The Flying Fijians will play the Wallabies and Scotland in two Test matches during the July/August international rugby window.

Former Flying Fijian and new Fiji Rakavi Football Union Limited (FRFU) board chairman John Sanday confirmed the two matches to RNZ Pacific.

Fiji Rakavi (Fiji Rugby) is the new company registered to administer, operate and manage rugby in Fiji.

"We have held discussions with Australia Rugby around the Vuvale Partnership and confirm that July 6 is the date for the Test against the Wallabies," Sanday said.

"The Flying Fijians then return home to play Scotland the following weekend."

Sanday said the Test matches will be good opportunities for the team to confirm their status in the World Rugby top 10 rankings.

Fiji is currently ninth below both Australia (8th) and Scotland (6th).

The Flying Fijians had defeated Australia, 22-15, for the first time in 69 years, at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, sending the Wallabies out of the top 10 rankings.

On their November tour last year, the Fijians lost badly to Scotland.

Sanday said both Test matches would be exciting and tough for the Fiji national side but he was confident the side can cause upsets again.

Under new coach Joe Schmidt the Wallabies began their resurrection in 2024.

They face the British and Irish Lions over three Test matches in July and August, with the Fiji clash lined up as a warm-up for that.

Sanday said that makes the Test clash on 6 July interesting.

"I am sure the Wallabies will be focused on winning that Test, avenging their loss in France and then of course warming up to meeting the British Lions," Sanday said.

The Scotland Test back home in Fiji will also be a chance for the national side to avenge their loss in Murrayfield last November.

"We would like to welcome back Scotland to the Pacific and am excited because that will be the opportunity for the Flying Fijians to claim a win back over them."

Following the two Test matches the Flying Fijians will then aim to defend their Pacific Nations Cup title when the series rolls off at the end of July and into August.

Two pools, Pacific and Asia, will be drawn up again for the series, which could also become the first qualifying event for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Pacific teams Samoa and Tonga will need qualification while Asia pool teams Canada and USA also need to qualify for 2027.

Sanday said the board is working with the FRFU management to finalise other Test matches in the November window.

"We are still discussing that with other unions and will confirm the details later."

Meanwhile, Sanday said one of the critical areas the board was working on is strengthening its commercial arm, which will be charged with securing funding, sponsorships and partnerships.

As a commercial director on the board, Sanday revealed one of the areas they are looking at is working with the Fijian diaspora in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the USA as partners.

"We are open to ideas and discussions," he said.

"We want all Fijians to come on board and be a part of Fiji Rugby to support the national teams."

The board had held discussions with the 8th Man, a fan group based out of Europe.

They will hold discussions also with similar fan groups and communities in the other countries around the globe.

- RNZ