Flying Fijians coach Sam Domoni Jnr said his team would not be daunted by the reigning world champions in Wellington this evening.
Fiji go head to head with South Africa in this weekend's much anticipated Pool D hit out.
Domoni said his current side was “much stronger, wiser and knowledgeable” than the Fiji team which gave the Springboks a fright in the quarter finals in France four years ago.
He added that they expected the Springboks to step up a level after their hard fought 17-16 win over Wales but warned Fiji were also capable of finding another gear after battling to overcome Namibia 42-25.
2007 RWC, Fiji coach, Ilivasi Tabua believes the Boks will come into this game knowing what happened in the quarterfinal in 2007 and they will not want a repeat of that performance.
Fiji will take on South Africa today at 6pm and you can catch the live commentary on our sister station, Viti FM with the voice of rugby Malakai Veisamasama and expert comments from Ilivasi Tabua.
Meanwhile in last night’s match, the All Blacks became the first team in this year’s RWC to go past the 50 points mark after beating Japan 83-7
Stand in captain, Kevin Mealamu said that for his boys moving up another notch from last weekend's win against Tonga was important in beating the Japanese team.
Six unanswered tries in the first half and seven tries to one in the second this was the one way traffic most would have been expecting from the All Blacks.
Hard to gauge exactly what this means for the All Blacks but all in all, a better performance than they produced against Tonga a week ago.
The big challenge awaits on Saturday next week at Eden Park against World Cup nemesis France.
Also tonight at 8.30pm, Australia will take on Ireland in a Pool C match.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
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Flying Fijians will not be daunted by S/Africa-Coach
