@mysteryboy9911]

😊

[@MrAhuapai]

Who says that?

[@raywilcox4224]

😀

[@raywilcox4224]

Sooooo wrong😀✌

[@melaiarika8247]

@@MrAhuapai .....m..n...

[@simionenauluvula7981]

Ohhh I remember still in .my 20s watching..with my youth mates..at home..what a classic!

[@mafiratabacaca5414]

2021 still watching this epic final a team with great speed n strength (New Zealand)and a team dominated by experience players n skills(Fiji)

[@sumeetasharma5570]

simply awesome n most deserving... proud to be a fijuan

[@vshv9136]

1992 Olympics in Barcelona Television was new to Fiji and I was a little boy 2 things that I remember the archer lighting the Olympic flame and all the talk surrounding the “Dream Team” this was the moment when Fiji assembles its very own Dream Team that weekend in Hong Kong there was not a single team that stood a chance against our Dream Team

[@tyronevalentine418]

Isa watching this again in 2020 while the world is in lock down mode.l had an old wooded bodied 23in tv and a 14in.half the kailomas in matei were on the porch and the ladies watching inside...screeming every time our boys scored😕😕

[@rgwhippy]

Awesome Serevi!.....awesome Fiji!!!. Worthy winners indeed and the legacy continues!.

[@VerenaisiVuyah-uz1hu]

Isa .,.bring back memories.....always miss this team...

[@JM19649]

Can remember watching this at home at the time and being on feet clapping fijis 2nd and 3rd try.. Glorious.. Gutted that I was in hk in 04, fiji weren't very good and 06 when they lost in a thriller to England.. Saw them a week later in singapore hammer everyone but it wasn't the same. 7s is hk and 7s is fiji.. met serevi that weekend and he is every bit the legend off the field that he was on..

[@vishallal6949]

i was only 16 at that time and i cant still remember it like it all happened just yesterday! watching this game in our 14 inch TV with more than 15 people in the house! No place like Fiji! Go Fiji Go!!

[@robertbruce7971]

Vishal Lal o0 8

[@nacaes7827]

Never get old watching this

[@kato2493]

Serevi 7s Legend

[@nraachie]

Rewatching in 2022🔥🔥

[@cannibalking]

no way, even if orene Ai'i was'nt injured, New Zealand would have still lost.

[@apenisavitau9709]

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[@Tubuna]

I was 3 when this game was held so many memories ❤

[@justincrediblev41]

You diapers must have soaked pretty bad

[@mosesenavukula9070]

@@justincrediblev41 HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂

[@rondass62]

Our national game,an we are the champion of the world...God bless and yes we are very religious

[@noodles169]

If fiji took the 15 game serious, there would be no stopping them

[@saitolacama2016]

One of the best World Cup win ever

[@BudsRitova]

Power and pace personified

[@NOTY-NOX]

*I STILL CAN REMEMBER WHEN FIJIAN TEAM WAS NAMED GORDON SAID FIJI WILL BE TEAM TO BEAT*

[@rupenimagiti9500]

I miss these Legends

[@ocoauction]

Look at that Fijian Lineup I doubt you'll see a better sevens team. Delasau, Ryder, Nanuku on the bench shows the strength the side.

[@StFidjnr]

and that line up was the challenger to the ab 7's who 4 years earlier won the RWC 7's in 2001

[@butter0milk]

the class of 1990 was better..incidently they thrashed a star studded NZ side in the final. Delasau...as good as he was was too individualistic..dancing his way through tackles and almost always spilling the ball..

[@esen7512]

OLD IS GOLD...GREAT EXPERINCE SIDE...FOR FIJI

[@nuthinleicadane]

power and pace personified.....

[@luckyrhino2962]

A MATCH TO REMEMBER...

[@ilaisacamaitovu9487]

ABBA

[@chillian1985]

Fiji's line up is clearly way better than NZ. Those fijans have so much experience and they deserve to win that year. NZ team was too young and most players are not experienced sevens players...but great job they went to the finals anyways. Wayne Pivac was on the free ride with Fiji hahaha serevi was the coach all along and pivac didnt even say anything in their half time talks...haha

[@jackalbark7593]

It was the general idea of wayne pivac bro.. for serevi to lead,,,lol

[@macvatu]

Skip-step, that's the name for it. . . . !! William Ryder is the master exponent of it . .!!

