Former England World Cup winner Mike Catt has joined the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua vuvale as Senior Assistant Coach ahead of the 2027 Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific season.
Catt joins newly appointed Head Coach Brad Mooar as the Drua continues to strengthen its coaching group ahead of the new campaign.
He brings extensive experience at the highest level of the game having earned 75 Test caps for England and featured at four Rugby World Cups.
Catt says he is very excited as he has seen and how the Drua have performed in the past five years since they have started has been very impressive and it only looks like going forward.
He says to one of the big reasons why he joined is that he has never really coached a nation where rugby is their number one sport.
The versatile fly-half and centre was part of England’s historic 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad in Australia and also helped England reach the 2007 RWC Final.
Fijian Drua CEO Jeff Miller says they are very excited to announce Mike as Brad’s senior assistant coach as he brings with him a wealth of coaching and playing experience.
Miller says to have someone that has achieved so much as part of their coaching team is a great coup for the club and for Fiji.
Catt brings more than a decade of international coaching experience to the Drua, having previously held coaching roles with England, Italy and Ireland, as well as extensive experience at club and Super Rugby level.
The 54-year-old most recently served as Attack Coach of the NSW Waratahs, joining the Sydney-based franchise ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season and spending two campaigns with the side.
Prior to his move to Australia, Catt was a key member of Andy Farrell’s Ireland coaching team from 2020 to 2024.
