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Playing for Fiji has always been my dream - Naiyaravoro

Playing for Fiji has always been my dream - Naiyaravoro

By Navitalai Naivalurua
25/04/2020
Former Wallabies winger Taqele Naiyaravoro

Former Wallabies winger Taqele Naiyaravoro says playing for Fiji has always been his dream and if the opportunity comes along he will grab it 100%.

The 28-year-old is the first player to pledge his future to Fiji if a controversial rule allowing players to switch allegiance goes through.

He told Daily Mail that he does not regret playing for Australia as he was young at the time when the opportunity came along.

Naiyaravoro says Fiji has always been in his heart and he would love to play at the 2023 World Cup.

As part of his World Rugby re-election campaign, Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has promised to look at a loophole for the likes of Naiyaravoro and Manu Tuilagi to end Test careers with their homelands.

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