Fiji 72–6 Wales — Inter-group, 2017 Rugby League World Cup

5 Nov 2017 · Townsville Stadium, Townsville, Australia · Attendance: 7,732

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Inter-group, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Fiji 72–6 Wales, at Townsville Stadium, Townsville, Australia on 5 Nov 2017.

Scorers

Fiji	Tries: Vunivalu (3); Kikau (2); Milne (2); Vunakece; Raiwalui; Fainga'a; Montoya; Hayne; Lovodua; Nakubuwai Goals: Koroisau (4/7); Milne (3/5); Vunivalu (1/2)
Wales	Tries: Knowles Goals: Davies (1/1)

Teams

Fiji			Wales
1	Kevin Naiqama (c)	Fullback	Elliot Kear	1
2	Suliasi Vunivalu	Wing	Rhys Williams	2
3	Taane Milne	Centre	Michael Channing	3
4	Akuila Uate	Centre	Christiaan Roets	4
5	Marcelo Montoya	Wing	Regan Grace	5
6	Jarryd Hayne	Stand off/Five eighth	Courtney Davies	6
7	Henry Raiwalui	Scrum half/Half back	Dalton Grant	17
8	Ashton Sims	Prop forward	Craig Kopczak (c)	8
9	Apisai Koroisau	Hooker	Steve Parry	9
10	Eloni Vunakece	Prop forward	Philip Joseph	10
11	Viliame Kikau	Second row	Rhodri Lloyd	11
20	Salesi Fainga'a	Second row	Joe Burke	12
13	Tui Kamikamica	Loose forward/Lock forward	Morgan Knowles	13
Substitutes
14	Joe Lovodua		Danny Ansell	7
15	Jacob Saifiti		Matty Fozard	14
16	Junior Roqica		Matt Barron	15
17	Ben Nakubuwai		Ben Evans	16

Mick Potter		Coach	John Kear

Match officials

Referee	Chris Kendall (England)
Touch judges	Chris Sutton — single-sourced, Mark Craven — single-sourced
Player of the match	Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

Fiji beat Wales 72-6 at Townsville, Suliasi Vunivalu scoring three of Fiji's 14 tries. Both sides made late lineup changes from their pre-match named teams before kickoff, confirmed by rugbyleagueproject.org's post-match team-changes log.

Sources

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup