Sports

Qera urges Flying Fijians to repeat 2007 RWC perfomance

Qera urges Flying Fijians to repeat 2007 RWC perfomance
The Vodafone Flying Fijians training session. Photo: Ian Muir

Vodafone Flying Fijians captain Akapusi Qera is demanding his players to repeat their victory over Wales in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Qera remembers playing in a fired up Fiji side when they knocked Wales out.

For Wales the players to watch is center Matthew Morgan while Timoci Nagusa is expected to produce something special.

The contest in the backline has now focused on Wales giant center Jamie Roberts and Fiji’s robust center Lepani Botia.

Everyone was excited over the prospect of Jamie Roberts and Sam Burgess going head to head last week, but there could be some even more powerful collisions when Roberts takes on Botia in Cardiff.

Botia comes into the side for his first game of the tournament, and will certainly test the Welsh defence.

He produced one of the highlights of 2015 during the Pacific Nations Cup when he battered his way through a number of Tongan forwards to set up a try back in July.

Fiji has played Wales 10 times and have only won one game which was in 2007. The last time they met was last year where Wales won 17-13.

Wales will host Fiji at 3.45am tomorrow at the Millennium Stadium.

Source: planetrugby.com

FNRL

Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations

CFL radio frequencies
Scoreboard
12:30 AM
Manchester United vs Fullham
3:00AM
Aston Villa vs Sunderland
3.00 AM
Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest
8:35 PM
Australia vs New Zealand
3:00PM
Ra vs Nadroga
Fiji vs Ireland
Fiji vs Italy