Pacific Island rugby players – those players from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa – make up twenty percent of players in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere leagues.

They don’t always get the advice and support that they need.

Dan Leo, a former player himself, has been highlighting the skill and the immense physical stature of the Island players, as well as their often difficult circumstances after they leave the game.

Watch the following short film about one of the greatest Island players.

Rupeni Caucaunibuca: Oceans Apart #1