15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Ollie Chessum, 5 George Martin, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie George, 1 Ellis Geng
Reserves: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 18 George Kloska, 19 Tom Curry, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 23 Noah Caluori
1 Mawi, 2 Ikanivere, 3 Doge, 4 Ratuva, 5 Nasilasila, 6 Yato, 7 Tagitagivalu, 8 Botia, 9 Kuruvoli, 10 Muntz, 11 Wainiqolo, 12 Tuisova, 13 Ravouvou, 14 Karawalevu, 15 Rayasi
Reserves: 16 Matavesi, 17 Natave, 18 Ravai, 19 Mayanavanua, 20 Canakaivata, 21 Sowakula, 22 Lomani, 23 Armstrong-Ravula
A pretty dire game IMO. England learned very little of any use. Fiji were awful and the game was ruined but a pathetic red card.
The setup of this world nations thing is a real issue. It horribly disadvantages some teams, not getting to play at home.
really surprised at how much of a rabble fiji have quickly turned into
not sure they have much of a coaching set up at that ATM after byrne left
the FijiW coach has come in as interim
possibly a relief for him (Seruvakula) as the W have probably even bigger issues
got enough talent to turn it around just as quick tho
the saving grace is . . .
the FRU will be raking in a lot more cash than they would if the games were in Lautoka
@ARHS said in NC: Fiji v England:
The setup of this world nations thing is a real issue. It horribly disadvantages some teams, not getting to play at home.
It's actually very much a long term plus for Fiji. The revenue that playing away will generate for them is far more than they would have got for playing at home. They have the land earmarked for a new stadium and this revenue should allow them to build it. Hopefully they can then host meaningful games at home on a regular basis.
The Japan thing though was awful. Making them fly to Australia to play a "home" game against Ireland so that Ireland didn't have to fly over to Japan makes a mockery of home advantage - there's no financial reason for it at all, so why?
@catogrande because the IRFU are fluffybunnies?
@antipodean Entirely possible.
@antipodean said in NC: Fiji v England:
@catogrande because the IRFU are fluffybunnies?
Should be renamed t o IWILLFU.
