LONDON : Fiji will pair captain Waisea Nayacalevu and highly rated centre Semi Radradra together for the first time when they take on England in their World Cup warm-up test at Twickenham on Saturday.Nayacalevu comes into the side, and takes over the captaincy from Radradra, in one of seven changes from t
LONDON : Fiji will pair captain Waisea Nayacalevu and highly rated centre Semi Radradra together for the first time when they take on England in their World Cup warm-up test at Twickenham on Saturday.
"We have been rotating players and testing combinations so this is the right time to test these two experienced players this weekend," said coach Simon Raiwalui on Thursday. Frank Lomani and Caleb Muntz continue at halfback after impressing against the French but Selesitino Ravutaumada comes in at right wing and Ilaisa Droasese is drafted in at fullback.
There are also two changes among the loose forwards as Lekima Tagitagivalu and Albert Tuisue take over on the flanks."It's another big physical battle and I think they will try and use their pack to the limit. We have been working on ours. I think they will be very tactical with their kicking. It is going to be a different challenge this weekend," he added.
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