Rooster Fijiana Drua head coach Senirusi Seruvakula says the team that was focused mentally and physically for the 80 minutes will win the final of the Australian Super W competition.
“Both teams want to go out there and win but the team that focuses mentally and physically for the 80 minutes will win the game,” Seruvakula said in an interview by the Fiji Rugby Union yesterday.
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Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua Head Coach Senirusi Seruvakula has named national sprint champion Younis Bese on the right wing for the final round-robin match against the Brumbies in the Super W Championship on Saturday.
Bese who joined the Fijiana Drua last week came in as a replacement in the second half of the match against the NSW Waratahs last Friday and has been named as one of the eight changes from the starting lineup last week.
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The Fijiana Drua has ascended atop the Australian Super W point table with 20 points after routing the undefeated champions Waratahs 29-10 last week.
The top of the table clash on the Gold Coast surprised most Australian rugby fans but was anticipated by close observers after the Drua easily defeating their first three opponents.
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Frustrated flyer Suliasi Vunivalu has revealed he wants to stay in rugby but won’t make a call on his future until his juices are flowing again on the field.
The former NRL ace is back training at full pace with the Queensland Reds after getting on top of a crushing run of hamstring issues that required two surgeries.
The Western Force have snatched victory against the Fijian Drua, kicking a penalty after the full-time siren to claim a 20-18 win in their Super Rugby Pacific clash in Sydney.
Bayley Kuenzle slotted the kick in the 85th minute after a prolonged stay in the Drua’s defensive 22 at Leichhardt Oval earned a penalty for a high tackle awarded by referee Nic Berry.
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Fijiana Drua have blitzed their way to a convincing Super W victory over the Western Force, winning 45-17 on Saturday.
The Drua scored seven tries in the first half at Leichhardt Oval and were too quick and physical for the Force right from the start.
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Speaking on Sky Sport’s The Breakdown, Kiwi whistleblower Ben O’Keefe said that Fiji could make the tournament’s final four following the induction of the Fijian Drua into Super Rugby Pacific this season.
The international official outlined that he believed Fiji had the personnel to push for a place in the knockout stages of the 2019 World Cup, where they finished third in Pool D behind the Wallabies and Wales.
However, O’Keefe noted that the inclusion of the Drua in Super Rugby Pacific gives Fiji a wider pool of talent to pick from without having to overcome the hurdles of selecting players based abroad.
“Looking internationally, they could be semi-final contenders at the World Cup,” O’Keeffe told The Breakdown.
“I think they were anyway, the way they played in 2019, before they had the Drua playing in Super Rugby, allowing that base of players to come through.
“They’ve always struggled with getting the players based overseas to compete for Fiji, because of all the windows.
“When they are fully fit, with the experience of the players they have, that flair is going to be really hard to stop.”
O’Keefe’s comments come after the Drua recently beat the Melbourne Rebels to pick up their first-ever Super Rugby Pacific win, before pushing the Queensland Reds to the brink on Saturday.
Down by 28-9 with a quarter of the game to go, the Drua looked dead and buried before a flurry of explosive long range tries levelled proceedings at 28-all with eight minutes to go.
Although the Reds completed the 33-28 victory by scoring the final try, the Drua have proven to be a side with potential in Super Rugby Pacific after just four weeks of action.
Ex-All Blacks wing Sir John Kirwan told The Breakdown that he thinks the Drua don’t fully believe in themselves, as reflected by their failure to beat the Reds, but implored them to continue their style of play and resist becoming more like the other sides.
“I just don’t think deep down they believe yet, but I think it’s coming,” Kirwan told the panel.
“I don’t think they have been consistent, first half was pretty average, a lot of penalties, and then they just explode. When they think, ‘Actually, we can compete here’.
“Coming up against the New Zealand sides will be another challenge for them, if they go out there and be confident. I just don’t want the Fijian Drua to change their game.
“Do not start playing like the other teams, keep doing that stuff from inside the 22, because I think they will put more teams under pressure, because they will be so unpredictable.
“You saw Fiji last year [against the All Blacks]. We brought them into Super Rugby so it can also help them internationally.”
Another ex-All Black wing, Jeff Wilson, pinpointed the introduction of the Drua into Australia’s former provincial competition as the turning point for Fijian rugby as a whole as it allowed access to higher competition for local emerging talent.
Wilson told The Breakdown that the Drua’s two seasons in the now-defunct NRC has prepared the Fijian Rugby Union for what is required to run a Super Rugby Pacific franchise.
“It all started for me once they played the NRC in Australia. Just playing there for a couple of years, all of sudden players coming from Fiji playing in a different competition, against different styles of rugby,” Wilson said.
“They’ve got a different understanding of what’s required.
“Do I see them as a contender like I said last week? Absolutely. I think they are a side good enough to finish in the top eight of this competition in their very first year.”
Fiji Rugby Union is delighted to announce Rooster Chicken as the official sponsor of the Fijiana Drua for the current season in the Super W competition.
FRU Chief Executive John O’Connor thanked and acknowledged Rooster Chicken for coming on board at a time when it was really needed.
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Fijiana Drua Head Coach Senirusi Seruvakula had made six changes and a few positional shifts in the run-on team for the second-round clash against the Queensland Reds in the Super W Championship on Saturday.
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| Bath (5) 29 |
| Tries: Rokoduguni, Joseph, Faletau, Cokanasiga, De Glanville Cons: Cipriani 2 |
| Bristol (24) 27 |
| Tries: Thacker 2, Naulago Cons: Sheedy 3 Pens: Sheedy, Thacker |
Tom de Glanville’s stoppage-time try helped Bath beat 14-man Bristol 29-27 in a thrilling West Country derby in the Gallagher Premiership on Sunday.
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