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Pressure on the Drua to deliver crucial win

Pressure on the Drua to deliver crucial win

By Naveel Krishant
27/05/2023
[Photo: Super Rugby]

The pressure will be on the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua to get a crucial win this afternoon if they are to have any chances of making it to the quarter finals of the Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific.

The Drua are now 11th on the points table with 17 points.

The Highlanders who won their game last night are 8th with 23 points.

The Drua will need to win today and next week against the Reds and hope other results go their way next week.

The Drua will face the Moana Pasifika at 2.05pm today at Churchill Park.


Diva predicts Drua win

By Mosese Raqio
27/05/2023
Ilaisa Toroca Diva

Ilaisa Toroca Diva who is the cousin of Moana Pasifika winger Timoci Tavatavanawai is predicting a Swire Shipping Fijian Drua win this afternoon.

Diva who hails from Tailevu says he is there to watch Tavatavanawai but will support the Drua.



Fans hoping for a Drua win

By Keisha Wilson, Marika Rasekaseka, Mosese Raqio
27/05/2023
Swire Shipping Fijian Drua fans

As the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua look forward to a tough encounter against the Moana Pasifika, Drua fans are hopeful for a crucial win this afternoon.

Interlink bus driver Kata Bulewa says with the love he has for the Drua team, he travelled through the night from Vanua Levu to support the boys.

Bulewa says he has high hopes that the Fijian Drua team will win.

63-year-old Timoci Qima of Korolevu, Sigatoka says he hopes the Drua win and are able to reach the quarter-finals.

Qima says he has travelled from Korolevu to Lautoka with his grandson to support the Drua team.

The Drua will need to win today and next week against the Reds and hope other results go their way.

The Drua will face the Moana Pasifika at 2.05pm today at Churchill Park.




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