{"id":498902,"date":"2026-02-23T13:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498902\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:28:07","slug":"scotland-fiji-to-play-home-nations-championship-game-at-murrayfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498902\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland: Fiji to play &#8216;home&#8217; Nations Championship game at Murrayfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Koli Sewabu told the Scottish Rugby website: &#8220;Although our match against Scotland won&#8217;t be played in Fiji, we&#8217;re determined to make it feel every bit like a home game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Fans can expect a vibrant, festival-like atmosphere, a true celebration of Fijian rugby culture both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s also a great opportunity to raise the profile of Fijian rugby, showcase our culture, and connect with our diaspora and fans from the Northern Hemisphere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The success of these fixtures will enable us to invest more into grassroots rugby supporting the continued growth and success of the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fiji recorded their first win over Scotland since 2017, by 29-14, in a home game in Suva in July, but the Scots prevailed 57-17 on Fiji&#8217;s last visit to Murrayfield the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Koli Sewabu told the Scottish Rugby website: &#8220;Although our match against Scotland won&#8217;t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-498902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}