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Fiji Interim Head Coach

Senirusi Seruvakula

Role: Interim Head Coach
Team: Fiji
Nationality: Fijian
Age: 56
In charge since: Apr 2026
Tests: 3
Record W-D-L: 0-0-3
Win rate: 0.0%

Record in our match database since Jul 2026

as of 18 Jul 2026

3 Tests
0 Won
0 Drawn
3 Lost
0.0% Win rate

Senirusi Seruvakula has overseen 3 completed Fiji matches in our database since July 2026 — 0 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost. That is a 0.0% win rate, with 49 points scored and 145 conceded.

Records are computed from the WeTalkRugby match database and cover matches we hold data for within this tenure. They are not an official all-time record.

Record by competition

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Senirusi Seruvakula, record by competition in our match database
Competition	P	W	D	L	Win %	PF	PA
Tests · Fiji All Tests	3	0	0	3	0.0%	49	145
Nations Championship Jul 2026	3	0	0	3	0.0%	49	145

Last five Tests

Every Test in our database

3 tests

Nations Championship 3P · 0W · 0D · 3L

Career

Fiji Interim Head Coach 2026– 3 tests in our data

Honours

Super W (Fijiana Drua) 2022
Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship 2022
National Rugby Championship (Fijian Drua) 2018

About Senirusi Seruvakula

Senirusi Seruvakula is the acting head coach of Fiji, a proven domestic winner who stepped up in April 2026 after Mick Byrne’s departure.

Senirusi Seruvakula is the acting head coach of Fiji, taking charge in April 2026 after the Fiji Rugby Union parted company with Mick Byrne. He is one of the most successful coaches to have worked entirely within Fijian rugby.

Born in Suva in November 1969, he was a flanker who won a single cap for Fiji, against Samoa in 2002, after club rugby with Brothers in Brisbane, DeA Tigers in Hong Kong and Chateauneuf-du-Pape in France.

Domestic pedigree

Seruvakula built his reputation at home. He coached Naitasiri to Skipper Cup titles, led the Fijian Drua to the National Rugby Championship title in 2018 in the competition’s Australian format, and coached Fijiana Drua to the inaugural Super W title in 2022 alongside the Oceania Women’s Championship. He has also worked with the Fiji Warriors and served within the national setup as an assistant.

The current role

His appointment is explicitly an acting one. Fiji Rugby confirmed in August 2026 that he continues in the role through the Pacific Nations Cup while the union runs its recruitment for a permanent head coach ahead of the 2027 World Cup.

Style

He is known for getting more out of home-based players than most, and for pairing Fiji’s natural offloading game with the set-piece discipline that has historically been the side’s weakness at Test level.

As a player Flanker. One cap for Fiji, against Samoa in 2002. Played for Brothers in Brisbane, DeA Tigers in Hong Kong, Chateauneuf-du-Pape in France and Naitasiri at home before retiring in 2005.