Fiji v Team GB - Men's Rugby Sevens Gold Medal Match | Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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Fiji win gold over Great Britain in the Rugby Sevens Men's Gold Medal Match in Rio 2016.
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I went to Fiji in 2017 and their nation is incredibly proud of this team. They made a $7 bill to honor them too. When I exchanged my USD to Fijian dollars, I noticed the $7 bill and told the clerk that I remember watching their rugby team winning the nation's first ever gold medal. The clerk then handed me a $7 bill signed by one of their players. I kept it and still have it to this day! Bula Fiji, I can't wait to go back someday!
Can't wait to have you
I wanted to meet my family in Latoka and Suva and Nadi in 2020, let's hope I can travel this year (sorry if I spelt the places wrong)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
My uncle's from Fiji and he loves rugby
@@ninjatuna3917 n p fuoc
The commentator said it himself, it's the first time for gold medalists to receive their medals on their knees. It's very humbling to see my country men displaying such amazing virtues 🇫🇯 god bless Fiji✌🏽
Very humble and down to earth- Fiji- Amazing! The Nature always raise up the humble..
Patrick Nolye indeed yeah the humbleness, but on the other hand.. very very sorry don't brainwash us with evolution idea cos it's not about nature, it's about the true living GOD who created the nature and humans.. HE Is Christ who is the 'MAIN' success of this team.
You don’t have to be on your knees to show humbleness
It is a traditional way... for a fijian...
@@kato2493 In Fiji, the British Royal Family is very highly respected because the Queen of Britain is also the Queen of Fiji. Their getting on their knees is a Fijian tradition showing respect to a member of that Royal Family.
Even as a Brit I can only congratulate Fiji. They gave us a total masterclass.
❤absolutely CORRECT and true
For me, this was definitely one of the highlights of the Rio Olympics. I remember calling my sister who was still at work and urging her to watch this match. We were both stunned. We play rugby in Jamaica, but one could never say that it is in our top ten most popular sports. I had to watch this to the end though. It was an absolute joy to witness. I'll be watching for Fiji in the rugby whenever we manage to have the next Olympics.
I'm a Fiji rugby fan myself. I will be rooting for them in next year Olympic Games.
Fiji won again in the Tokyo Olympics
and we have a double gold beating new zealand 27-12,😊🇫🇯🙌🏾tokyo 2021
Oops they won it again.
Im from New Zealand, and I have never seen a team this humble! So proud of them, and they prayed at the end and praised God and it was heart warming
Caroline very well said..☺☺..respect from pacific brotherd...all blacks 15s are the legend in history .
Kiwi yank here, Just amazing and no ego~mania or show boating like American Foot ball , and the Prime Minister came and showed , Gusto by shakin' his fist at 1 player~ After finding out many US football games were "Fixed" Iam Back to support Oceana ~ My 2nd Home~ Tena Koutou katoa~ e hoa~ to those ~ friends~ Ka pai bula~Bula~
Caroline.......I'm crying!
Culturally, the players have shown great respect to kneel and 'obo' or clapping with cupped hands...it is traditional protocol when in the presence of chiefly individuals, in this case, a member of the British Monarchy. Ia sa malo vaka levu Viti na waqe!
Caroline... Same feeling here for your cricket team captain *Kane Williamson* and rest of team too...
What a fantastic, cool and calm team... I have ever seen...
Never sledges opposition, never shouts at own players, never fights with umpires, never gives up, the most respected and deserving WC captain *"Kane Williamson"*
Love from 🇮🇳 India
Even as a Brit I was happy to see Fiji win the gold medal
And now the small Pacific Islands have three medals: Tonga, silver 1996 (a male boxer, Paea Wolfgang) Samoa, silver 2008 (Epe Opeloge, a female weightlifter) and gold for Fiji thanks to these amazing guys. I was so happy, so was most of the planet, with achievement by Fiji, the team was so humble and captured people's hearts.
Andrés Mauricio I didn't even know about that. You know your history real good bruh✌🏿
And yeah, the commentator said it himself, it's the first time for gold medalists to receive their medals on their knees🇫🇯
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@@reubenfoley3861,
im so late- but im so proud of our pacific islands
Good to hear,Let's get more medals this year 2021..let's Go Pasifika ❤💙🖤
I live in Fiji and in the middle of school we all stopped working and came into the hall to watch this
must've been a great moment for you i take it :)
Dude I didn't even go to school on that day just to see the finals but let me tell you it was worth it
We had exams that day but we stopped and watched or listened some how with no teachers around ... they were watching too in the lounge 😂
omg i think i went there !! What school?
