Scotland Head Coach says Fiji are the Brazil of Rugby

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says that Sunday’s opponents Fiji are the equivalent to Brazil in football.

Townsend is particularly wary of the threat to come from former Glasgow lock Leone Nakarawa, now at French giants Racing 92, Edinburgh's sublime number eight Viliame Mata and Newcastle wing Vereniki Goneva.

The Scottish are wary of the three players who could cause Scotland problems.

Townsend told BBC Scotland that the Fiji Airways Flying Fijians got some of the best individual players in the world.

Townsend believes Fiji could soon develop into a true force on the international stage and when that comes together they could do something very special at a World Cup.

He adds that the like of Viliame Mata who came from nowhere and played sevens, never played fifteens before is now one of the best players in the Pro14.

The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians will take on Scotland at 3.30am this Sunday at Murrayfield Stadium.

Fiji will then play Uruguay on the 18th of this month while our last game is against France on the 25th of this month.

[Source: BBC]

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