The Flying Fijians 2011 performance will go down as one of the worst ever in the history of the game.

The Rugby World Cup disappointing loss in the pool game, finishing last in the Pacific Nations Cup, first ever defeat to Japan at home, the biggest losing margin to Tonga since the first game in 1924 and the drop in ranking from 10th to 16th are some of the highlights that marked the Fiji 15's rugby team for this year.

The year started in the Pacific Rugby Cup where the Fiji Warriors side managed to defend the title relying on Tonga to beat Samoa for the results to go on their favor.

Then former coach, Samu Domoni Jnr put more than 60 players to trial for the Pacific Nation Cup which was used as a build up to the Rugby World Cup last October, unfortunately the writing was on the fall from the PNC with two months to the World Cup we finished last with our first loss to Japan at our home turf.

The side received $3M from the government for the RWC preparation and were already talking about the fact that they were better than the 2007 team that reached the quarterfinals.

They were the first side to arrive in New Zealand promising they will be the last to leave, but the results was the other way around with only a win against Namibia and heavy loss to South Africa, Samoa and for the first time in a Rugby World Cup we did not score points in the last game to Wales.

Coach, Domoni's famous quote in the World Cup was the fact that emotion got the better of the players in a crucial game where they did not stick to the game plan.