15-05-2025
Fiji Rugby makes landmark decision to appoint former national team player Koli Sewabu as CEO
The Chairman of Fiji Rugby, John Sanday, says the union has taken an historic step by appointing former Flying Fijian, Koli Sewabu, as their chief executive.
Sewabu, who won 27 caps and played for Fiji at the 1999 World Cup, has been appointed on an interim basis for the next six months, after the FRU parted ways with the previous CEO, Rovereto Nayacalevu.
But it looks very much as if the job is there for the taking, if Sewabu measures up to the faith that the board have put in him.
In the past the role of CEO has invariably gone to someone with a management background, but John Sanday says they have turned to a former player to lead the union in a new direction.
And now the aim is to raise performance standards on and off the field, to match those of the world's leading rugby countries.
