Fiji's Bulikula qualifies for RLWC26, boosting women's rugby league and female sports overall.
An emotional Joe Dakuitoga declared the Bulikula's qualification for next year's World Cup was not just a boost for women's rugby league in Fiji - but all female sport.
Fiji secured the eighth and final women's RLWC26 berth with a 62-4 defeat of Nigeria in the final of IRL Rugby League World Series at Terry Fox Stadium in Brampton, Ontario on Sunday.
It is the first time the Bulikula have qualified for a World Cup and Dakuitoga choked back tears as he spoke of the role development programs in Fiji had played in the team's success.
"As I have said before, we want to qualify for this World Cup … I am so emotional, it has been a journey for the past few years and to...