High-flying Fiji stack squad with Drua
Fiji head coach Simon Raiwalui named his squad for next month’s World Cup, but warned his in-form side they would face a big test of their credentials in warm-up matches against France and England.
Fiji head coach Simon Raiwalui named his squad for next month’s World Cup, but warned his in-form side they would face a big test of their credentials in warm-up matches against France and England.
Head coach Simon Raiwalui said Fiji was “on track” for the Rugby World Cup after beating Japan for a third win in as many weeks on Saturday.
Fiji moved to the top of the Pacific Nations Cup standings and fired another Rugby World Cup warning shot with a convincing win over Samoa on Saturday.
Fiji scored five tries to three to beat Tonga on Saturday in the first Test of the year for two countries that will compete in the Rugby World Cup.
The Blitzboks recovered from opening the Toulouse Sevens with a loss to France when they hammered rivals Fiji on Friday night.
Fiji scored the only try of the second half to snatch a hard-fought victory over the Blitzboks in the Hong Kong Sevens cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
Fiji are looking for a new head coach seven months before the Rugby World Cup after New Zealander Vern Cotter resigned on Thursday because of “personal reasons”.
Flanker Nick Timoney starred as Ireland recorded an 11th successive home Test win by beating a flamboyant but undisciplined Fiji in Dublin on Saturday.
Australia clinched a thrilling final 20-17 to claim the Hong Kong Sevens crown and end Fiji’s streak of five successive titles in Hong Kong.
Duhan van der Merwe crossed the whitewash as Scotland saw off Fiji at Murrayfield on Saturday in unconvincing fashion for their first win of the end-of-year Tests.