Fiji and Tonga may have only played each other twice in two decades but with the Rugby League World Cup around the corner both sides will want to take the early chance to impress with international jerseys up for grabs at the end of the NRL season.
Fiji features plenty of NRL talent with Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu making his international debut alongside Panthers centre Waqa Blake, while Wests Tigers utility back Kevin Naiqama will captain the side and start in the No.1 jersey.
Young quartet Marcelo Montoya, Viliame Kikau, Tui Kamikamica and Sitiveni Moceidreke have all made their NRL Premiership debuts this season on the back of international call‑ups for Fiji in 2016.
13 players in the squad played in Fiji's last game in October of 2016 – an impressive 20‑18 victory over Samoa
Fiji boast a number of NRL forwards with the Saifiti brothers, Korbin Sims and Kane Evans needing to match the more attacking Tongan forward pack to allow the speed men of Vunivalu and Blake into open space.
The Pacific tests will be held tomorrow with Cook Islands taking on Papua New Guinea at 5:15pm, the Fiji Bati against Tonga at 7.30pm while England will face Samoa at 9.40pm.