[@BeeSolomona]

boy has the game changed

[@xxCoveringclientxxx]

UPload fiji vs england in RWC 2005 PLEASE?!?!

[@siwooot]

Man I remember feeling so happy the next day when Fiji won, so many big names in the Fijian team. This game could have gone a lot different though if Orene Ai'i wasn't out injured, he was unstoppable at the time

[@liznorrie8861]

I just hope that whichever players have been chosen to represent the country for the world cup in Moscow...........well good luck to you guys and hope that you will make FIJI proud by at least reach the final..........not like the 2009 world cup where you were bundled out of the quarter finals..........anyways............GOD BLESS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'll always be a proud FIJI rugy fan no matter the criticism.......GO FIJI GO!!!!!!!!!!

[@ilaitia2541]

The truth about this game is....this was the most unfit team in the world cup...Satala said most of the players were past their prime and injury ridden...they were written of as unfit...Satala said it was experience that got them thru.

[@blosification]

I guess you are saying that they are unfit an old???

[@rondass62]

As serevi said all the glory to the Christ the lord

[@soloiaafele255]

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[@hussainnazif724]

salute to u fiji team brings old memories

[@jorianx2197]

This team was stacked

[@akositavurai6636]

It was really was the stuff of LEGENDS...

[@timothyjnrbrown2083]

World Rugby, Do you have the semifinal between fiji and england?....that was the real final.

[@joshbaleca1386]

2024 still watching this Masterclass😂😂❤

[@OKSuper94]

Everyone's so young!!!

[@ishfijiboy2037]

.. FIJI'S DREAM TEAM !! ... GO FIJI GO !!

[@samvad6638]

Tanerau Latimer Tamati Ellison Isaia Toeava.......I did not know these guys started from 7s😮😮😮

[@rupenimagiti9500]

Sam Vad and Liam Messam

[@ethanjosephtier2rugbynatio379]

NZ has Gordon Tietjans to thank for that 😊

[@L3G4L]

If this game was played today there would have been so many knock ons and high tackles

[@sevanaiatagotago4046]

Looking for the 2005 RWC sevens semifinal fiji vs England...anybody knows where can i find it please.??!

[@tevitaphillips3196]

Delasau always had trouble holding the ball

[@treenut999]

For better or worse?...and how comes?Cheers

[@senibuafanueli3997]

Dream team Fiji

[@MrSilverfish12]

This New Zealand team is waaay too young. How did they expect to win this?? lol

[@samjioje9947]

Wow I was 7 when I watched this match

[@yaravu]

Lemeki.koroi

[@yaravu]

lemeki.koroi

[@yaravu]

lemeki.koroi 7& 15's game

[@Islandkid679]

Sireli Bobo...wish he played more for fiji :/

[@stupuola3634]

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[@josephvulaca9407]

chayy all da humble fijians man.classic!

[@lotebogitini1928]

Joseph Vulaca

[@RoyJones.]

Came to watch this after Fiji winning the 2022 Melrose cup haha!

[@Setokieremond]

This team was oldest Fijian team ever… lots of big names but they fought hard and well

[@fijiguy08]

Serevi missed every tackle but thank goodness for the teams extra hard work in defense

[@pbali3386]

Bobo is the man

[@StFidjnr]

champion vs challenger

[@juanortega397]

El juego de siete está acaparando la atención en el mundo

[@iliek3102]

world class #serevi

[@robertbruce7971]

lisa K 8

[@rusluv6249]

Legends

[@sikeliralawa6405]

Apolosi Satala..coolest and calmest

[@MyKvt]

This team was led by God nd no other even if u out Orene Ai'i in Fiji will still Win....

[@duffy936]

Messam and Latimer look so young haha

[@ninaratukalou605]

Watching 07 November 2020

[@richoseweh9195]

am sure liam messam tried to strangle himself after that game