{"id":783656,"date":"2026-02-23T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/783656\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:34:16","slug":"fiji-to-play-home-nations-championship-game-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/783656\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji to play &#8216;home&#8217; Nations Championship game in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fiji&#8217;s &#8220;home&#8221; fixture against Scotland in the new Nations Championship is to be played in Edinburgh at Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday, 18 July.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Fiji will also play their two other home ties away from home &#8211; against England in Liverpool and Wales in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural Nations Championship features 12 men&#8217;s teams divided into two pools of six, one for the northern hemisphere and one for the south.<\/p>\n<p>During a round-robin of matches, they play teams in the opposing pool across two international windows, with the top teams in each pool advancing to the Nations Championship final in London.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Scotland will visit Argentina and South Africa before returning to Edinburgh to play Fiji.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Koli Sewabu told the Scottish Rugby website: &#8220;Although our match against Scotland won&#8217;t be played in Fiji, we&#8217;re determined to make it feel every bit like a home game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fans can expect a vibrant, festival-like atmosphere, a true celebration of Fijian rugby culture both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also a great opportunity to raise the profile of Fijian rugby, showcase our culture, and connect with our diaspora and fans from the Northern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The success of these fixtures will enable us to invest more into grassroots rugby supporting the continued growth and success of the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fiji recorded their first win over Scotland since 2017, by 29-14, in a home game in Suva in July, but the Scots prevailed 57-17 on Fiji&#8217;s last visit to Murrayfield the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related internet links<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771850056_540_.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji&#8217;s &#8220;home&#8221; fixture against Scotland in the new Nations Championship is to be played in Edinburgh at Murrayfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,1102,33405,111392,4884,70660,228523,712,16951,16,15],"class_list":["post-783656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-fiji","tag-fiji-rugby-union","tag-great-britain","tag-murrayfield-stadium","tag-nations-championship","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-rugby","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116119972608583661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}