AB Supporter here ... cheering Fiji onto to their first gold medal !!!
I am from Wales and I was joining the rest of the world (outside of England) celebrating Fijis win. Great sports people, great team, great country.
I will never forget this game for as long as I live. Every Fijian will remember the feeling the moment the ref blew the whistle for full time and we became olympic champions! The pride, joy and utter disbelief that we had won! We showed that you don't have to be a rich rugby nation to succeed but that hard work, dedication and self belief will overcome all odds. We as a nation needed this so much especially after the country was destroyed by cyclone Winston! Thank you to the team, the management and especially the mastermind Ben Ryan!!
Wesele Tokalau the moment you blew the refs whistle 😂😂😂
+just another man caita ga nomu comment...ulu Pala
Nomu dinau I Catterick me lai saumi I valekau I Darlington 🤣😂😅
Me and my family cried when we saw Fiji won, we love our home country and our people forever
I knew Fiji won gold in Rio but I never watched the game until now. Wow that was brutal. They were just ruthless. Well done to them, it was a really comprehensive victory.
The RESPECT the Fijian team has is incredible
Greetings from Nigeria. I am a great admirer of Fiji Rugby 7s. The way they win with such grace and respect for their opponents. Their religious faith and the way they consistently dominate nations mightier than them in size and budget. If I get the opportunity to travel to a country I have never visited before, I would choose Fiji. They must be a truly unique people.
Thank - You.
Thank you. Please do try to visit.. after the pandemic lockdown, of course!❤✌
We have people like this everywhere you just don't know them
I am South African. I expected the Semi Finals to be New Zealand, Australia, South African and Fiji. But Congratulations to Great Britain on getting to the final. Well done to Fiji for bring the Gold medal to the Southern Hemisphere.
Who is here after Fiji won it's second gold medal
Maal reh
ME!!!!!!
Meeeeeee!
Meee
Me three🤣
Anyone els watching this after Fiji also won gold at the Japan Olympics??? I gotta say that i sure like this version of Fiji’s Olympic team better then the Japan rugby gold medalist. This team seemed more secure while the new 2021 Fijian squad had me on the edge of my seat. My palms were sweaty and i literally could hear my heart beating with every breath. Some how they managed to pull gold out again and i salute them all for a wonderful Olympic Rugby weekend. Toso Viti Toso!!!!!!!!
These fijians are crazy humble
Ahahaha..😂✌
@Jamie Heritage LOL
@Jamie Heritage give anyone alcohol and they're not 😂
@Jamie Heritage SHHHHHHHH YOU SPILT THE SECRET
Racist twat
When it comes to sevens Fiji is the best I wish i was a Fijian how I love this game
GB had nothing to be ashamed of, this was the same as getting to the basketball final and having to play the USA. Plus introducing 7’a into the Olympics proved to be a brilliant move as it’s been a smash hit.
well said .... m a fijian but m wid u on dat note
agree with everything u said except Fiji aren't the USA in rugby. Its like New Zealand just in sevens
@@bashickey8902 nz??? 😂😂😂
jarguar 8 New Zealand dominate world rugby. 7s is a growing sport and Fiji is dominating it too. They’re different games but i New Zealand is the powerhouse of 15s and are very good at 7s too while Fiji couldn’t compete with the all blacks
jarguar 8 Wouldn’t compete at 15s sorry**
never seen rugby played so well, beautiful
Fiji Prime Minister's words to our boys just before the finals in Rio Olympics
(Translated from iTaukei Fijian language)
"We have lost before so if you lose today, you will not create any losing history...you have reached the final and if you lose, we will still honour you for bringing home our first Olympic Silver Medal.
But if you win, I tell you that your mothers at home will be proud and will recall the days when your mothers gave birth day to you.
They were awake when you were sick.
They did not sleep caring for you.
When you took the first step, they are overjoyed.
Do you want to bring that overjoy to your mothers again?
If you do, bring the gold medal and hang it around your mother.
After you have hung it around your mother, tell your mother that you run because she taught you how to walk and this gold medal is for her.
If you do not win, you would bring tears into her eyes.
Do you want to bring tears into the eyes of your mother in Fiji while you are in Rio?
Go .... and play, not for the nation, and, not for the government ,because I am with you here.
I am here to tell you to go and play for your mothers...."
The Boys played for their mothers and hammered Great Britain 43-7.
Tabusoro !- Never give up!
