Flying Fijians vs Uruguay test match to serve as a RWC preview

Flying Fijians vs Uruguay test match to serve as a RWC preview

By Apenisa Waqairadovu
Saturday 17/11/2018
The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians

The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians and Uruguay square off tomorrow morning will be a preview to their scheduled meeting in pool play next year's Rugby World Cup.

The Flying Fijians are looking to atone for their 54‑17 defeat by Scotland last weekend, while the Uruguayans suffered back to back losses against Cardiff and Ulster.

Fiji head coach John McKee says that the players have been sharper in training with another week of preparation under their belts but will need to keep their discipline and focus against a physical opponent.

McKee says that it will be about their performance and how they play and that way the result will look after itself.

Fiji and Uruguay have met twice before, with the Flying Fijians winning 39‑24 in 1999 and 47‑15 in pool play at the 2015 World Cup.

McKee says that it is very important that they put in a top performance tomorrow morning to set a marker for 2019.

Fiji will play Uruguay at 2am Sunday in England.

These are the other rugby test matches this weekend.

The All Blacks will meet Ireland at 8am tomorrow, the Wallabies meet Italy at 3am tomorrow, Wales face Tonga at 3.30am tomorrow, Japan meet England at 3am tomorrow while Scotland face South Africa at 6.20am tomorrow.

France will meet Argentina at 8.45am tomorrow.

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