ONLY 13 days are left until the 2026 Rugby League World Cup kicks off in Australia where the Vodafone Fiji Bati men and the Fiji Bulikula women’s sides will face off against the best in the business.
As the clock ticks closer to day one of the RLWC, The Fiji Times’ BATI BATTLE series will look at how the Bati performed in previous tournaments and the rise of the Bulikulas to their World Cup start.
Akuila Uate’s 2008 hat-trick feat in the Fiji Bati’s opener against France helped them win 42-6, in a performance he was proud to have been a key part of.
