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Nakarawa expected to play a guiding role for new players

Nakarawa expected to play a guiding role for new players

By Naveel Krishant
14/10/2020
Leone Nakarawa for the Flying Fijians. [Image: rugby.au.co]

Leone Nakarawa will be one of the experienced players in the Flying Fijians squad that will be tasked with guiding the new players.

Coach Vern Cotter has injected a few of the experienced players in each position such as Nakarawa who can guide the team when needed.

Cotter says they will not be going far away from relying on Nakarawa to help these young players in coping up with international rugby pressures.

He says Nakarawa’s arm around those players plus guidance from other experienced players will be very important.

Some of the new players are Waikato prop Haereiti Hetet, Northland forward Temo Mayanavanua, France based Kitione Kamikamica and Lekima Tagitagivalu.

Fiji is expected to also play Portugal in a warm up match on 6th November.

Fiji's first match in the Autumn Nations Cup is against France on Sunday 15th November.

Fiji will then meet Italy on 21st November before travelling to Murrayfield to play Scotland in the final round on the 28th of November.

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