The Rugged Training Methods of Fiji’s Best Rugby Players
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2018
- In Fiji, rugby is king. And the Yamacia Rugby Club personifies the sport’s grit and rugged determination. Lead by founder David Dakuitoga, the club is an initiative to give unemployed youth a second chance, but it has made a name for itself through demanding, improvised workouts that utilize tree trunks, old tires and concrete cinder blocks. Seven years after its founding as a grassroots club in a remote neighborhood, Yamacia Rugby Club now competes internationally and produces some of the island’s very best stars.
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Ahhh I didn’t know the GREAT BIG STORY TEAM came to Fiji for this story?! Omg this has been my favorite channel since 2016. Thank you for making a documentary about rugby in my country ☺️🇫🇯🙏🏽
Favorite ga i'o 😊😆
Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa are currently ranked ahead of the USA in world rugby rankings. Fiji is 10th. I’d say they have some pretty decent rugby players.
If only PNG pulled their heads in and start to fund the rugby programs, then we might one day be as good as our pacific brothers.
@@tamaduk Would love to see PNG do well in union one day since league is obviously number 1 over there.
Bula vinaka, much live from your tongan brothers
When people do these things, especially with sports, it makes me pretty happy.
After watching this, it feels good being a Fijian
Deadlifting cement set in a giant piece of rebar in the dirt and hot sun...so cool!
"People still can't believe that Fijians are really really good at Rugby."
... WHO?! Everyone knows Fiji has some of the best players.
Adrian The Vulture I didn’t until now
Adrian The Vulture NEW ZEALANDS BETTER
tbone28926 Well that goes without saying. You don't really get much better than the All-Blacks. Still, gotta give credit where credit is due, Fiji is still a great team.
Adrian The Vulture true
NZ has the resources and money which Fiji, Tonga and Samoa doesn't have. These 3 tiny island nations has contributed so much in world rugby.
Fiji is home to some amazingly tough and determined athletes!
I don't know much about the world. I always feel when I watch great big story.
Look where they practice... look at their equipment and resources😢😢😢 but look at HOW THEY PLAY. Just amazing.
this is so good. If only our country supports people in the sport industry.
Great video. This story needs to be seen by more people
This is a cool program and looks like an interesting sport. Thanks for the glimpse into the training.
O wow thank Great Big Story for making a video about my country🙏
Great Vid thank you
Great job Lads, Respect!
Great Big Story BTS would be nice....knowing the people and the process
Very Good Training
At least they have a real rugby ball, back when I still lived there most people didn't even play with rugby balls 😂 great job on the video by the way
Yeah, Kudos to these young athletes who train hard to have a better way to go through life. Other, than drugs or Alcohol. American athletes could learn how to train from these men.
They are the best👏👏👏👏🇵🇬
Aswomeeeeeeee videoo
I’m from Fiji 🇫🇯🙂
is this the fist video with a advert video?
my friend moved to fiji bc her dads training the national fiji rugby team haha
sports and nature
where can i find clip at 00:26
I'm Fijian yayyyyy
ayyy 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯
Imagine if Fiji was rich. Imagine how good they would be at rugby
Genetics plays a *_"huge part"_* in the Fijians proliferation in rugby and league.
Yes... And no...
1st and can you do life in Antarctica it is never spoken so what better platform to talk about it than this channel! ❤
ayy my homee
It's cause, all of the Fiji water they drink I'm telling you.
MiguelGGM nahh just some good genes and alot of hard work.
👎👎👎👎👎
Girl, we dont drink Fiji Water everyday. We cant even afford to buy Fiji water for an entire week.
Lmaoo
You mean the Grog...? 😅😅😅😅
Go Mate Ma’a Tonga 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴
Mata usi
Rugby is American football for real men🐸☕️
Shane Williams yeah, in American Football they wear armour ffs
Don't even compare those two!
And ping pong is golf for real man
Americans always look at sports and plagerise it but they change it abit. Baseball, alot like cricket, american football, rugby. Rugby and cricket are probably older than both of those
american football was derived from rugby ,if you want to know the history of the game hence the so so many similarities between them ,i mean the shape of the ball cant miss that ,the posts in the in goal arear ,the big fellas do the the scrum in rugby the big guys in nfl come to the line of scrumage and compete to protect the ball carrier somewhat along them lines ,american football still remains mostly american sport but televised around the world and alot of money where as rugby has become a global sport but with much less monez to the players
lol someone was wearing a richmond shirt
ah no haka dance?
Joey Tagz that's all blacks fam
oh, i thought thats customary not only for kiwis or maoris but any other pacific islanders, im nt being racist and all and im sorry for being ignoramus but thanks 4 the info bro.
The Haka is a cultural think the native New Zealanders do
Joey Tagz HAKA NEW ZEALAND
Im from new zealand
Sega ni o keda meda laveti keda tiko vataki keda. Sega ni noda i tovo. Laivi ira na vo mera laveti keda. Stop blowing our own trumpet.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I dont understand what you expressing,,, sense
So true. I would have loved it more if a foreigner were being interviewed and was praising the Fijians. Stay humble and God will lift you up. Otherwise, God will do the opposite.
@@johnqovu5269 humble in the word of God,
Desert warrior vacava mo yali tumadaga boci
Dis is almost da wey
Bula
dis reminds me.. of de wey.. but it is not de wey.. for they du not know de wey of de devil
Ugandan tribesman Knuckles to know de wey u need to have a brotha
I fucking knew those exact words were gonna be here!
But the first comment?! loooool
both of yu sit down, I am de captain now
Ugandan tribesman Knuckles you can not run away from de devil
dats de reason you sit down bruhdduh, I am de devil
I'm Fijian and the captain of the rugby-club is my uncle.
I will make you fool.
Read more
stablizershock no you make YOU fool ;3
Youll deliever what you have ..
Look at all that idle land. What do you mean unemployed? Get your asses out of the house and enter commercial farming.
NO ONE IS BETTER THAN NEW ZEALAND AT RUGBY
Yeah no one is “better “ then NZZzzz in poaching Fijian rugby players
Thts for 15s . Sevens whre nz at ....💩💩💩
Lol
Yeah ask the losing NZ team at Rio Olympics 😂
@@lazer8961 wtf bro this was so long ago holy shit man I said it as a joke
Don't promote Reebok pls u should be real without earning money
Dhruv Kumar Gupta ... How will they fund it genius
Bruh, new zeland has beat them ho many times? fiji sucks
Who has the Gold medal?
Sharrruppp, first of all we clearly have won two olympic gold medals and your team (union and 7s) rely on islanders 🤣🤣🤣
@@madrikz.fj.679 wdym? best players in the new zealand rugby teams are maoris so idk what you mean by that
Lose the accent brother. Your English is terrible. Just speak Fijian and have someone translate it for you
I was wondering the same thing..lol
How is his English terrible? It's perfectly understandable.
Lose ga your balls 😂😂e set tu ya iko jj wahahaha
This channel use to be interesting, IMO it's gone down hill
MrTegu How?
Still not bullshit cickbait