Tony Snow yeah the boys played for their mothers, while Frank used their mothers tax money to pay for his flight to Rio.
@@Noneforall. raibaci
Captainamerica95 boci levu
@@Noneforall. lol
😂😂😂
They teach us how to play a well fair-play and sportmanship. Deserve gold! May God bless you everytime.. Hugs from Indonesia! 👍🏻
Maksymilian pajak
8500$3472472
Danica Johanna come to fiji 😅😅😅
Great game Fiji, PNG Support, All the way Melanesia.
The way Fiji won was so well and beautifully done with such honor and respect for the game and I definitely can’t leave out how humble the players were after they won/ receiving their gold medals
80% of the worlds population have little knowledge about Fiji until After this very moment. Great performance from the fijian players.
Bravo les fidjiens !!!! Congratulation fijians !! From France !!
Merci❤
I'm Brazilian and I cheered for Fiji🇧🇷🇫🇯
Whenever i watch this...im in tears...Toso Viti Toso....God Bless our Beautiful Fiji and our Fijians.
The day that all Fijians around the world was on their feet jumping and smiling for the great historical victory. This day will leave on in our hearts forever.
Ben Ryan's book Sevens Heaven took me here. Brilliant read and Fijians are incredible people! The work that went in to getting this win over the years. Just wow!
Yes very true..... Ben Ryan groom and build this team to become what they are. Since they were camping in a resort with access to alcohol and etc. he breathlyzer them every day. The Sigatoka Sand Dunes where the team trained has remains of our Fijian Ancestors dating back to over 3,000 years.
Ben then starve the players with carbohydrates (energy food) a month before Rio then took them to the thin oxygen altitude of the Andes Mountains where they secretly trained for two weeks before bringing them to the sea Level altitude of Rio just two days before the opening of the Olympics... he then pumped them up with carbohydrates...
The impact of this was like injecting the players with steroid.....
Yes, that book is a must read for anybody who has watched this game, one does not even begin to scratch the surface of realising the work that culminated in Fiji winning this medal if you have not read the book. It really makes you wonder how Fiji is able to be one of the top Rugby 7s teams with such an operating budget and how good could they be if properly funded. Fiji will forever be grateful to Ben Ryan and the members of the team for their sacrifices!!!
God bless Fiji, love from DRC CONGO in africa💪💪💪👏👏🙏🙏💖💖
In Fijian culture kneeling (or sitting) and clapping is showing respect to someone of authority or nobility.
All the players would have known who Princess Annne was.
Her response to clap (reciprocate) after them is customary. She has visited Fiji several times and would have been aware of this. Good for her.
I was at work when this game was on. My supervisor, knowing this was my team, made me take a break to watch the game.
The flair and finesse of Fijian sevens rugby, the great sportsmanship, the humility and respect for the Princess Royal, the days and weeks of celebrations back home in Fiji... in the end an unforgettable moment for many years to come... to win our first ever Olympic medal.. and that too in the form of a gold.. and in our nations most beloved and decorated sport.
Vinaka master...
great people. America salutes you. well deserved
Congratulations Fiji! I shed tears of joy for you....and I'm a Kiwi AB supporter! Good to see respect for the Crown too.
Thanks mate, this means a great deal for Fiji and 7s rugby has grown so much. Before it's all about Fiji and New Zealand but we set the mark and the standard for other countries to meet.( we as in Fiji and New Zealand.)
Rugby is growing in the USA also believe it or not. They don't hit as hard as in football but the games are faster paced it's kind of a trade off.
It is the 6th fastest growing sport in the US.
+A Very Kind Guy yep, USA were very unlucky not to make the quarter finals. Only losing out to NZ on points difference. They nearly beat Fiji in pool play
Mark Whippy what place did your country come in?
Fiji’s performance is phenomenal; their humility is a great addition to the Olympic spirit, just heartwarming to watch!
Four years on 2020 and I'm still watching this.
Five years on 2021 and i am still watching this match still brings tears to my eyes 🇫🇯 I am so happy that fiji won the second gold medal
For me, the best part of the olympics
true
the olympic games are made for this real dreams
Mine was the US ladies finishing 1st 2nd and 3rd in some track race.
And the men and women for US basketball winning by 30 points in the gold medal match.
MickyTheBoot world heavy boxing
I remember my cousin calling me from her work place saying that about half her branch called in sick on this day. So to get them to come in, the boss told them that there won't be any work but a huge screen and snacks were provided in the conference room. Needless to say they all came in lol Fijians and their rugby man!
