The Prince of Wales paid a short visit to the Flying Fijians after a close 32-26 loss to Wales in their first Rugby World Cup match on Monday morning.
His Royal Highness Prince William visited the team in their changing room and also met with the President of Fiji, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere.
Fiji’s narrow loss to Wales has caused former Fiji 7’s coach, Ben Ryan to lash out at English referee Matthew Carley for a disgraceful performance officiating the game..
Ben Ryan says Fiji is owed an apology while their officiating team need censuring in some way.
Ryan has taken to social media with tweets over Matthew Carley’s inconsistent decisions, calling out the fact that there was no yellow card given to Wales after multiple penalties on their line while Fiji were attacking, followed by a yellow card to Fiji just minutes later.
Ryan has also called out the timekeepers saying they were disappointing.
Wales claimed a bonus point to go second in Pool C, putting themselves in position to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Many viewers have called the Welsh win a result of Carley’s dreadful performance, claiming he heavily favoured Wales in his decisions.
Meanwhile, Flying Fijians head coach Simon Raiwalui said they would be reviewing the game, with several decisions going against them a surprise.
The Flying Fijians next game is against the Wallabies at 3.45am next Monday.
