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England vs Fiji Predictions - Fiji can challenge England at Twickenham

Ralph Staniforth

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Fiji narrowly lost to England in their last encounters.
England sees improvement under coach Steve Borthwick.
Fiji aims to stay within +23.5 handicap.

Fiji won the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup (Getty Images)

England vs Fiji Predictions

Fiji beat England in 2023 before narrowly losing a few weeks later in the Rugby World Cup. Since then, the Fijians have continued to improve and will once again look to challenge a tier one nations. I am backing Fiji to comfortably get within the +23.5 handicap.

England vs Fiji Predictions
Head to Head
England Form
England Injuries & Team News
Fiji Form
Fiji Injuries & Team News

England have won 8 of their last 9 matches.
Fiji have won their last 5 matches.
Fiji lost their last match to England by 6 points.

Head to Head

England lead 2-1 in three matches against Fiji. The last two encounters both took place in 2023, one prior to the Rugby World Cup and the other in the quarterfinal of the World Cup. Fiji beat England 30-22 at Twickenham in the first game, but England managed a 30-24 win in the World Cup quarters.

England Form

England rugby is on a definite upward curve under Steve Borthwick after a few poor years under Eddie Jones. Proof of that was their impressive second place finish in the 2025 Six Nations, losing just one game.

While the English lost away to Ireland, they won their other games, most notably at home against eventual winners, France. With several players on the B+I Lions tour in July, England took a second-string side to Argentina where they beat Los Pumas twice and the USA once.

Last week, with a return of their players, England had little trouble seeing off Australia, winning the match 25-7. England looked comfortable throughout in a rather scrappy game, which was to be expected considering the rustiness of the English.

England Injuries & Team News

Borthwick has made seven changes to his side, including moving Maro Itoje to the bench. Fin Smith starts at flyhalf with Marcus Smith moving to full back as Freddie Stewart misses out through injury. Ellis Genge will lead the side.

Fiji Form

Fiji’s constant improvement in the game of 15s has continued this year and they will certainly be looking to challenge some of the big sides this November.

Prior to the B+I Lions series against Australia, Fiji played a warmup game against the Wallabies, losing 21-18. Then then went on to beat Scotland 29-14 at home, although that wasn’t a full-strength side from Scotland.

The Pacific Nations Cup followed with Fiji beating Tonga and Samoa in the group stage before thrashing Canada in the semi-final. In the final, Fiji defended their title with a 33-27 victory over Japan.