Saiasi Fuli

Saiasi Fuli is a Fijian rugby union coach and former international player.

Biography

A scrum-half, Fuli hails from the Suva suburb of Nabua and attended Lelean Memorial School. He captained their under-17s to a national title and after leaving school played rugby for Suva. In 2002, Fuli was a member of the Fiji national [rugby sevens team|Fiji rugby sevens team], which won a silver medal at the 2002 [Commonwealth Games|Manchester Commonwealth Games]. He played a 2004 Test match for the Fiji national [rugby union team|Fiji XV] against Samoa in front of a home crown in Suva, coming on off the bench to earn his first cap.
Fuli coached the Fiji women's national rugby sevens team to a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2021, Fuli was awarded a 50th Independence Medal for services to rugby.