Australian rugby’s top performing number eight for the 2018 Super Rugby season Isi Naisarani and Wallaby Sefanaia Naivalu have been included in the Melbourne Rising starting team to face the Fiji Airways Drua in the opening match of the National Rugby Championship at Ratu Cakobau Park tomorrow.
Naisarani will start at number eight while Sefanaia Naivalu will start on the right wing.
The starting team also a number of Rebels players including wing Tom English, scrumhalf Harrison Goddard, Billy Meakes, and centre Sione Tuipolotu.
The Melbourne Rising bench also includes two other player with links to Fiji.
They are Kemu Valetini and Kiti Ratu.
The Fijian Drua will face Melbourne Rising at 3pm tomorrow at Ratu Cakobau Park and you can catch the live commentary on our sister station Viti FM.
The curtain raiser match will be between the Fiji Legends against the Classic Wallabies at 2pm.
1. Tetera Faulkner
2. Anaru Rangi
3. Jermaine Ainsley
4. Matt Philip
5. Trevor Hosea
6. Angus Cottrell
7. Richard Hardwick
8. Isi Naisarani
9. Harrison Goddard
10. Archie King
11. Tom English
12. Billy Meakes
13. Sione Tuipulotu
14. Sefa Naivalu
15. Justin Masters
Reserves
16. Andrew Tuala
17. Fereti Sa’aga
18. Mees Erasmus
19. Esei Haangana
20. Robert Leota
21. Michael Ruru
22. Kemu Valetini
23. Kiti Ratu
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