Hahahahaha good one
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I remembered this day when all my colleagues and all the Subjects Teachers we're rushing down to the Library just to see the Rio sevens Final...ohhh🤧🤧 it brought tears into our eyes as we saw the boys won the country's first ever Medal. Vinaka Boys.
Congrats Fiji. As a Melanesian brother im so proud of u guys. Congrats. Well deserved
Congratulations Fiji!!! From Chile :)
still get teary eyed... so deserved and such Legends Fiji.
We all did... so deserving! Fiji well don!
I still teary now 4 years later..
This was not a game, this was a massacre.
Something about fiji we love in every way...respect
Glad you won Fiji ! Bula Vanaka ! My NZ Allblacks 7's team didn't deserve to be a finalist. Bless you All and your great British coach Ben Ryan !
NZ 7s is a great team. They came back and won the Commonwealth Games and the Sevens World Cup..... There are so many NZ AB fans in Fiji and we will always respect our brothers from the south...
It's the first time they played rugby in the Olympics and who was the favourites going in? Not the New Zealand All Blacks, or the South Africans. Not Australia, Britain, or the United States. It's an obscure island nation in the Pacific, impoverished and recently devastated by a hurricane, but one who hasn't lost their faith in God and hope. A nation with nothing but a strong desire and a strong heart. And they lived up to their billing with a dominant win.
*rugby 7s
Why is the US in the list.
@@Centre14 Being the biggest economic power, one would expect them to contend.
@@broadstreet21
nvm US is quite a strong in 7s (not 15).
Wonderful Fiji = Melanesian Nearby. Vanuatu 2018
What a moment in Rugby and Olympic history
congratulations from italy
If you have to lose to anyone, lose to Fiji.
Yes...they're not that boastful.
true love
No the All blacks
Water
Dom Hill in rugby 7s
When the Flying Fijians are on their knees, it before Royalty, and a sign of humility and gratitude to the Princess, the people of Brazil, and Fijian rugby fans all over the world.
It not humility , its RESPECT
Even with a combined team with 3 plus countries they could not beat FIJI
Fiji came to the Olympics as the number one rated sevens team in the world having won two IRB Sevens Series two years in a row. That same year they shocked the rugby world by giving a strong New Zealand Sevens team 44-0 in the IRB Series in Sydney.
Still 7 men against 7 men
Just thank the almighty God ❤
Thats the reason they are called the Flying Fijians
@@shivneelsen4390 yep!
When I feel abit down this makes me feel better
This is my favourite of this Rio 2016. In every way the true Olympic spirit.
Marvellous. Well done Fiji!
good for you FIJI
Naka Viti!! Watching this is 2020! Love from PNG!!
The Flying Fijians made the whole Pacific proud, and i felt it also that day i watch this game. Tagane 🥥❤
Thank you Fiji! You made me love this game congratulations!🏉👍💙
Fair play to Fiji. They’re one of the best teams to watch in 15’s rugby and it must mean, god knows how much, to these lads from a country with a population which is smaller than Birmingham’s, to win an Olympic gold medal.
Still getting teary watching this.. This was the day the whole nation came together!!... Thank You Lord!
And everyone else loved the PM..lol
Aren't you guys together, like all the time!? You folks live on islands, not on continental land masses!
I was screaming when Fiji won gold I am so proud of the boys and I'm proud to be a caring Fijian
Josi Cama uro
i'm from Brazil................. CONGRATULATIONS Fiji... Champions !!
Tiff , T. K.
S
PFf
A a z aa. Aa aa. Axf aa A wawqaAwaawawaqAAwAaAWAWAW992
johhny mark that reminds you of football germany vs brazil 7:1 right?
i feel happy for Fiji its their first time EVER!
johhny mark
Thank you
Proud to be a Fijian! I remember watching these men play barefoot on the beach after Winston hit us. They would help in the villages before practice.
When Fiji is in the mood, they're simply unstoppable. Like Coach Ben Ryan once described it, you will be chasing shadows !
Congratulations Fiji! I thank God, Fiji, everyone and everything for making this the best rugby seven game in the Olympic! Thanks England for a great game! Thanks for the upload!
I'm an American through and through, but I enjoyed the Rugby Sevens tournaments...disappointed that the Americans didn't win a medal in the Sevens, but it was great competition!
I don't understand this sport at all but I love the dynamic of the crowd
Just imagine...these guys, who come from humble beginnings, earning peanuts with the mediocre FRU Management hogging all the mula and still being able to rise to the occasion and own it. That takes heart and perseverance. Malo va levu Viti.
