South Africa’s Jake White has been appointed as the new Flying Fijians head coach, the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) announced at a news conference in Suva on Tuesday.
The 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning coach with the Springboks replaces Senirusi Seruvakula, who was appointed to the position on an interim basis in April and oversaw the Flying Fijians’ mid-year international tests in July, as well as the 2026 Pacific Nations Cup last month.
Other high-profile names linked to the coaching role included former Wales and British & Irish Lions mentor Warren Gatland and former Welsh international Shaun Edwards.
He will lead Fiji to the 2027 Rugby World Cup, where they will play against Spain, Canada and Argentina in Pool C.
White will also get a chance to face his former team when Fiji faces South Africa in a warm-up match before the the World Cup gets underway in Australia.
