The Flying Fijians will seal their place in the top eight of the IRB World Rugby ranking, if they manage to beat Tonga in the last round of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup competition.

Fiji was last placed in the top eight after reaching the World Cup quarterfinals in 1987. Since then Fiji has been ranked swapping places from 9th to 12th.

The Ilivasi Tabua coached side have lost their two encounters with Ikale Tahi since the Pacific Nations Cup started in 2006 - both by a single score - but have the added incentive this time of knowing that victory should lift them two places to eighth in the IRB World Rankings and above both Ireland and Scotland.

Fiji currently lies in 10th place but if they lose then they will fall to 11th place while a first Pacific Nations Cup victory in 2008 for Tonga could see them return to 13th, regaining the two places they lost after losing 20-15 to Samoa last weekend.

Ireland is currently in 8th place while the Scots in 9th place but both teams are not playing this weekend which gives a big chance to Fiji to take over the 9th spot.

The Flying Fijians / Tonga match will kickoff tomorrow at 11am in Nuku'alofa.