Inside the sacred space of the Fijian Dressing Room

Many kids grow up dreaming of being selected in a National sporting team and one of the most sacred spaces of any sporting teams, particularly Rugby teams, is the Dressing Room.

Every dressing room is different but no matter what level you play at - be it for the National team or your local 4th grade side - those minutes in the shed before running onto the field can be the most intense of times.

I remember when I first heard the singing coming from the sheds of the Fijian National team several years ago. Impossibly melodic and sung with the skill of a church choir, I couldn't believe it was being sung by 22 men about to take to the rugby field of a Test match. This is a tradition amongst the Fijian Rugby team and it is sung before each Test match.

It's too good not to share and the Fijian Team were great this year in allowing our photographer extraordinaire, Bruce Southwick, into the sheds to film what I think is something special - check out all the big units wiping the tears at the end of the song. Bruce has added some images of the Fijian team at this years IRB Pacific Nations Cup to put this little compilation together. Enjoy.