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By Martin RogersFOX Sports Columnist

Have you known about a seven-dollar note? No, neither had I until what is currently my new most loved brandishing keepsake was in a real sense gave to me by a retailer in Fiji over the course of the end of the week. And all it cost me was $3.50.

On the off chance that things are now getting befuddling, let me streamline and backtrack a bit. I'm as of now in Fiji on a concise family excursion, for the accompanying reasons: It is a jaw-droppingly brilliant spot, individuals here are the most joyful on the planet (as per a 2014 review) and, in the event that you live in Los Angeles, it is quite modest as traveling to most American objections assuming that you're reserving late for a Memorial Day weekend trip.

Fiji, a stunningly gorgeous assortment of islands in the South Pacific, is sports-fixated, and the virtual total of that fixation is rugby. Fijians love it. Each and every item in the grocery store appears as though it is embraced by the public group. Kids play rugby in the city, in the recreation area, at the pool, at school, out of school and near the ocean.

Notwithstanding a populace of simply under 1,000,000, Fiji is verification that a profound love for one movement prompts splendid outcomes. In rugby sevens, the abbreviated form of the game that has been important for the last two Olympics, Fiji punches well over its weight.

In the 2020 Tokyo Games rescheduled to the previous summer, the men's crew secured gold for the subsequent straight time, destroying rugby heavyweights New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain en route. The flood of public happiness was out of this world, to such an extent that the public authority said to hell with the exceptionally old standards of money masteries, and went with fortunate No. 7.

The Fijian seven-dollar note is a sight to behold as well, shaded in gold (obviously), highlighting the picture of the triumphant Olympic crew singing the public song of praise at the decoration service and commander Osei Kolinsau looking upward. The ongoing conversion standard to U.S. Dollars is 2:1, consequently the $3.50 valuation.

For somebody who geeks out about sports however much I do, startlingly getting the banknote as change in a lodging gift shop was a really wondrous turn of events. Here you can start up a discussion about sports with without question, anybody you meet, for however long it is about rugby. The nearby paper had 14 pages on Saturday, every last bit of it committed to the game local people love.

In 22 years as a sportswriter, I've been remarkably fortunate to observe a portion of the world's most noteworthy occasions, yet there have likewise been times when other, more nearby encounters, have either landed not long previously or soon after my outing to a country. For instance, on a work visit to Japan quite a while prior, the greatest sumo wrestling competition of the year started only hours after I had left.

This time, nonetheless, I hit it big. Our appearance in Nadi harmonized with game day for the Fijian Drua, a club contained for the most part of the Fiji public group crew, and which plays against establishments from Australia and New Zealand in Super Rugby - one of the most grounded club rivalries on the planet.

I watched at a bar encompassed by the warm and inviting local people, as the Drua mounted an enraged rebound prior to losing a nail-biter, 35-34, against the meeting Chiefs group from New Zealand, which highlighted a few individuals from the strong All Blacks.

In a nation where rugby is the best, all the other things stops. Anybody looking for a TV not tuned into the game on Saturday was stuck between a rock and a hard place. At the sold-out Churchill Park arena, the cameras periodically focused in on Voreqe Bainimarama, Fiji's state leader and the one who requested those rugby-themed banknotes, sitting in the stands.

Let you know it was significant stuff.

In the days since, it has become certain that in any event, having a little rugby information is fuel for a moment ice breaker here. Fiji is an especially charitable spot, the weather conditions is mild, you get praises in the event that you wear brilliant extravagant Hawaiian shirts, and cordial chat is guaranteed.

This is heaven as though it was designed by a games addict - every one of the sandy sea shores, bright skies, gem blue waters and periodic palm trees set up - however with a wearing subject going through day to day existence that is ever-present.

The excursion is reaching a conclusion, however Fiji's affection for rugby won't ever will. Also, the seven-dollar note, clearly, is getting back home with me. Worth as much as some espresso, yet along these lines, a great deal more.

Martin Rogers is a feature writer for FOX Sports and the writer of the FOX Sports Insider Newsletter. You can buy into the bulletin here.