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Valenitabua successfully negotiates RWC warm-up match between the Flying Fijians and France

Valenitabua successfully negotiates RWC warm-up match between the Flying Fijians and France

By Vijay Narayan
16/05/2023
Fiji Rugby Administrator Simione Valenitabua

Fiji Rugby Administrator Simione Valenitabua has successfully negotiated a warm up match with the French on August 19th ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France.

Valenitabua met with the French Federation of Rugby for the Fiji Water Flying Fijians to play the French as a Rugby World Cup warm-up with French Rugby covering all expenses of the tour from Nadi to France leading up to the RWC.

He travels to England this week to meet with the Rugby Football Union of England on the second warm-up match against the English on August 26th in Twickenham.

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