Who's watching in 2020 from the Pacific?
✌
io😎
Ye ye!💪💪 Lookin forward to an Olympic title repeat in next games😁😁
Go Fiji Go!😁
I think Hong Kong is a pacific city
Watching this again after Fiji won the Gold Medal again in the Tokyo Olympics 2021. It's really a delightful to watch our Boy's play. Such a proud Fijian I am tbh. They have proved that Fiji is the Greatest 7s Rugby team in the world❤ Congratulations Boy's for winning the gold Back to Back🥇 We all love you so much. Fiji all the wayyyy🇫🇯
Absolutely it was an oceanic peoples sport!
Congrats to Fiji, first for beating NZ then winning the gold very humbling to watch and fully deserved.
I was in the stands watching the 5th to 12th places matches before the semifinals and some of those guys showed up there before their semifinal match against Japan, so I had the opportunity to take a picture with them. It´s funny because we are not familiar with rugby and its players here in Brazil, so only a few people really paid attention to them, including myself, but they are like the superstars of their sport and became national heroes after this gold medal.
i watch it just to learn the game and its fascination to know that there is so much passion the athletes playing for their national country
I learned so much
+Eric O'Driscoll definitely a Southern Hemisphere sport. The top 3 best are from there.
you from ?
Rugby is generally a British Commonwealth sport, largely amongst those with strong British influence (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, NZ, Australia, South Africa, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga) but is certainly not confined to those countries. France, Argentina, Italy, Japan, Canada, Romania, Georgia, and a host of others have strong rugby traditions in the 15-a-side game. In 7's rugby, the likes of the U.S., Canada, Kenya and others are more than capable of tipping over the traditional rugby nations.
Still watching this 2019
By The Blood of The Lamb
And The Word of The Lord
We Have Overcome.
Amen
Ryan really brought the fittest Fiji rugby team.
Well done to Fiji & I am Proud of GB too!, But having seen England Win Several World Cups at Different Levels & 7'S I am Proud!.
EPIC. One of thee greatest days of my life. Id die happy.
me too
H Nazariah Dr Dr rec center to. ok as
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They play to another level!
The Fijians wreaked havoc on the British side. 😲 Rugby 7s is such an eye candy and those lads have played incredibly well. Big ups to the men in black and white!
Saw a talk today from Ben Ryan. Amazing stories. He did what he needed to do, and it was tough, but he recognised, I think, the amazing opportunity fate had thrown his way. Turn the greatest natural Rugby athletes this World has into the greatest Sevens team the World has ever seen. He, and they, managed it. Marvellous!
Great perfomance by the Fijians happy to see them win again this year in Tokyo
The Fiji rugby 7s Olympics journey is worthy of a movie 🎬 . Truly inspiring!!
E da sa qaqa
Eda sa qaqa
E na vuku ni dra
Kei na nona vosa
E da sa qaqa
We have overcome
We have overcome
By the blood of the lamb
And the word of the Lord
We have overcome
I am from England (GB) the try where he pick it up on the line for Fiji. And the touch judge gave it. It was very good play and to be a touch judge and do that you can’t complain. What a game by both teams
Fiji is the powerhouse of Rugby 7s just like USA in basketball and China in Table Tennis.
Best sport for the 2016 Olympics 👏
You can see- it's all about HUMBLENESS-Team Work- Congratulations Fiji!
Thanks You boys for bringing Gold and giving Glory to God
Well deserve win boys,quite a respect shown to the world n thanks for making us Fijians proud.....vinaka valevu
Going back here after they won their 2nd Gold Medal in the Tokyo Olympics
Watching in 2018...
Same here Christmas of 2018.
Watching January 1st 2019...
Lol but u commented in 2016 lmfao
2020 here✌
I always come back to this game..after 3yrs, not only because of the way my fellow country men played but also for the respect shown towards the crown, all the best to the other teams on the next olympics
43 to 7 resounding oceania dominance.
All three medalists ‘s flags contain the union jack.
My family is from Fiji we r very proud
Sameeeeee! We couldn't be prouder for Fiji, it's beautiful watching this match and all of Fiji's progress!
Fiji’s plan before this was to not eat sugar and to not go to the floor always off load , or basically Fiji touch where they get hit n offload, avoiding rucks and none can compete with their style of play
Awesome victory for Fiji! Well deserved gold medal
Watching this match / video FOR THE FIRST time just after Fiji played GB in their Pool match in Tokyo.
Great to see real people in the crowd! 👍😃
M 🦘🏏😎