TheBreakdown
Full time29 May 1979
Fiji
7–19
England
National Stadium, Suva, Fiji · Tour 1979Head-to-head

England won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFiji penalty · Kemueli Musunamasi3–0
  2. –TFiji try7–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies7–2
  4. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies7–4
  5. –PEngland penalty · Huw Davies7–7
  6. –TEngland try · Peter Squires7–11
  7. –TEngland try · Richard Cardus7–15
  8. –TEngland try · Bill Beaumont7–19

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Peceli KinaProp
  2. 2Atonio RacikaHooker
  3. 3Josefa RautoProp
  4. 4Rabici GanilauSecond row
  5. 5Nasoni UluvulaSecond row
  6. 6Rupeni QaraniqioFlanker
  7. 7Isikeli CagilabaFlanker
  8. 8Viliame RatudradraNumber 8
  9. 9Samisoni ViriviriScrum-half
  10. 10Pio BoscoFly-half
  11. 11Wame GavidiWing
  12. 12Senitiki NasaveCentre
  13. 13Taniela RalumuCentre
  14. 14Joape KuinikoroWing
  15. 15Kemueli MusunamasiFull-back
  16. Esala LabalabaBench
  17. Ilami LutumailagiBench
  18. Green RayawaBench
  19. Isimeli BatibasagaBench
  20. Pio TimiBench
  21. Pita Kewa NacuvaBench

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3John DoubledayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5NJC PomphreySecond row
  6. 6JL ButlerFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9IG PeckScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Richard CardusCentre
  13. 13Paul DodgeCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back

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Context

All-time, Fiji 1–13 England in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Fiji going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.