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15 players with Fiji links to feature in the NRL

15 players with Fiji links to feature in the NRL

By Navitalai Naivalurua
09/03/2021
[Photo: Getty Image]

Fifteen players with links to Fiji will feature in the 2021 NRL season.

This includes 22-year-old Fiji Bati player Iliesa Ratuva who has been included in the NZ Warriors.

Ratuva could play alongside his Bati brothers, Marcelo Montoya and Kane Evans if chosen to make his debut this week against the Titans.

Dragons players Tariq Sims, Mika Ravalawa and Brayden Wiliame are expected to play against the Cowboys.

Other players with Fijian links in the NRL includes Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Eels), Waqa Blake (Eels), Apisai Koroisau (Panthers), Semi Valemei (Raiders) and the Saifiti brothers (Newcastle Knights).

The 2021 NRL season kicks-off this Thursday with the Storm playing the South Sydney Rabbitohs at 9.05pm.


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