Daniel Lane writes in The Sydney Morning Herald of his experiences watching the growth of Fijian rugby.
"It's true, for I saw it with my own eyes. Rugby is the game they play in heaven … on earth.
On Yasawa Island, a Fijian paradise where palms sway in the hula breeze and life is good, rugby is as much a cornerstone of the tight-knit community as religion and family.
And while the Bukama Village church choir is blessed with voices so beautiful they could stop wars, their team, the mighty Bluestones - named after the stones that dot the island - play like demons.
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"There's no other way, is there?" asked Millitoni Tauvoli, the driving force of the Bluestones."
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